4 Delightful Corn Mazes Near Omaha To Try In 2025

As the weather starts to turn cooler and days become a little shorter, you know it’s beginning to look a lot like corn maze season. Test your navigation skills as you work your way through mazes – both easy and challenging – and enjoy a day on the farm with friends or family. The Omaha area has several
excellent places to explore corn mazes.

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Vala’s Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard

Where: 12102 S. 180th St., Gretna, Neb.

Known for its gigantic pumpkin patch and all the fun and games that make the pumpkin patch among the most popular in Nebraska, Vala’s Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard has a corn maze that is both fun and challenging to explore.

Family using the lookout platform to find a way out of Vala's corn maze

Included with your admission to Nebraska’s largest pumpkin patch, the 4-acre corn maze features a new design each year, to increase the challenge of finding your way through it. Vala’s also features other corn activities, including corn wagons and corn playbox.

Vala’s is open through Nov. 1.

Tip: It’s best to visit the corn maze early into the season. The maze tends to get beaten down toward the end of the pumpkin patch season.

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In the middle of a corn maze in Nebraska

Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch

Where: 3935 State Highway 133, Blair, Neb.

Located between Omaha and Blair, Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch offers more than just pumpkins. Among the attractions, its corn maze annually scores as a favorite. JJ’s Corn Maze is set on 10 acres, challenging your skills as you search for the exit.

Skinny Bones also offers nighttime fun in the corn maze. On Fridays this season, bring a flashlight to navigate your way through the maze. Flashlight Night is from 6 to 10 p.m. on Fridays. On Saturdays in October (again from 6 to 10 p.m.), things get a little creepier. It’s Haunted Night at the corn maze, with scarers hidden in the maze to jump out and scare you. No flashlights allowed, too!

While at the patch, check out other corn fun and games, including a corn pool. Skinny Bones is open through Nov. 1.

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Halloween Events

Corn mazes aren’t the only fun fall activities. Check out all the Halloween events this year, ranging from movie series to themed concerts, plays and farm events.

Ditmars Orchard and Vineyard

Where: 19475 225th St., Council Bluffs, Iowa

The challenge, if accepted, will be to find the bell and ring it loudly for the other corn maze enthusiasts. Ditmars Orchard and Vineyard’s 5-acre corn maze ranks as one of its most popular attractions. With a new design each year, you’ll face one of the most fun activities at Ditmars. While the corn maze is a fun activity for the entire family, younger children are encouraged to have an adult with them.

While at Ditmars, try some of their apple treats and a cup of apple cider. I’m particularly fond of their apple cider donuts, especially when they’re still hot.

Boy walking through corn maze at Ditmars Orchard in Council Bluffs, Iowa

Camp Fontanelle Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze

Where: 9677 County Road 3, Fontanelle, Neb.

Located in rural Dodge County, about 42 miles north of Omaha, Camp Fontanelle Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze is worth the drive. Not only do you take in Nebraska’s attractive farm country, but the corn maze will also blow you away.

With a themed design, each year — 2024’s design celebrates Peanuts’ 75th anniversary — you’ll find yourself working to navigate your way through the 10 acres oof tall corn stalks. Additional activities at Camp Fontenelle include rope climbing trees, a zipline, and a petting zoo.

Camp Fontenelle also has hiking trails you can explore. This year, the season runs Sept. 28 through Oct. 27. The corn maze doesn’t open until Oct. 18, though.

From custom-designed corn mazes to ones aimed for younger children, the Omaha area is ripe for some fun exploration. While some corn mazes offer a payoff, such as ringing a bell or winning prizes, each one provides a fun outing for families, friends, and couples. And, of course, you know that each attraction will have plenty of seasonal treats and drinks available.

Safe travels and good luck finding your way through the maze!

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