Here are a few Spooky Places to Freak You Out in the Hampton Roads, Williamsburg, New Kent, Gloucester and Richmond VA areas during the 2011 Halloween Season.
Experience thrills at haunted houses, graveyards and enchanted woods. Please send me an email if I missed any….
Williamsburg – Sep 24-Oct 31 – Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg is 
the ideal place to be scared silly. Great new haunted houses like Dead Line offer a modern spin on some classic scares. Howl-O-Scream fans suffering from coulrophobia take note that the evil clowns are back and have taken over Festa Italia in Fear Fair and Grin and Scare It. Finally, Fiends is back in the Festhaus by popular demand. Gasparich and his creative team have breathed new life into Busch Gardens’ classic show that debuted during the first Howl-O-Scream in 1999. It is always “Code Pink” in Dr. Weirdstein’s laboratory, and the good doctor is once again feverishly working on his latest and greatest invention.
Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg begins Sept. 23 and continues every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 30, 2011.
Toano – Pumpkinville! – Your family can pick their own pumpkins from our patch, or choose from our large selection in the yard. There are lots of free activities: the hayride runs the perimeter of the field, try the corn maze, or toss bean bags and rings! We have a large selection of pumpkins, gourds, winter squash, flowers, wooden cut-outs, arts and crafts and fall decorations. Bundles of cornstalks and bales of straw also available for purchase.
Williamsburg- SPOOKY HAYRIDE THROUGH THE WOODS –October 20-22 and October 27-29, 2011
Join us for this hour long spooky hayride through the woods of the York River State Park. Discover some of its haunted past through storytelling and costumed interpreters. Don’t worry, you can pretend that you are not scared, but no one will really believe you.
Thursday, Oct 20 & 27, 2011 only one hayride. Fridays & Saturdays additional rides will be scheduled at 8:00 pm and 9:00 pm. Not suitable for children under 3. Reservations required. Fee: $4/person, $8/family, $25/group. For more information about these or other programs, please call the park office at (757)566-3036 or visit our website
Charles City – Oct 14 & 21, 2011 – Berkeley Plantation Autumn Sunset and Spirits Tour – Come early to explore the beautiful October gardens at Berkeley. Meet your costumed guide at the Gazebo on the West Lawn. Relax and enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, magnificent panoramic views of sky, field and James River as sunset falls. At twilight marvel at Berkeley’s amazing history as your guide leads you through a candlelight tour of the elegant 1726 mansion. Reservations are required. $
Charles City – Sep 3, 10, 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, 15, 21, 28, 29, 2011 – James River Plantation Progressive Ghost and Spirit Tour – In Williamsburg’s James River Plantation Country you will experience an evening of spirited tale telling with "Tours-by-the-Owners" while visiting Piney Grove, Ashland, Ladysmith and Duck Church. You will hear the Legend of Rippons Run, visit the Harwood graveyard, and hear of the Beechwood Tragedy. The evening concludes with hot cider and homemade cookies!
Chesapeake –October 20-22 & 27-29, 2011 – Ghost Train at Northwest River Park – Ride the terrifying train and see the haunts and ghouls of the haunted woods of Northwest River Park. Tickets go on sale, at all community centers, and Northwest River Park, or register online at http://www.cityofchesapeake.net/parks on September 18. (Reservations required) Tickets will be available, however limited, at Northwest River Park during train times on a space available basis. Train times to be announced. $
Chesapeake- October 1,7,8,14,15,20,21,22,26,27,28,29,30 & 31, 2011 Spooky Acres Haunted House Come celebrate 15 years of haunting with the March of Dimes annual Spooky Acres Haunted. Young and old alike are sure to have a frighteningly good scare or two at Spooky Acres!
Chesapeake – 10am-7pm Friday and Saturday now through October 29th Corn Maze at Bergey’s Breadbasket – The 5-acre maze is a fun and educational activity for your whole family. We also have hay rides and games, and you won’t be able to pass by our family-run bakery without stopping for a treat!
Charles City – Oct 22-31, 2011 – Ghostly Tales and a Graveyard Trail – Celebrate the bewitching spirit of Halloween with ghostly stories of “Aunt Pratt,” the legendary ghost of Shirley Plantation and the eleven generations of the same family to live at Shirley. From October 23-31, 2011, guided house tours will include the tales of “Aunt Pratt” as featured in Haunted Plantations of Virginia by Beth Brown and Ghosts of Virginia, by L. B. Taylor. Make sure you take a tour of the Great House at Shirley before the cemetery walk so you can see the portrait of Aunt Pratt. Aunt Pratt became so famous for her strange behavior that in the 1974 she was featured in a newspaper cartoon among several other publications.
