The cool crisp air of autumn beckons us to spend some time outdoors and enjoy the season before winter arrives.   Take a drive, enjoy the fall foliage, and check out these great Halloween Happenings during October in the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors region.

• Blackbird Distillery’s Halloween Bash-Brookville  Show off your best hillbilly costume and you could win great prizes.
  October 1-31

• Haunted Peninsula-Tionesta  Come explore Lighthouse Island with haunted hayrides, spook walk, games, activities and candy.  Special events each Saturday.
  October 7-8
  October 14-15
  October 21-22
  October 28-29

• Haunted Barn-Brookville  Bring your gang for some heart stopping fun with creatures, ghouls and goblin in every dark corner.
  October 8
  October 14-15
  October 21-22
  October 28-29

• Dr. McKnight’s Medical Mayhem-Brookville  Experience a live action game in which a team of 2-6 companions are locked in a room and have to find clues to solve puzzles to get out within one hour.
  October 14-15
  October 21-22
  October 28-29

• Halloween Monster Ball-Wilcox  Come if you dare and dance the night away. There will be a DJ, hot food and spooky treats. Costumes encouraged. BYOB.
  October 22

• Mayhem on Mefferts-Winery at Wilcox-Wilcox  Witches needed… Who all is available to keep us company for a couple hours before and after we close? There’s a “Monster Ball” in town that night, and we’re kinda spooked about being alone in the dark before it starts. There’s plenty of BOOS for everyone, and we promise to keep you entertained.
  October 22

 

• Red Hat Halloween Party Luncheon Trails End Restaurant-Cook Forest  The theme is Terror in the Tropics!! We will provide the tropical and you provide the terror.  Lunch will be served, karaoke, and prizes.
  October 25

• Halloween Parade-New Bethlehem  Categories include prettiest, ugliest or scariest, small fry, funniest, couple, group or family, organization, rough & tough and band member.
  October 27

• Silent Movie Night at Lincoln Hall-Foxburg  Come experience the sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ as the musical backdrop to the 1927 classic silent film, “It”. Guests can to participate in the fun and dress in Roaring Twenties attire or Halloween costume of your choice!
  October 28

• Fun Central Halloween Party-Clearfield  Games, trivia, scavenger hunt, costume contests, treats for anyone dressed up, game card, food specials, Chinese auction and it’s all FREE
  October 28

• Haunted Brookville  Visit downtown Brookville for a spellbounding time at the first annual Haunted Brookville celebration with an escape room, eerie tales tour, color run, Phantom of the Opera silent film, and more.
  October 29

• Haunted Halloween Trail and All Hallows Eve Celebration-Sinnemahoning State Park  Watch for ghosts ghouls and goblins along with some scary native critters too on a haunted adventure.  Smaller children can enjoy some not-so-scary fall crafts and games in the Wildlife Center.  Hayrides, bonfire, refreshments and live music.
  October 29

• Phil’s Trick or Trot 5K-Punxsutawney  Race around Gobbler’s Knob and surrounding wooded area.  Finish with the famous “trek” to the stage.  Costume contest and prizes.
  October 29

• Children’s Halloween Activities Elk Country Visitor Center-Benezette  Fun-filled activities like bobbing for apples, play antler ring toss, catch some “fish”, build a bat box, and many more fun activities. Costumes are optional.
  October 29

• Eerie Tales-Brookville  Guides will take you on a historical based walking tour sharing some of the little known strange, but true, eerie happenings in Brookvile.
  October 29

• Medium Group Reading-Brookville  A group reading with Psychic Medium, Sara Sachs, will provide the opportunity to connect with loved ones that have passed.
  October 29

• Halloween Dinner & Dance Party Summit Fireside Lodge and Grill-Ridgway  
  Dinner from 6-9pm; includes a dozen wings, small fries, and one draft beer.  Costume dance party 9pm-midnight.  Prizes for best of show, sexiest, funniest, original and best homemade. October 29

• Halloween Party Trails End-Cook Forest A ghoulish good time with live music and costume contest at Trails End Restaurant in Cook Forest State Park.  Theme:  Terror in the Tropics.
  October 29

• Halloween Cathedral by Candlelight-Cook Forest Walk back in time into the depths of the Forest Cathedral with an historical character from the past.  Come view the ancient forest as we walk beneath the giants by candlelight.  Either a French Marine from the 1750’s who saw these massive trees 250 years ago, or a lumberman from the 1800’s will be there to guide us.  Candy and hot chocolate will be served at the Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom.  Bring your flashlights
  October 31

Find more information on these and other fun things to do this Fall online at VisitPAGO.com/autumn or call the PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau at (814) 849-5197.