It's time for fall family fun in Salt Lake City and we can hardly wait! We are lucky to have so many fall attractions and events in and around Salt Lake City, where families have been making fall memories for years. Macaroni KID Salt Lake City has all the details for you and your family to make the most of autumn in SLC.
Salt Lake City Fall and Halloween Attractions:
Little Haunts via This is the Place website |
Little Haunts @ This is The Place
Salt Lake City, Saturdays in October
It's not scary at the Park during the day, so put on your costumes and come to the Village for a family-friendly Halloween celebration!
Visit the Story Telling Witch, go trick-or-treating, get up-close-and-personal with creepy crawlies at Creature Encounters, and enjoy all of the Park’s daily activities like train rides, the petting coral, pony rides, take-home crafts, and so much more. Make it part of your family's Halloween tradition.
 Boo Lights via Hogle Zoo website |
BooLights! @ Hogle Zoo
Salt Lake City, Oct 1-29 (select dates), Mon-Sat
Here’s a sampling of what’s in store for you and your family at BooLights!
- See the graveyard, the land of spiders, the pirates’ lair, and more!
- Walk through the Bat Cave
- A wizarding world-themed maze including a chance encounter with recognizable character or two!
- Ride the train at night for $5!
Let your littles wear their costumes, yummy treats in the Beastro, and the sounds of the Zoo after dark. BooLights is a great place to enjoy the Halloween season.
*Please note – BooLights is a holiday-themed light event and most animals will not be available.*
 Bootanical via Red Butte Gardens website |
BOOtanical @ Red Butte Gardens
Salt Lake City, Oct 14-31
Enjoy safe outdoor activities, live local music, storytellers, puppeteers, and more fun surprises. Join us for BOOtanical in the Garden, an outdoor, family-friendly experience to celebrate Halloween and the natural world.
Haunted Half via Runtastic Events youtube channel |
Haunted Half, 5k & Kids' Run
Salt Lake City, Oct 23
Sign up for the spooookiest run of the season, ending at Sugarhouse Park!
 Photo by senivpetro via freepik.com |
Pumpkin Days @ Wheeler Historic Farms
Murray, Sept 24-Oct 31
Straw maze, corn pit, pedal tractor track, wagon rides, pumpkin patch and more!
 WitchFest via Gardner Village website |
WitchFest @ Gardner Village
West Jordan, Sept 18-Oct 30, Mon-Sat
If you visit historic Gardner Village mid-September through October, you’re in for a real treat! And maybe a few tricks as well as the witches come out to play during the annual WitchFest in West Jordan, Utah.
The menace is intentional each year as crews begin working on WitchFest, Gardner Village’s 45-day celebration of everything witch, complete with witch displays and a scavenger hunt to find them, Breakfast with a Witch, Witchapalooza Music Dinner Theater, Mystique Dining, The Prestige: Parlour of Magic, a Witches 5k & 10k and half marathon, and the popular Witches Night Out, which is currently in its 21st year. Other events and activities also include Wee Witches Weekend, the all-new Ricochet Canyon amusement activity area and A Great Escape's witch-themed escape room adventure.
 Getty Images via Canva |
Crazy Corn Maze, Fright Lights & Night Stalkers
West Jordan, Sept 24-Oct 30, Mon-Sat
Get lost in over 8 acres of corn in the Crazy Corn Maze for all ages, marvel at the light displays in Fright Lights and run for your life in the haunted corn maze for older kids, all at the same place!
 Thriller Park via Kuwahara Wholesale website |
Kuwahara's Pumpkin Patch & Thriller Park
Draper, Sept 24-Oct 30
Halloween activities for all ages! Bounce houses, corn pits & mazes, pumpkin patch, Halloween village, entertainment, food and more!
 High Seas via Loveland Living Planet Aquarium website |
Halloween on the High Seas @ Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
Draper, Sept 30-Oct 31, Thu-Sun
Ahoy sailors! Prepare for an all-new Halloween adventure at Loveland Living Planet Aquarium! Halloween on the High Seas is a nighttime, outdoor event on the plaza, filled with fun for the whole family. Embark on an adventure for lost treasure and discover pirates, mermaids, and creatures from the deep! Plus enjoy the Seaside Carnival with games and treats. Get your wits about you, lads and lassies, because you’ll be needin’ all the courage you can muster!
 Scarecrow via Thanksgiving Point website |
Scarecrow Festival @ Ashton Gardens
Lehi, Oct 11-16
Join us this fall for our popular Scarecrow Festival. Enjoy the beautiful autumn colors in the expansive 50-acre gardens and dozens of imaginative scarecrows built and submitted by the community. This week-long festival will also feature fun outdoor games and music. Visit on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday to enjoy yummy food from Thanksgiving Point Concessions.
 Photo via gpointstudio on freepik.com |
Corn Belly's @ Thanksgiving Point
Lehi, Sept 24-Oct 30, Mon-Sat
There's fun for all ages at Corn Belly's! Corn mazes, pumpkin patches, shows, rides, animals, games, food, photo opps and more!
 Pumpkin Train via Heber Valley Railroad website |
Heber Valley Railroad: Halloween Rides
Heber, Oct 1-30 (select dates), Mon-Sat
Enjoy a themed train ride with beautiful scenery, entertainment and treats! Heber Valley Railroad offers different Halloween themed trains that are sure to entertain the littles! Costumes welcome!
 Evermore Park Map via Evermore website |
Evermore: LORE
Pleasant Grove, Sept 10-Oct 30 (select dates)
Every Fall season the Village of Evermore is transformed into a Spooky Wonderland. General admission takes you into a Magical Halloween Festival filled with characters, quests, shows, games, themed shops and so much more! Add a ticket to our LORE Haunted Adventure to take the scare up several notches. Ride on the Evermore Express Train to see the village from a different perspective and enjoy a ghost story along the way.
 Cross E Ranch Fall Festival via Cross E Ranch website |
Cross E Ranch's Fall Festival
Salt Lake City, Sept 17-Oct 30
Explore our Corn Maze, Corn Maze Games, Real Pumpkin Patch & Sunflower Field! Enjoy Animals, Pig Races (times click here), Jump Pads, Zip Lines, Mega Slides, Hay Pyramid, Hay Rides, Barrel Train, & More!
Scary Hill via CherryHillWaterpark youtube channel |
Scary Hill @ Cherry Hill
Kaysville, Oct 1-30 (select dates), Mon-Sat
Come Celebrate Halloween at Cherry Hill this October. Hundreds of skeletons await your visit on our spectacular Bone yard tractor ride. Plus every hole of the Miniature Golf gets haunted in spooky Halloween fashion. If that’s not enough, visit our Jungle Maze attractions and experience all the family fun decked out in festive themes. Don’t forget to stop by the Pie Pantry for some spooky treats to spice up your fall festivities!
 Frightmares via Lagoon website |
Frightmares @ Lagoon
Farmington, Sept 10-Oct 31
Come one, come all! Frightmares has something for everyone. With over nine haunted attractions, Halloween-themed entertainment and all of your favorite foods, rides and games, Frightmares is Utah’s number one destination for family friendly Halloween fun.
We will continue to update our Macaroni KID Salt Lake City Fall Fun Guide with events as they are posted, so check back often!
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