Charles City Renwood Fields Bring your family, church group, company employees,
senior citizens or student field trip for “kernels of fun” in our seasonal Amazing Maze Maize. Admission includes courtyard activities, guided tractor ride, farm museum and picnic area. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. September: Open from 10 am til dusk on Saturdays only. Weekdays by appt. only Oct 2 & 9 open from 10am until dusk.
SPECIAL MOONLIGHT MAZES!!!! One of our most popular! Moonlight maze dates are:
Oct 14 & 15, 21 & 22, 28 & 29.
Bring your own flashlights!
Haunted Trail at Beaverdam Park – October 21, 2011, October 22, 2011
This night of fright is held on the Nature Trail at Beaverdam Park. Volunteers turn the woods into a very noisy and scary place! Open to all ages, however youth ages 9 and under must be accompanied by an adult. $5 – adults & youth 13 or over; $3 – youth 12 and under. Not recommended for children under 8 years old.
Gloucester Green Hand Farm Park – Green Hand Farm Park boasts a GIANT 4+ acre Corn Maze & a smaller one for younger children 🙂 A 3+ acre Pumpkin Patch where any size is only $5.00! Fun Activities for children of all ages! Hayrides, campfires w/a group, Friday & Saturday ‘Flash Light’ Nights – go through the maze in the dark!
New Kent Exit 211 on I 64 – Fridays and Saturdays, Oct 1-30, 2011 – Because truth is far scarier than reality, Journey Haunted Trails offers three terrifying trails for you to experience, plus an all new Journey to the Past Gross Museum that contains the grossest things found in the ancient pages of Scripture, spilled out on display, for the first time for all to see!
Newport News – Oct 22,2011 – Night of the Living Museum at the Virginia Living Museum – Enjoy non-scary Halloween fun for families with children ages 12 and under. See live animal shows featuring Halloween critters. Meet the Pumpkin Lady, Storytelling Witch, Spider Lady and Magic Wizard. Dig for ancient shark teeth. Visit the enchanted lagoon, pirate cove, and magical waterfall. Take a nighttime hike. Hunt for aliens in the planetarium ($2+ adm.). Creepy crafts and Halloween games.
Portsmouth – Oct 29, 2011 – MUSEUM MADNESS: Calling all Ghosts, Goblins, Princesses and Superheroes!
Enjoy a haunting day of Halloween fun at the Portsmouth Museums, including frightfully fun Arts and Crafts, Face Painting, and Wizardry! Ships, Spooks & Seas!
Enjoy a wide variety of Halloween themed crafts and activities at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum! Listen to scary stories, and at Discovery Cove, build a ghost ship, make a pirate flag or a porthole monster! The Frightship Portsmouth!
The Lightship Portsmouth will be transformed into a haunted vessel, the "Frightship." Inside, meet ghosts of sailors and pirates past. Note: The ship will be completely transformed by creative lighting and lots of spooky decorations, both inside and outside the ship!
Be sure to stay for the Annual Safe Trick-or-Treat in Olde Towne Portsmouth October 29, 2011, Saturday, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. This event is held exclusively for all children up to age 12, on the Saturday before Halloween.
Olde Towne Ghost Walk Oct 29, 2011
Take a guided walking tour past the haunted houses and mysterious creaking mansions of Olde Towne.Guides take spectators on a walk past haunted houses and mansions of Olde Towne, a 20-square block, 500 building area on the National Register of Historic Places.At each house on the tour, actors in appropriate costume will retell the legends of ghostly visitations and things that go bump in the night. Cameras are welcome. Houses are private properties and not open to the public. admission. For information please call 757-393-2346
Richmond VA Blood Lake Oct 14-31, 2011
Blood Lake is moving to Windy Hill Sports Complex at 16500 Midlothian Turnpike. Our devious cast of terrifying characters stalk their prey like the voracious timber wolf stalks sheep. Beware the plethora of tricks and traps for the unwary traveler on this path of doom, for the breeze that blows on Windy Hill this October carries a chill like no other. Blood Lake at Windy Hill is an outdoor haunted trail attraction. If you love being scared or watching your friends scream in terror, then you don’t want to miss this year’s trail.
Richmond VA Scream Forest Sept 30-Oct 31, 2011
Dare to experience Scream Forest. We put you out in the woods…on foot, with nothing between you and the creatures of the night…where no one cares if you scream! Escape from the forest and find the Bedlam House- a haunted house full of surprises.
