Statewide—Plan to spend the upcoming weekend, Oct. 25-27, at a Halloween event — or two — or three —at a DNR property.
Options include events with names like Spooktacular, Un-BOO-Lievable Happenings, Owl-o-ween, Fall-o-ween, Hoots and Howls, and Hall-o-Wheelin.
State park properties hosting such events the coming weekend include Chain O’Lakes, Clifty Falls, Fort Harrison, Harmonie, Indiana Dunes, Lincoln, McCormick’s Creek, Mounds, O’Bannon Woods, Ouabache, Pokagon, Potato Creek, Shades, Tippecanoe River, Turkey Run, and Versailles as well as Brookville and Cecil M. Harden (Raccoon State Recreation Area [SRA]), Hardy, and Monroe lakes
You’ll also find Halloween-themed events at Forestry-managed Starve Hollow SRA, as well as the Division of Outdoor Recreation’s Redbird SRA for off-road vehicles (ORVs).
For details regarding a Halloween event near you or one that’s well worth a road trip, click here, under “Fall Festivals at a Glance.” You can come for one activity, stay for a day, or spend the entire weekend at most events.
