A straw maze is a
maze
A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lea ...
built with straw bales. These are becoming a popular
tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
Types
Places of natural b ...
in the
Western United States
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, particularly in Rexburg, Idaho and a few locations in Utah. The average straw maze is built on approximately of land and takes the average person 45 minutes to navigate.
One early straw maze was Pumpkins and More in Maryland.
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There are many different straw mazes through the United States including
The Straw Maze
in Idaho and Pumpkins and More in Maryland.
See also
* Hedge maze
A hedge maze is an outdoor garden maze or labyrinth in which the "walls" or dividers between passages are made of vertical hedges.
History
Hedge mazes evolved from the knot gardens of Renaissance Europe, and were first constructed during the mi ...
* Corn maze
A corn maze or maize maze is a maze cut out of a corn field. Originally, the first full-size corn maze was believed to be created in Annville, Pennsylvania in 1993; however, similar corn mazes were highlighted in newspapers as early as 1982. C ...
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