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Here's your guide to all the Halloween haunts, pumpkin patches and corn mazes, fall foliage, and best places to visit during the fall season.
Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens
Mid-September - Oct. 31
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Come fall, experience spine-tingling chills at the park's annual Howl-O-Scream event, featuring six haunted houses and five frightening shows, including Movies of the Macabre, Frankenfest, Monsters Stomp Revamped, Jack is Back, and The Count's Halloween Spooktacular. Click here for more on Howl-O-Scream...
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Halloween Haunt at Kings Dominion
Mid-September - Oct. 31
Paramounts Kings Dominion, Doswell near Richmond
If you prefer Paramounts Kings Dominion, check out their "Halloween Haunt," which offers "scare zones" including Carn Eval, the Ruins, the Harvest, Central Stalkway, and Feary Tales. They also nine horrifying mazes, and six frightening shows, including Disturbia, Elvira's Superstition, and Fangs. Click here for more on Halloween Haunt...
Howloween at Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg
All October
Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg is offering special "Howloween" events now through Oct. 31st. In addition to the usual water pass fun, you'll be able to trick or treat "water park style," and join in a costume contest, "witchy" Cub Club crafts, and a "Spooktacular" story time. There's no extra charge over the usual room rate! Read why our kids say Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg is "more fun than Disneyland!"...
Apple Picking
Personally, we love to pick apples at Carter's Mountain in Charlottesville because of their breath-taking view of the Blue Ridge Mountains (and their delicious apple cider donuts!). But there are many places in Virginia to observe this wonderful fall tradition.
For a full list of places to pick apples, click here...
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| Virginia has amazing fall foliage! |
No fall is complete without picking pumpkins. But why buy them at a grocery store? Get the full fall fun experience by visiting a pumpkin patch. While there, why not go on a corn maze and maybe take a hay wagon ride?Find a corn maze and pumpkin patch near you by clicking here...
And if you love seeing the fall foliage, Virginia is an amazing place to enjoy it, especially near the Shenandoah Mountains. Virginia.org has great info on the best places for fall foliage, as well as a Leaf and Color Meter.
Wine Festivals
Here's another recipe for fall fun: Fall is the time for Virginia wine festivals, including the annual Town Point Virginia Wine Festival, featuring 200+ Virginia wines along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront. Entertainment plus crafts and food for purchase. This year, it's being held October 15-16 Tickets (including sampling and a wine glass) are generally $35 at the door on Saturday and $30 at the door on Sunday.
And then there's our personal favorite, the CIAO Williamsburg Italian Festival, October 8-9 on Jamestown Road, just blocks from Colonial Williamsburg's Merchants Square. Wine, kids fun, magic tricks, and Dean Martin impersonators!
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| Our favorite pumpkin patch is Carter's Mountain in Charlottesville. |
Check out Halloween and Fall Events at Local Museums
Many Virginia museums offer wonderful Halloween or fall-themed events designed for the whole family. Just two examples are Norfolk's Nauticus, which hosts "Haunticus" and even lets you spend the night on a "haunted" battleship, and Hampton's Virginia Air & Space Museum, which has an indoor "Trick or Treat" event, usually the day Saturday of or before Halloween.
For descriptions of Virginia attractions which may have fall fun events, go to our Attractions page.
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