| Arnold’s Scare World — Arnold’s Family Fun Center, V2200 West Drive, Oaks, PA. Tickets are $15 & 4-packs are available for $55. Also offered is the Arnold’s Scare World package. For $29.99 you get a Scare World tickets, a 20 point Arnold’s care & free food.
Bates Motel and Haunted Hayride — Arasapha Farms, 1835 Middletown Rd., Glen Mills, PA. A working farm features a 25-min. hayride, a haunted motel, new sets and a new trail. Oct. 3-Nov. 1, $12-$80. 610-459-0647, www.thebatesmotel.com
Brandywine Creek State Park’s 17th Annual Haunted Trail — The Park, off the intersection of Rtes. 92 & 100, Greenville, DE. Recommended for kids ages 12 and older, the trail features jack-o’-lanterns, ghoulish characters, scary surprises and mazes. Oct. 17 and 18, 7-10pm, $10. 302-655-5740, www.destateparks.com/bcsp/bcsp.asp
Count’s Halloween Spooktacular — Sesame Place, 100 Sesame Rd. Langhorne, PA. On weekends throughout Oct., the Sesame Street gang happily haunts the park. Show up in costume to trick-or-treat throughout the park and make your way through the Count’s castle. On Oct. 25 come dressed to impress for the Halloween Costume Contest. Register in front of the Big Bird Theater at least 30 mins. before the contest: Boys, 12noon; Girls, 12:30pm; and Families, 2pm. Contest winners march in the Rock Around the Block parade at 3pm. Oct. 4-25, $47.95. 215-752-7070, www.sesameplace.com
Dutch Wonderland Happy Hauntings — Dutch Wonderland, 2249 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, PA. Three weekends of kid-friendly Halloween fun include themed rides and attractions, trick-or-treating, magic shows, ghoulish games and storytelling. Oct. 18-Nov. 2, $17.95. 866-386-2839, www.dutchwonderland.com
Festival of Fears — Snipes Farm, 890 W. Bridge St., Morrisville, PA. This Bucks County haunted attraction offers Monsterless Matinees on Sat. and Sun. from 1-5pm for $3 per person. The farm’s corn maze is also open during the day for non-scary fun. Open weekends throughout Oct. starting Oct. 3, $10. 215-407-3327, www.festivaloffears.com
Field of Screams — College Ave., Mountville, PA. Management recommends that only children ages 10 & up visit the three haunted attractions. The Little Screamers’ Hayride takes place Sundays, 6-7:30pm through Nov. 2, $12-$33. Please note: cash only. There is an ATM on-site. 717-285-7748, www.fieldofscreams.com
Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure — Six Flags Great Adventure, Rte. 537, Jackson, NJ. The park recommends that families with very young children enjoy Halloween-themed shows for kids, but exit the park by 6pm. When the sun begins to set, the ghouls come out to haunt the midways. Evening hours feature bone-chilling walkthrough attractions, eerie shows and teeth-chattering thrill rides. Oct. 4-Nov. 2, $29.99. 732-928-1821, www.sixflags.com/greatadventure
Frightland — Rte. 13 and 309 Port Penn Rd., Middletown, DE. Evening activities are recommended for ages 8 and older. Day haunted activities include carnival rides, face painting, a hayride and crafts. Haunted evening attractions include the Barn of Horror, Idalia Manor and the Town of Redemption. Through Nov. 1, $15-$50 plus $2 parking. 302-378-VAMP, www.frightland.com
Ghost Tours — Visit the ghosts of Lancaster County, PA; Ocean City, NJ; or Philadelphia during these candlelight walking tours. For dates, times & detailed information, visit www.ghosttour.com
Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tours — Tours meet at the Washington St. Mall Information Booth. A guide relays the findings of ghost writer Craig McManus on this 30-min. narrated tour. 609-884-5404, www.capemaymac.org
Halloween Haunt — Dorney Park, 3830 Dorney Park Rd., Allentown, PA. This attraction is for ages 13 & up after 6pm. Guests can make their way through both indoor and outdoor mazes and take in scary shows such as General Jack’s Sideshow Bizarro and Dead Awakening. Visitors wearing costumes, masks or full-face make-up will be denied admission. Through Nov. 1, $10-$35.99. 610-395-3724, www.dorneypark.com
Haunted Cape May Tours — Tours leave from the boardwalk across from Hotel Macomber at Howard & Beach Sts. 90-min. walking tour visits some of Cape May’s most historic & haunted streets. 609-884-4202, www.hauntednewjersey.com/capemaytour/index.html
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Haunted Trolley Tour of Philadelphia — Tours depart from the Bourse Building, 111 S. Independence Mall. Hear more than 20 haunting tales on this trolley tour, which makes its way through Old City & Society Hill daily. Reservations required. 215-413-7000, www.ghosttour.net/ trolleytourphiladelphia.html
