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Horrifying haunts and jarring jaunts await you this fall at New York State’s frighteningly fun haunted houses and hayrides. Leave your fears behind and go forth into festively frightening fields, harrowing hayrides, and alarming attractions. Keep the chills coming as you trick-or-treat your way through even more eerie events as you celebrate Halloween in New York State.
Fright Fest at Great Escape (Adirondacks)
🗓️When: Weekends through October 25
📍Where: Queensbury
💲Cost: Tickets start at $27.99
Scare up a good time every weekend in October and celebrate the Halloween season with friends and family at Great Escape in Queensbury. During the day, children can enjoy activities and a trick-or-treat trail at Boo Fest. After the sun goes down, there is nowhere safe to hide from the scares. The park is filled with haunted attractions and terrifying creatures. Beware of the haunted houses including Skull Manor, CarnEvil, and Hell Block VI, and the sinister scare zones. Be sure to watch the monstertainment and three new shows throughout the terrifying and bloodcurdling evening.
House of Frankenstein Wax Museum (Adirondacks)
🗓️When: Open through November 8
📍Where: Lake George
💲Cost: Tickets $9.35 - $14.02
Foolish mortals, beware! Step inside the gothic House of Frankenstein Wax Museum, a Lake George staple for more than 50 years, where the creatures roaming the halls are not living, but they’re not quite dead, either. This is no ordinary wax museum. Make your way through ominous corridors where you’ll encounter eerie scenes inspired by classic literature, moving figures, and startling screams!
Double M Haunted Hayrides (Capital-Saratoga)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through October 31
📍Where: Ballston Spa
💲Cost: Tickets start at $44.95
Credit: @doublemhauntedhayrides on Instagram
For 36 years, Double M Haunted Hayrides has been terrifying visitors with one of New York’s longest-running haunted hayrides. Scary Harry, the iconic ghost cowboy, will greet you before venturing into the dark woods on a tractor-drawn wagon, then brave terrifying trails and various haunted houses including Brutality, Blood Moon Farm, Dead Root Dwelling, The Last Inn, Doom County FEARgrounds, and Martin’s Memorial Hospital. Cap off your night with midway Feartainment featuring interactive creatures, music, concessions, souvenirs, and a photo booth.
Field of Horrors (Capital-Saratoga)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through November 7
📍Where: Troy
💲Cost: Tickets start at $45
Image courtesy of Field of Horrors
On the outskirts of Troy, you’ll find a field of horrors. Brace yourself for a journey through the nightmarish Walking Trail of Terror, where you’ll descend into a madman’s slaughterhouse, confront elusive killers, and dodge their victims. Relive legendary scenes like the Western Town and Toxic Plant, while new horrors lurk around every bend. Then, venture into four haunted houses, the Crypt, Panic at Pinewoods, Night Stalkers, and Dr. Morbid’s Haunted House, where countless creepy characters await.
American Horror Story Haunted House at the Castle on the Delaware (Catskills)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through October 25
📍Where: Walton
💲Cost: Tickets start at $20
Fans of American Horror Story won’t want to miss Castle on the Delaware’s recreation of the hit series this October. Each room transports you into a different world inspired by the hit series. Start in Murder House, descend into the unsettling halls of Asylum, and enter the eerie world of Freak Show before continuing through rooms inspired by Coven, Hotel, and more. You’ll even get the exclusive opportunity to explore areas of the Castle that have never before been open to the public!
Central House Palenville Ghost Tours (Catskills)
🗓️When: Saturday, through November 28
📍Where: Palenville
💲Cost: Tickets start at $15
Step back in time and into the unknown at the historic Central House in Palenville, one of the Catskills’ most talked-about haunted places. Guided candlelit tours wind through the storied rooms and dark corners of this legendary 19th-century hotel, with chilling tales of resident spirits and unexplained phenomena along the way.
Slaughterland Screampark (Central New York)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through October 31
📍Where: Binghamton
💲Cost: Tickets start at $45 ($5 admission for gate entrance only)
Binghamton is bringing the boogeymen to Slaughterland Screampark with five terrifying attractions spanning 100 acres. Venture into The Bloodshed (part sawmill, part slaughterhouse), Dark Magic (a voodoo village), Wenigo Woods (lantern-lit woodland walk), Frightmares 3D (a sensory experience sure to scare), and Cirque De Mort (carnival of chaos).
Night Terrors Haunted Farm (Central New York)
🗓️When: Friday-Saturday, through October 30
📍Where: Schoharie
💲Cost: Tickets start at $30
Find this fright-filled farm in Schoharie this autumn, with alluring attractions including a corn maze, hayride, sanitarium, clown circus, and costumed characters lurking around every corner. As you make your way through the farm, feel the presence of restless souls waiting in the darkness. Bringing a group? Purchase six tickets and get one free!
