With autumn upon us, Cornbelly’s opened for its 29th year with new attractions for all ages.
Cornbelly's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Fest provides fall activities for individuals and families at their Utah locations.
“Our whole goal is to create positive memories for those who come to visit us,” Kamille Combs, marketing director for Cornbelly’s, said.
Cornbelly’s has become a tradition for many families in Utah, drawing in people from all over the state.
“My family has been going for 10 years,” BYU student Skylar Denison said. “It’s become something that I look forward to every year.”
For young adults, the Thanksgiving Point Cornbelly’s location in Lehi offers a haunted corn maze, titled “Insanity Point Haunt.”
“There can be a misconception that Cornbelly’s is just for little kids,” Combs said. “We want people to understand that there are things for the whole family.”
For 2024, Cornbelly’s will offer a sunflower festival at their Spanish Fork location, a Twilight Train ride on real train tracks to see Halloween lights, new rides, food items and treats, as well as a new Luke Bryan themed Corn Maze.
Cornbelly’s started in Utah when two BYU seniors decided to make a corn maze.
“Brett (Herbst) had read an article about a designer from England who had designed a corn maze,” Combs said.
From that inspiration the 29 year annual Cornbelly’s corn maze was born.
Although Cornbelly’s started in Utah, its impact and expansion now reach far beyond Utah’s borders. Cornbelly's is part of The Maize, which Combs and Herbst created.
“We create corn mazes for just about 320 farms all over the world,” Combs said. “We design their corn maze for them, the large majority we go and cut them out or teach them how to cut them out.”
Corn mazes offer another revenue stream for small farmers who may not survive off their farm product alone.
“It’s very difficult for a small farmer to survive in agriculture relying just on production alone,” Combs said. “So they’ve really turned to agritourism or agritainment.”
Agritourism or agritainment have both increased in popularity since the first corn maze Herbst and Combs built.
“Back then it was unheard of,” Combs said.
Since then, Cornbelly's and their corn maze has grown in popularity and notoriety.
“The corn maze was my favorite part,” recent Cornbelly’s attendee, Lexie Hall, said.
Combs and Herbst’s business has created an environment for lifelong memories to be made.
“Every year we have people come and propose to their fiancé at Cornbelly's,” Combs said. “And now they're bringing their own children.”
If you’re looking for a fall event to visit this autumn, visit Cornbelly’s. You may even start a new tradition.
