Halloween Events & Haunted Houses in and around Westchester County
UPDATED 2010!
Want to see the Headless horseman in person or attend a spooky haunted house? Check out these events this fall before and on Halloween.
October 10-31st
Daily 10:30am – 3:30pm. Visit 600 scarecrows representing famous artists and historical figures created by local elementary and intermediate students. Participate in a Scavenger Hunt and enter a raffle to win a family pass to the very popular Lyndhurst Boofest. $15 grounds fee for Adults; $5 for children ages 4-12.
Scarecrow Autumn Festival - October 9, 11am – 4pm
October 29th
Westchester InTown magazine quoted a reader who said “her favorite October family Halloween event was the Lyndhurst Boofest.” Join us for an interactive evening including barn dancing, a silly 19th century Mansion tour, a fortune teller, story telling witches, trick or treating and a tour of 500 scarecrows. Admission: Adults, $13; Children ages 3-12, $8; Friends of Lyndhurst, 1/2 price. Reservations required, please call Ira Stein at (914) 631-4481, ext. 43230 or email him at ira_stein@nthp.org.
Philipsburg Manor
Sleepy Hollow, New York ( Directions )
Oct 15-16, 22-24, 28-30
Are you ready to be scared out of your mind?
Horseman’s Hollow, a BRAND NEW haunted experience, takes the tale of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow to its darkest extremes. For eight October evenings, historic Philipsburg Manor transforms into a terrifying landscape ruled by vampires, witches, undead soldiers, ghouls, and ghosts, all serving the Headless Horseman himself!
Master storyteller Jonathan Kruk offers a dramatic re-telling of Washington Irving’s classic tale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, featuring the Headless Horseman, Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, and Katrina Van Tassel. Flavored with live spooky organ music by Jim Keyes, Kruk’s storytelling captivates all audiences.
Philipsburg Manor, Sleepy Hollow, New York ( Directions )
Enjoy a rustic October celebration with pumpkin carving, spooky storytelling, open-hearth cooking, and colonial games. Visit the water-powered gristmill, 18th-century barn, and newly restored manor house. 10am – 4pm
The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
October/November 2010
2-3, 8-11, 15-17, 21-24, 28-31, Nov. 5-7
DON’T MISS the Hudson Valley’s biggest, most exciting, most electrifying Halloween event, featuring more than 4,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated jack o’ lanterns! Meander through an 18th-century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display: slithering snakes, shrunken heads, a giant spider web, an undersea aquarium, super-sized dinosaurs, pirates, ghosts, plus a mammoth exhibition of mummies and a pyramid…straight out of ancient Egypt and all made of jack o’ lanterns!
Haunted Houses in Westchester
Playland’s “Scared by the Sound”
All is not well when the amusement park rides close for the season and the haunting month of October begins. Beyond the deserted midway and dark boardwalk lurk creatures that dare you to be “Scared by the Sound!”
Hudson Valley, NY
The Haunted Mansion has always provided more than just the scare factor. We were one of the first haunted houses to utilize a storyline, allowing our guests to become part of the show. We were also innovators in the use of video technology as part of the mystery and illusions presented in our attractions.
TerrorDome Haunted Scream Park
Newburgh, NY
Our staff takes pride in delivering a memorable evening as you explore our world. We never stop short of creating a place where Halloween is brought to life, and every year our attractions are reinvented.
Skull Island Scream Park “The Scariest Place on Earth”
Fishkill, NY
Skull Island is a forbidden island that has suddenly reappeared after mysteriously vanishing hundreds of years ago in Fishkill, NY…perhaps there is something to the town’s name after all, Fish-KILL?
Horrifying events have been happening ever since. Last year we had the misfortune of meeting the shipwrecked Captain Blackheart and his fiendishly evil crew of the Ghost Ship, Spector.
The daytime portion features hayrides, entertainment, games, music and vendors. The evening portion will feature a frightening hayride and a haunted barn. Parking is available at Ridge Road Park and shuttle service will be provided. 12-3pm children under 10, 7-10pm children over 10 and adults .12pm. Age: All ages. $8-$10. FREE. Hart’s Brook Park and Preserve, 156 Ridge Road, Hartsdale. 914-693-8985.
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