FARMINGTON — “Corn cop” Christina Mosher says patrolling the corn maze at Sandy River Farms on the weekends this fall and helping wandering visitors find their way out has turned into a fun, seasonal part-time job.

Armed with a walkie-talkie and wearing a bright orange vest with the words “corn cop” emblazoned on the back, Mosher and her fellow “cops” are ready to guide the disoriented through the twists and turns and dead ends in the 4-mile, 13-acre “Corn Maize Challenge.”

“I love this job. You get to be outside all day and be with people who are having a lot of fun. You hear a lot of laughter,” she said. “And it’s usually the kids who find the way out.”

She said it was interesting that people who were stymied by a dead end and appear lost often decline help, she said.

“They say, ‘Don’t tell me!’. People really like finding their way out on their own. That’s the fun of it,” she said.

She said she saw one maze-wanderer trying to use the Global Positioning System on her cell phone to find her way out but it didn’t seem to help.

The Corn Maize Challenge is attracting visitors from across the state, said organic dairy farmer Bussie York, who owns the 600-acre organic dairy and crop operation with his wife, Brenda. Together with their daughter, Trudy, and her husband, Eric Johnson, the family has been planning and working on the maze for months in hopes it will bring in visitors who want to experience a farm close at hand.

“This was a lot of fun and we were laughing a lot,” said Shawn Cyrway of Embden as he and his wife, Jessie, and daughter, Taylor, approached the end of the maze trail on Saturday.

“We looked for a maze online and saw this one was near us so we came down. It was great thing to do on a nice fall day,” he said.

Sisters Misty and Jamie McKechnie were at the maze with their four sons, all between the ages of 6 and 9. The adults had all they could do to keep up with the boys, they said.

It took about an hour to get through the 4 miles of trails, they said.

“We’ve been hearing about it all this week and with the weather being so good, we decided this morning to just do it,” said Misty McKechnie who is from Vienna. Her sister is from New Vineyard.

“Everyone definitely had a good time and it was good exercise,” said family friend Nick Ames, from Randolph.

The maze is open weekends 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Oct. 31. It is at 755 Farmington Falls Road, 3 miles east of downtown Farmington.

On Oct. 29 and 30, from 6 to 9 p.m., a Halloween Haunted Maize will be put on by the Farmington Fire Department Auxiliary. Admission is $6 and children up to age 12 must be accompanied by a parent.

The day-at-the-farm event also includes a mini-maze that takes about a half-hour to walk through; a pick-your-own-pumpkin patch; a petting area with young farm animals; a ladies’ skillet-toss contest; hayrides; a “corn box” of shelled corn for kids to romp in; and an eight-car, kids’ “cow-train” that York pulls behind a tractor through the mini-corn maze.

A food concession and tables are set up under a large tent.

A surprise feature is the debut of the York’s latest food venture: organic ice cream made at the farm’s new milk and ice cream processing operation.

York said they are using cream produced by MooMilk, Maine’s Own Organic Milk Co. LLC. and they plan to start commercially producing their own ice cream in a variety of flavors this year.

Hannaford Co. is a major sponsor of the maze and has put up flyers and posters at all of the company’s 75 stores. The maze is laid out in a complex design that spells out the words, “Supporting Maine Farmers” and “Sandy River Farms” and all paths lead to the center where a huge replica of the Hannaford Co. logo of fruits and vegetables is cut out in the corn.

Other sponsors are Shiretown Insurance, CMD Powersystems Inc., Susan Terhune/State Farm Insurance in Farmington, and Arkay Pizza.

Interest in the maze has extended to school and church youth groups that are reserving times for special group tours. York said several kids’ birthday parties have also been booked.

So far, schools from Farmington, Wilton, Kingfield, Madison and as far away as Brewer have scheduled visits in October, York said.

The Yorks contracted with MAiZE Inc. in Utah. The company is the world’s largest cornfield maze consulting/design company, according to its website.

For information, go to www.sandyriverfarms.com or call 778-3835. Admission to the maze is $8 for adults and children over age 10; $4 for children under 10; free for children under 3. The cow train ride costs $2.

York said last year the maze attracted 6,000 people and any agriculture-related event that can draw in that many to a farm is a big deal.

“This is a fun, educational event for people who don’t usually get a chance to visit a farm close-up. It is a great opportunity to get outside, get some exercise and experience agriculture,” York said.