Wildwood Sanitarium (Chautauqua-Allegheny)
🗓️When: Open year-round
📍Where: Salamanca
💲Cost: Tickets start at $20
Step into the haunted history of the Wildwood Sanitarium, a 3,600-square-foot former hospital nestled into the Enchanted Mountains since 1900. Featured on TV’s Paranormal Lockdown, the sanitarium offers immersive experiences ranging from daytime history and ghost tours to overnight paranormal investigations. Learn about the Sanitarium’s storied past before using paranormal equipment to see if you can make contact with the other side. For even more hair-raising fun, enjoy themed events throughout the season, including Girls & Ghouls Slumber Parties, an After Halloween Bash, Paranormal Friendsgiving, a White Ghost Gift Exchange, and ghost hunts.
Rolling Hills Asylum (Finger Lakes)
🗓️When: Open through November 1
📍Where: East Bethany
💲Cost: Tickets start at $49
Featured on The Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures, Rolling Hills Asylum dates back to 1827, when it served as the Genesee County Home and Poorhouse. Today, its long history and reported hauntings make it a fascinating destination for those intrigued by the paranormal. Explore the property through daytime history and architecture tours, flashlight nighttime tours, ghost hunts, and late-night paranormal investigations. You can even play a ghastly game of psychic bingo or attend their Ghost-Giving Friendsgiving experience!
Fright Nights (Finger Lakes)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through October 31
📍Where: Syracuse
💲Cost: Tickets start at $39.84
What started as a small haunt in the parking lot of the New York State Fairgrounds has transformed into a state-of-the-art haunted attraction inside an 82,000-square-foot factory. From the ghastly halls of Burgen Manor to the new Devil’s Dungeon Slide to Hell, Fright Nights delivers a one-of-a-kind experience packed with elaborate sets, chilling surprises, and talented actors.See for yourself why USA TODAY named Fright Nights one of the 20 Best Haunted Attractions in the Northeast!
Frightworld America's Screampark (Greater Niagara)
🗓️When: Weekends and select nights, through November 7
📍Where: Buffalo
💲Cost: Tickets start at $35
Buffalo’s premier indoor scream park, Frightworld, features five award-winning haunted houses under one roof, including the all-new Hallow Grounds. Recognized by BuzzFeed, Travel Channel, and The Scare Factor as one of the top haunts in the country, Frightworld delivers hair-raising scares for horror fans. On select nights in November, brave the Lights Out experience and navigate all five haunted houses in complete darkness with only one glowstick per group. For a family-friendly Halloween experience, Little Frights with Lights offers trick-or-treating, lights-on haunted houses, balloon animals, photo ops, costumed characters, basket raffles, and more for the whole family!
The Haunted Forests (Greater Niagara)
🗓️When: Weekends and select nights, through October 31
📍Where: Clarence
💲Cost: Tickets start at $39.99
Enter the terrifying world of “Quarantine: The Fall of the Black Ridge Hospital,” where long-buried secrets and horrifying experiments have escaped into the forest. Experience a brand-new 20-minute live horror dance show, Western New York’s first outdoor haunted house, and an all-new interactive haunted walking trail where you become part of the story. Then, climb aboard a completely reimagined and themed haunted hayride for even more thrills and scares. The Haunted Forest is conveniently located next to The Great Pumpkin Farm, a quintessential fall destination for family-friendly fun.
Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Attractions (Hudson Valley)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through October 31
📍Where: Ulster Park
💲Cost: Tickets start at $68.90
Part of Historic Haunted Hudson Valley, Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Attractions transforms a circa-1793 manor and its 65-acre property into an immersive ever-changing Halloween experience. Get lost in foreboding woods, surreal ponds, fruit orchards, and more as the theme changes each season to keep things freshly frightful. Consistently named one of the top haunted attractions in the nation, Headless Horseman has been featured by CNBC, The Travel Channel, Comedy Central, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and more. With 14 attractions including a themed hayride, multi-acre corn maze, haunted houses, walking trails, a donut bakery, food concessions, gift shops, and a magic show, there is something for every scared soul. There are even special Children’s Days that offer the kids “A Tiny Taste of Terror.”
Pure Terror Scream Park (Hudson Valley)
🗓️When: Thursday-Sunday, through November 1
📍Where: Monroe
💲Cost: Tickets start at $49.98
Named one of USA TODAY’s Best Haunted Attractions and Guinness World Records-certified as the longest haunted attraction in the world, Pure Terror Scream Park features 10 haunted attractions and delivers a massive, immersive horror experience with Hollywood-level sets, professional scare actors, detailed environments, and cutting-edge special effects. If you still have an appetite, check out their brand-new Monster Midway serving up carnival-style favorites, hot meals, snacks, sweet treats, and drinks.