Hersheypark in the Dark — 100 Hersheypark Dr., Hershey, PA. The road to Hershey’s Trick-or-Treat Adventure begins at Hershey’s Chocolate World and continues inside Hersheypark in Treatville, a hometown village of sweets where kids ages 12 and younger can collect treats as they go. Oct. 17-Nov. 2, $16.95-$23.95. 800-HERSHEY, www.hersheypa.com
Horrorfest — Shady Brook Farm, 931 Stony Hill Rd., Yardley, PA. Haunted event offers 4 attractions: the Barn of Horror (ages 10 and older), the Hayride of Horror, Alien Invasion 3D and the Deadtime Stories corn maze. Oct. 3-Nov. 1. PumpkinFest takes place daily through Nov. 2, 11am-5pm and offers hayrides to the pumpkin patch, live entertainment, a giant corn maze and Barn of Horror, Jr., a less scary version of the nighttime attraction. 215-968-1670, www.shadybrookfarm.com
Indian Acres Tree Farm — Indian Acres Tree Farm, Tuckerton Rd., Medford, NJ. Take part in scary and non-scary fun weekends through Oct. 26 from 10am-5pm. Young visitors can enjoy pumpkin-picking wagon rides, pony rides, barrel train rides and live music. Evening attractions include the Bermuda Triangle, the Zombie Graveyard, a Western Ghost Town and the Eerie Acres Wagon Ride. Oct. 4-26. 609-953-0087, www.indianacrestreefarm.com
Jason’s Woods — 99 Stehman Rd., Lancaster, PA. This working farm transforms into a haunted attraction. Sunday is Family Night; children younger than age 10 are half price when accompanied by an adult. Oct. 3-Nov. 2, $3-$40. 717-872-5768, www.jasonswoods.com
Scare Brothers Haunted Nightmare — 354 S. Warminster Rd., Hatboro, PA. This large-scale haunt lets frightened children turn the ghouls into friendly ghosts. See your ticket for the codeword. Oct. 10-Nov. 1, $18-$40. 267-241-3443, www.scarebrothers.com
Screaming’s Run Haunted Walks — Leaming’s Run Gardens, 1845 Rte. 9 N., Cape May Court House, NJ. This guided candlelit tour boasts there are no noisy tractors or chain saws — just you, the darkness and acres of wooded trails. Oct. 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1, $7. 609-465-5871, www.screamingsrun.com
Shocktoberfest — On Rte. 422 west of Reading in Sinking Spring, PA. Voted the 6th-best haunt in the U.S. by HauntWorld Magazine, this heme park is for age 6 & up. Attractions include Toxic Asylum 3D, the BioHazard Hayride, Prison of the Dead and Warehouse of Horrors. Through Nov. 2, $15-$40, www.shocktoberfest.com
Spirits of ’76 Ghost Tour — Tours leave from the Omni Hotel Lobby, 401 Chestnut St., Phila. This 75 min. nighttime walking tour unearths Philadelphia’s haunted facts & folklore in visits to more than 20 scary sites. Advance reservations are recommended. 215-525-1776, www.spiritsof76.com
Terror Behind the Walls — Eastern State Penitentiary, 22nd St. & Fairmount Ave., Phila., PA. Recommended for ages 12 & older, this haunted house takes place in a real former prison. Ages 7-12 are welcome to attend Family Nights on Sundays and Wed., Oct. 22. On these nights kids can say, “Monster Be Good,” and it will. Parking can be challenging around the Penitentiary, so for $10 park at Broad & Spring Garden Sts. and hop the Ghost Bus, an open-air trolley ride with storytellers describing ghost sightings in Philadelphia. Fright and a Bite Dinner packages are available at Fairmount restaurants. They include a Halloween-theme meal and tickets to Terror Behind the Walls. These packages must be reserved through participating restaurants. See the website for a list. Through Nov. 2, $20-$30. 888-763-6483, www.easternstate.com
The Prison — Burlington County Prison Museum, 128 High St., Mt. Holly, NJ. Meet prisoners Pork Chop and The Butcher in this haunted attraction. Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 31 and Nov. 1. 609-265-5476, www.prisonhaunt.com
Valley Of Fear and Original Haunted Hayride — 301 W. Bristol Rd., Feasterville, PA. Haunted attractions include a hayride, forest maze and two houses. Oct. 2-Nov. 1, $14-$44 plus $5 parking. 215-942-9787, www.valleyoffear.com
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It’s October, time for pumpkin picking and things that go bump in the night. Delaware Valley families seeking haunted attractions, walks and theme parks have many choices. Some venues suggest appropriate ages, but most advise that it’s best to know your child.