NC High Country Halloween 2022 Activities happen not just on Halloween night.  You can find NC High Country Halloween activities for all ages throughout the month of October 2022!  Here is a list of NC High Country Halloween 2021 events happening:

BEECH MOUNTAIN

• Haunted Harvest & Trail or Treat
  10/28: 5-9pm
  Buckeye Recreation Center, Beech Mountain
  Bounce house, games & activities, trail or treat & Haunted Trail ($10). For details call 828-387-3003
  
  

BANNER ELK AREA

• Beary Scary Halloween
  10/29: 11-3:30
  Grandfather Mountain
  Visit Grandfather Mountain for an afternoon of nature programs about animals that some consider creepy and crawly! This fun-filled celebration includes an opportunity to trick-or-treat through the animal habitats area and then watch special Halloween enrichments be given to the animals. Plus, children in costume are admitted at half-price. Included with admission. Details HERE

• Banner Elk Trunk or Treat
  TBA
  Historic Banner Elk School Grounds
  One of the most popular family Halloween events in the North Carolina High Country. Children (and adults) come dressed in costumes for a fun trick-or-treat experience from the trunks of vehicles.

• Trick-or-Treat Mini Farm Tours
  TBA
  Apple Hill Farm
  Apple Hill Farm will be leading trick-or-treat mini-tours of the farm in the evenings, where guests can come dressed in their Halloween best and collect candy and gifts from the alpacas, llamas, goats, and other animals that call Apple Hill Farm home. On this educational and hands-on mini-tour, your Tour Ghoul will share fun facts about the animals at each stop and safely distribute goodies for each child.. For more information, click HERE
  
  
• Seven Devils Spooky Trunk or Treat
  10/28: 4-6pm
  Seven Devils Community Center
  Come enjoy some fun and safe Trunk or Treating at the Seven Devils Community Center located at 1356 Seven Devils Rd. We will be giving out candy bags, fun giveaway items, and CANDY! Bring children 16 & under for a good time.  Details HERE

BOONE - BLOWING ROCK AREA

• Mystery Hill Halloween
  9/23- 10/31, 10am-5:30pm
  
  Dr. Rozwell's Alien Expo & Celebration Carnival features carnival style, alien-themed games where guests can win tickets to redeem for prizes. The carnival will run 10AM-5:30PM on Fri. - Sun. on event days. Admission: Included free with Ultimate & Ultimate PLUS Adventure Package Purchases
   
  The Space Cube Experience (like an escape room, just a little smaller!) gives guests 15 minutes to solve the mystery of the Space Cube before government officials arrive and Dr. Rozwell's discovery goes down as just another conspiracy theory. Admission: $12.95, Reservations & waiver required
   
  9/23- 10/31, 7-11pm
  
  Attack on the Hill visitors will take a guided tour and defend Mystery Hill as it is being attacked by aliens during this after-hours horror event. Ultimate & Ultimate Adventure Package ticket-holders can add this on for 1/2 price. Regular price: $19.95,  Reservations & waiver required
   
  Intergalactic Alien Target Practice Sessions include safety briefing, training with practice throws, and scored rounds of 5 throws each to determine the Tomahawk Hill champion. Sessions are on shared lane pairs with up to 10 guests per lane pair. Regular price: $12.95,  Reservations & waiver required
  
  
• Terror by the River & Wonderland Escape Room
  October Fridays & Saturdays, Dark- 11pm 
  High Country Fairgrounds, Boone
  ADULT-FRIENDLY BOUNCE HOUSE • CORN HOLE • BURNING BARRELS with SMORES
  PICTURE PROPS • CORN CRIB • HOT COCOA, FOOD, SNACKS & DRINKS! For more information, click HERE
  
  
• Blowing Rock Halloween Festival
  10/29, 3-7pm
  Downtown Blowing Rock 
  FREE activities at the Museum and park games, trick-or-treating, movies, and a Scavenger Hunt. The highlight is the Monster March, where all the kids get to take over Main Street for a costume parade! For more information, click HERE
  
  
• Trunk or Treat
  10/30, 5-7pm
  Watauga County Recreation Center, Boone
  Join us for a free walk-thru event for costumed kiddos in the rec center parking lot.
  
  
• Boone Boo!
  10/31, 5-7:30pm
  Downtown Boone
  Located in downtown Boone, enjoy  games and crafts at the Watauga County Library, a spooky tour of the Jones House and trick or treating with downtown merchants. For more information, click HERE
  
  
• Boone Mall Trick or Treating
  TBA
  Boone Mall
  Enjoy trick or treat at the stores in the mall.  
  
