From pumpkin picking to haunted houses, seasonal activities abound
KISS106 42-room haunted-house dress rehearsal and sneak preview ; proceeds benefit Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 7 -10 p.m. today, 7 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, 7-10 p.m. Wednesday and Oct. 25, 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 26 and 27, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 28, 29, 30 and 31; 6333 First Ave. S., Seattle, $7-$10 (206-768-8686).
Fremont Haunt
A three-level underground parking garage transformed into a scary haunted house; portion of the proceeds benefit local charities; 7-11 p.m. today, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Oct. 25-31, Fremont Haunt, 3401 Evanston Ave. N., Seattle; $5-$10 (206-781-4230 or www.fremonthaunt.com).
KUBE93 Haunted House
Twenty-room haunted house with retail store and other attractions, 7-10 p.m. today, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Oct. 25, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Oct. 26 and 27, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29, 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Oct. 30 and 31; Kids' Day with lights on, 3 -6 p.m. Saturday; ticket sales and retail store opens at 6 p.m., Family Fun Center, Tukwila; $10 or $8.50 with two nonperishable food-bank donations (206-232-2982 or www.kube93.com).
KBSG Scare House
Haunted house with monsters, ghosts and goblins; 7 -10 p.m. today, 7 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, 7-10 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Oct. 25, 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 26 and 27, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 28, 29, 30 and 31; less-scary Family Hour for younger children, 7- 8 p.m. daily; Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, 6- 10 p.m. Saturday; Sleepy Hollow Invitational Carving, 5 -9 p.m. Sunday, Des Moines Beach Park, 22030 Cliff Ave. S., Des Moines, $7 (206-870-6527).
Corn maze and pumpkin patch
Navigate a 5.5-acre corn maze, 10 a.m.-dusk today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, $4-$5; also, pick a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, see farm animals, shop at the farm stand; 10 a.m.-dusk today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, South 47 Farm, 15410 N.E. 124th St., Redmond (425-869-9777 or www.south47farm.com).
Pumpkin Harvest Festival
U-pick pumpkins, fun-park rides, pony rides, steam train, hay maze and hay jump, 3- 6 p.m. today and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 3-6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oct. 25 and 26, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28, 3-6 p.m. Oct. 29, 30 and 31; $6-$9 per person; also at the farm, the Direct Farm Market, restaurant and gift shop, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, Remlinger Farms, 32610 N.E. 32nd St., Carnation (425-333-4135 or www.remlingerfarms.com).
Pumpkins and corn maze
U-pick pumpkins and corn maze; 10 a.m.-dusk daily, Carpinito Brothers Farm, South 277th Street and West Valley Highway, Kent; corn maze $4-$6(253-854-5692).
Pumpkin patch
U-pick pumpkins plus corn stalks and gourds; noon-6 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends through Oct. 31, Pfaff's U-Pick Pumpkins, 29204 124th Ave. S.E., Auburn (253-852-8244).
Pumpkin Country
Pumpkin patch, Creepy Crawly Trolley, Boo Barn and other activities; 1-6 p.m. today and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (and 1-6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) through October, most activities Saturday and Sunday only, Biringer Farms, 4625 40th Place N.E., Everett, $5, under 40 inches tall free (425-259-0255 or www.biringerfarm.com).
Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkins, story-time tours, baby farm animals, harvest market, corn maze, scarecrow making and tractor-pulled wagon rides, 9:30 a.m.-dusk today and Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (and 9:30 a.m.-dusk Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) through October, Craven Farm, 13817 Short School Road, Snohomish; admission free, charge for some activities (360-568-2601 or www.cravenfarm.com).
Corn maze and pumpkin patch
Medieval times cornstalk maze, 3-7 p.m. today, 3-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, $5 (and 3-7 p.m. Wednesday); family night Fridays, parents free with each paid child's admission; pumpkin patch, 3-7 p.m. today and Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with hay rides, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, free; and kids' hay maze, $2 ; Maris Farms, 24713 Sumner-Buckley Highway, Buckley (253-862-2848 or www.marisfarms.com).
Rutledge Farm
Two cornstalk mazes on 6.5-acre cornfield, a total of 3.3 miles, bring a flashlight for evening hours; 10 a.m.-midnight today, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Rutledge Farm, 302 93rd Ave. S.E., Olympia; $5-$7 (360-280-8179 or www.cornmazes.com).
Gordon Skagit Farm
Carving pumpkins, including pumpkins in red, blue and white in addition to the traditional orange; apples, ornamental gourds and stalks, 15 varieties of squash; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, Gordon Skagit Farm, 15598 McLean Road, Mount Vernon (360-424-7262).
Fright Night Halloween Carnival
Games, prizes, arts and crafts and haunted house by North Seattle Family Center; 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, AS-I Elementary, 11530 12th Ave. N.E., Seattle; suggested donation $10/family (206-364-7930).
Ultimate 3-D Haunted Hospital Visitors wear 3-D "safety glasses" for tour of a PG-13 rated haunted hospital; 7-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 5-8 p.m. Sunday, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 25-29 and Oct. 31, Northgate Mall, Seattle; $9 or $8 with canned food-bank donation (www.star1015.com).