Richmond VA Creepy Hollow Hayride
Creepy Hollow Hayride located in Richmond, Virginia returns with it’s tractor drawn haunted hayride. Creepy Hollow Hayride is filled with spooky scenery, amazing illusions & scary surprises. It’s a unique experience designed to entertain you every turn.
VA Beach NightMare Mansion
Located on the resort strip of Virginia Beach. Walk at your own pace through the narrow hallways. Enter at your own risk!
Virginia Beach – Sept 30- Oct 31 ,2011 – Haunted Hunt Club Farm & Halloween Fest – Come for the Haunted Hayride, Village of the Dead & Field of Screams. Grab some friends and come on out to the farm for an evening of good old Halloween fun. $
Midnight Manor Haunted Attraction, Friday and Saturday from October 8 to October 29, 2011. At Midnight Manor Haunted Attraction, a trio of ghoul-infested haunts inspires nightmares in covens of two or six with Hollywood-style and 3-D special effects. The gnarled beckon of a skeletal grim reaper lures in brave souls and paleontology majors to the Midnight Manor castle, where they tread cautiously through supernatural frights, including a bloodthirsty mummy and desecrated gravesite. Cobwebs lace the lairs of a vengeful pharaoh while a slaughtered skeleton drips blood behind bars. Then thrill seekers hightail it to the Trail of Terror, where they face off against the woodsy demons and overworked lumberjacks that dwell in the forest’s foreboding darkness. Finally, the Maniac Maze breathes life into horror stories as murderous clowns sneak up on unsuspecting wanderers ogling 3-D effects and devouring on-site snacks.
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TRICK-OR-TREAT HOURS Hampton Roads VA
Trick-or-treating hours for each city are as follows:
- Norfolk, until 8 p.m.
- Virginia Beach, dusk to 8 p.m.
- Portsmouth, dusk to 8 p.m.
- Chesapeake, 6 to 8 p.m.
- Suffolk, until 8 p.m.
- Hampton, dusk to 8 p.m.
- Newport News, until 8 p.m.
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Central Virginia
Richmond – Thursday-Saturday through Oct 29 – Capital Creepers EERIE NIGHTS Ghost Tours of Richmond – There are no cheery guides to greet you here, instead we offer you our "Ghoul Guides," a group of the walking dead doomed to haunt the streets of Richmond and tell you all about its tragic past. We mesh haunt gore with history. Our tours are for mature audiences, but families are welcome! Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. $
Richmond – Thursday-Saturday through Nov 5 – A fascinating exploration of Richmond’s oldest and most haunted neighborhood – that’s Haunts of Richmond Ghost Tours. Hear tales of trauma and tragedy at or near the sites where paranormal activity has been reported. $
Doswell ( Near Richmond)- Weekends Sept 30 through Oct 30 – Halloween HAUNT at Kings Dominion – Beginning September 30, as dusk settles over cheery grounds of Kings Dominion, the atmos-fear will change as shrieks and screams signal that Haunt is coming to life. Families and children may enjoy Halloween fun during daylight hours with age-appropriate, non-scary activities!
For more information and details about HAUNT, please visit www.haunt.kingsdominion.com. Please keep in mind that HAUNT is a PG-13 event; it is not intended for young children.
HOWL-O-FEST! Kings Dominion
Every Saturday and Sunday beginning October 1, visit the Not-So-Scary Monsters, say hello to Patch the Pumpkin, hear Stories of the Seas, and join in the Howl-O-Fest Scavenger Hunt! Don’t forget to paint your very own pumpkin to take home! Your family can also meet the PEANUTS while they are in their favorite costumes at the PEANUTS Meet and Treats!
This year there are more activities for kids than ever before! Most activities are on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm. Click HERE for more spooktacular daytime activities for the little ones!
Chester – Oct 21-22 – Things that Go Bump in the Night – Experience an evening of spellbinding accounts and legendary tales as storytellers relive old English legends and folklore. Join us by the fireside and listen to European stories early Colonists told as they recounted tales from their homeland. Capture the essence of what a Colonist felt between 1607-1622 in a strange new land surrounded by danger, darkness and uncertain peril. $
Gordonsville – Oct 21-22 – The Exchange Hotel Ghost Walk – A fun tour of the Hotel and don’t come alone because you’ll need a hand to squeeze when someone from the Civil War comes to visit an old friend at the hospital on the top floor! Hope to see you there they will be waiting! $
Richmond – Oct 23 – Goblins and Gourds at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden – Fun in the Children’s Garden featuring a pumpkin and harvest theme. $
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