Kevin McCurdy's Haunted Mansion (Hudson Valley)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through November 1
📍Where: Wappingers Falls
💲Cost: Tickets start at $29.95
Celebrate 50 Years of Fears at Kevin McCurdy’s Haunted Mansion, which claims to be the nation’s longest-running haunted attraction. The half-century anniversary season brings an all-new haunted adventure loaded with immersive thrills, spine-tingling special effects, intricate mazes, creative twists, and live performances. Reservations are required, with limited tickets sold each night.
Restless Souls Haunted House Complex (Long Island)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through October 31
📍Where: Huntington Station
💲Cost: Tickets start at $12
The brainchild of four Haunters and Haunt Industry Enthusiasts, Restless Souls spares no expense on the seasonal splendor. Showcasing four horrifying haunted attractions, nightly entertainment, and a Phantom Plaza Midway, you’ll be trick-or-treated to interactive and up-close actors, high quality props, audio-animatronics, elaborate sets, controlling lighting, and audio design that’ll fully immerse you in the bone-chilling environment. Even better, your visit supports a good cause, with proceeds benefiting West Hills United Methodist Church, an LGBTQ-friendly Long Island church dedicated to supporting its community.
Schmitts Farm Haunt (Long Island)
🗓️When: Thursday-Sunday, through October 31
📍Where: Melville
💲Cost: Tickets start at $34.51
Once a former greenhouse, Schmitts Farm has expanded into a go-to haunted attraction on Long Island for more than three decades. Make your way through the 10,000-square-foot Haunt, showcasing seven terrifying sections packed with movie-quality sets and plenty of surprises. Then, try to escape the one-acre Haunted Corn Trail. And on special Clown Takeover Nights, beware, clowns are everywhere!
Bayville Scream Park (Long Island)
🗓️When: Most days through November 7
📍Where: Bayville
💲Cost: Tickets start at $39.90
Billed as New York’s largest Halloween event, Bayville Scream Park features five award-winning haunted houses, themed restaurants and bars, miniature golf, zombie axe throwing, painting, a ropes course, and so much more! For the kids, Not-So-Scary Days offer an afternoon of family fun with the Funhouse and Temple of Terror, plus a pumpkin patch, mini golf, train ride, treetop adventure, and character meet-and-greets, and more.
Blood Manor (NYC)
🗓️When: Most days through November 7
📍Where: Manhattan
💲Cost: Tickets start at $50
Image courtesy of Blood Manor
As autumn arrives in New York City, the infamous Blood Manor reopens in the heart of Tribeca for a fully immersive night of thrills and chills. Spanning approximately 10,000 square feet in Manhattan, this first-class haunted house takes you through a labyrinth of themed rooms, corridors, and twisting passageways designed to maximize your fears. Encounter sinister jesters, blood-drenched physicians, spectral chambermaids, and other terrifying characters brought to life with haunting music, startling sounds, and shadowy surprises.
Frightmare Farms (Thousand Islands-Seaway)
🗓️When: Saturday-Sunday, through October 30
📍Where: Fulton
💲Cost: Tickets start at $25
Photo Credit: Rachel VanSlyke/Frightmare Farms Haunted Scream Park
For an eerie experience that goes the extra mile, Frightmare Farms truly delivers thrills for all ages and abilities. Explore four award-winning attractions, themed entertainment areas, and food concessions, while meeting and greeting roaming characters, getting toasty around campfires, and enjoying live entertainment. The family-friendly attraction also prioritizes accessibility, partnering with KultureCity to accommodate guests with sensory needs. Frightmare Farms was the first haunted attraction in the world to become KultureCity-certified sensory inclusive!
Demon Acres Scream Park (Thousand Islands-Seaway)
🗓️When: Friday-Sunday, through November 1
📍Where: Hannibal
💲Cost: Tickets start at $20
When the village’s name is Hannibal, you know you’re in for a troubling time. Venture onto 25 acres of backwoods terror at Demon Acres Scream Park, where unexpected twists, terrifying effects, and dark creatures lurk deep in the woods. Once you survive the haunted hayride, keep the scares coming with a chilling journey through Demon’s Den, a haunted house with 15 highly detailed rooms. The fun doesn’t stop there… make your way to the abandoned jail attraction and see if you have what it takes to escape the insane inmates, all while being handcuffed! Catch your breath around the bonfire or refuel at the food shack. Grab a souvenir at the Demon Acres Apparel Shop or put your skills to the test with a game of SkeleBall.
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