Kirkland Jaycees Haunted House
Fri, Sat, Sun Haunted house; 7 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, 6-10 p.m. Sunday; 7-11 Wednesday and Oct. 25, 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 26 and 27, 6-10 p.m. Oct. 28, 7-10 p.m. Oct. 29 and 30 and 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 31; kids' matinee 1-3 p.m. Sundays, Kirkland Teen Center, 348 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, $7-$8, kids' matinee $2 (206-654-4445).
Haunted House
Two haunted houses under the grandstands; for ages 10 and older; 6 p.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, 6-10 p.m. Sunday, Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe, $10 one side, $14 both sides (425-339-3309).
Fright Fest
Kids' Kingdom with hay maze, trick-or-treating trail and entertainment, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (through Oct.); Looney Tunes characters in the pumpkin patch, 1, 3 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; Mausoleum Madness haunted house and comedy hypnotist show for teens and adults, 6-10 p.m. Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday, noon-10 p.m. Sunday, Wild Waves and Enchanted Village, Federal Way, $15.99 (253-661-8000 or www.sixflags.com).
Maizeat Carlson Farms
Navigate the maze, 3 p.m.-dusk Friday, 10 a.m.-dusk Saturday, noon-dusk Sunday, Carlson Farms on Neal Road, Fall City; $4.50-$6.50 (425-222-7095).
Night of Mystery Sleepover
Amazing true stories about mysteries of nature for adults and interested kids ages 10 and older, plus hay maze in the moonlight, overnight in a park cabin and breakfast; 7 p.m. Saturday through Sunday morning, Camp Long, 5200 35th Ave. S.W., $15, preregister (206-684-7434).
Star Wars Society Halloween Party
Treats, games and costume contest for kids, pumpkin carving contest, dancing, bar and costume contest for adults; 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Oct. 20, Fremont Unconventional Centre, 160 N. Canal St., Seattle, $10 ages 13 and younger, $20 ages 14 through adult; $2 off adult admission with donation of a new Star Wars toy for holiday toy drive; tickets at the door only (www.seattlestarwars.com).
Halloween Carnival
Pony rides, bouncy castle, food and games plus silent auction with Mariner items; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Shoreline-Cooperative Preschool, 2545 N.E. 200th St., Shoreline, admission $2/family or $1 with canned food donation, extra charge for some activities (206-362-3257).
Fall Harvest Festival
Amateur pumpkin growers invited to enter home-grown pumpkins for a $100 gift certificate award for the largest pumpkin, plus planting seminars, fruit tasting, wine tasting and face painting; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Molbak's, 13625 N.E. 175th St., Woodinville (425-483-5000 or www.molbaks.com).
Hay Maze Days
Walk through a giant maze of hay bales and corn stalks; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 3, Camp Long, 5200 35th Ave. S.W., Seattle; $5 (206-684-7434).
Corn Maze
Cornstalk maze in the shape of animals from Woodland Park Zoo; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Biringer Farms, 4625 40th Place N.E., Everett; $5 (425-259-0255 or www.biringerfarm.com).
PLAN AHEAD
Jack-o-Lantern carving contest
Bring pumpkins to carve and leave on display at the park, with prizes in several categories; 3-8 p.m. Oct. 25, Camp Long, Seattle (206-684-7434).
"Hotel Sea'NoMore" haunted house
The ghost of an ancient mariner and other spooky guests wandering a haunted house hotel; 6-9 p.m. Oct. 25-30, $6; and for younger children, the "Creaky Café" with music, treats and games, 6 -9 p.m. Oct. 25-30, free; Rosehill Community Center, Mukilteo (425-290-9500).
Haunted Forest
Park trail filled with vampires, witches and monsters; by the Everett Jaycees, proceeds benefit community activities; 7-10 p.m. Oct. 25-28 and 30-31, Forest Park, 802 Mukilteo Blvd., Everett, $5 (360-652-7988).
Haunted Mini-Golf
Treats, prizes and special treats for kids in costume; noon-11 p.m. Oct. 26-31, Interbay Golf Center, 2501 15th Ave. W., Seattle, $5-$7 (206-285-2200).
The Nature of Halloween
Tales of owls, bats and spiders, trail walk and snacks; start times 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27, $10; Night in the Haunted Forest Halloween party and overnight in a park cabin, Oc t. 27-28, $15; Camp Long, Seattle, preregister (206-684-7434).
Pumpkin Night walks
Non-scary twilight walk amid glowing jack-o-lanterns for young children and families; 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 26, 27 and 28, Camp Long, Seattle, $2 (206-684-7434).
Pumpkin Walk
Family nature walk on a trail illuminated with 100 lighted, carved pumpkins, story telling, music and food; 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27, Bainbridge Gardens, 9415 Miller Road N.E., Bainbridge Island, free (206-842-5888).
Halloween Cruise
KZOK cruise with dancing to classic rock music band Jimmy Vegas and costume contest with $1,000 prize; 9-11:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Argosy Cruises, Seattle, $20 (800-642-7816 or www.argosycruises.com).
Halloween Trolls
A Scandinavian twist on Halloween with troll tales and crafts; costumes encouraged; 10-11 a.m. Oct. 27, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle; $6, reservations required by Wednesday (206-789-5707).
Halloween Mystery Event
Murder mystery train with gourmet dinner and staged murder mystery that passengers figure out to solve the crime; 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, Renton Trail Depot, Renton, $74.99 by reservation (800-876-7245).