  
• Trunk or Treat for Tots
  TBA
  Jim and Bettie Smith Baseball Field Parking Lot
  Enjoy fun activities, games, inflatables, and trick-or-treating from student and faculty vehicles. Allergy sensitive candy will be available at select vehicles. Admission is one canned good or non-perishable item. All donations go to the local food bank. No pets allowed.
  
  
• Dracula 
  10/29-31: 7-8:30pm
  Hickory Ridge, Horn in the West, Boone
  Blue Ridge Community Theatre will present an adaptation of Orson Welles'  Mercury Theater Radio Broadcast of Bram Stoker's Dracula.  Bring blankets and chairs, grab some popcorn and prepare to be entranced by one of the most-published stories of all time. Tickets are $10 and available at the venue on each night of the performance.
  

• Trick or Treat Halloween Spooktacular
  10/31
  Tanger Outlet Mall
  Stores will host a Monster Challenge Scavenger hunt where families find fun clues and complete a scavenger hunt card for a chance to win a $100.00 Tanger Shopping Spree!  A variety of fun activities are planned for the family such as a costume contest, a Touch-A-Truck meet and greet with local fire and police, and even a monster mash dance off in the courtyard. For more information, click HERE
  
  
  
• C&J Farm Haunted Trail 
  TBA
  C&J Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze
  Bring a flashlight and enter the haunted trail! The corn maze, hayride and pumpkin patch will also be open. For more information, click HERE

WEST JEFFERSON AREA

• West Jefferson Trick or Treat
  10/31: 3-5pm
  Trick or Treating will be in downtown West Jefferson. Be safe!! Have lots of FUN!!!!!

WILKESBORO

• Wilkesboro Halloween Parade and Zombie Fest
  TBA
  Main Street, Downtown Wilkesboro
  Scavenger hunt & jack-o/lantern judging noon-5
  Free Kids IDs and themed vendors open at 2:00
  Parade at 3:00
  Games begin after the parade.
  Kids costume contest lineup at 5:30.
  Jack-O' Lantern winner announced 6:00
  Zombie walk at 6:30

• Hillside Horror
  Fridays & Saturdays, 7:30-10pm
  Roaring River (Near Wilkesboro)
  Take a hayride into the darkness and escape at Hillside Horror if you dare.  For more information, click HERE

• Candlelight Ghost Tours
  TBA
  Wilkes Heritage Museum
  Enjoy legends of the past and stories of ghosts in the present.  Tours are $10. To reserve, call 336-667-3171

• Murder in the House of Horrors
  TBA
  Wilkes Playmakers, North Wilkesboro
  Welcome to the museum’s lecture on ’Monsters, Murderers and Madmen.’ You have no doubt enjoyed the Chamber of Horrors display in the lobby and are listening attentively to Professor Dirk Carlton, a renowned Egyptologist, tell of his discovery of the Pharaoh Menkaura’s tomb. Suddenly, while watching a slide of the ruler’s sarcophagus, the projector goes off, plunging the auditorium into darkness. When the lights come on, someone is dead!  You, the audience is now drawn into this mystery, both as witnesses and suspects. When Lt. Dan Morrow arrives, he narrows the suspects to seven. Was it the jealous wife? Or the exotic Egyptian who cursed the expedition? The lieutenant enlists the audience’s aid in solving the crime, allowing them to question and accuse the suspects. Your audience will be caught up in this ’virtual’ thriller, uncovering the clues that reveal the killer in the electrifying climax. This unique mystery contains as many laughs as it does shivers. Purchase tickets HERE

• Rendezvous Mountain Ghost Walk
  TBA
  Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest
  Learn about Rendezvous Mountain's Colorful History of untimely deaths and the possibility of paranormal activity on the mountain. Learn about what really takes place on Rendezvous after the sun goes down. A walk in the woods after dark can be a pleasant learning experience rather than scary. This event is free and open to the public.
  
  This free event will begin at 7:00 pm in the upper parking lot each night.
  Space is limited to 20 people per night and pre-registration is required, please call 336-667-5072 to reserve your spot! Masks are encouraged. 

• Benton Hall Public Paranormal Investigation
  TBA
  Benton Hall, North Wilkesboro
  Become a Paranormal Investigator for a night with Great State Paranormal. Our experts will guide you on a public investigation of the famed Benton Hall theater. Built in 1913, Benton Hall's historic charm is the perfect backdrop for a night of supernatural wonder. Find details HERE

For more fall fun, join the Fall Lovers League of the High Country Facebook group HERE!