| Date: | October 31, 2024 |
| Time: | 12:00 - 7:45 PM |
| Venue: | Claytor Lake State Park |
| Cost: |
Admission: Free Daily Parking Fee: $7.00 daily parking fee applies.
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| Description: |
Claytor Lake State Park presents Halloween Happenings on Thursday, October 31, 2024. Celebrate Halloween with family and friends for a day of spooky fun. Enjoy hayrides, games, crafts, face painting, and a community-based Trunk-or-Treat! Costumes are encouraged. List of Activities: Fall Foliage Hayrides: Come along on a hayride and take in the stunning autumn scenery throughout our park. Hayrides will begin and end in the Shelter 1 parking lot every half hour from noon until 4:00 PM. Hayrides are held weather permitting. Halloween Happenings: There will be Halloween themed games, crafts, and face painting for kids of all ages from 4:00-6:00 PM at Shelter 1. Spooky Photo-Ops: Want a photo to get in the Halloween spirit? Visit our LOVE sign behind the Howe House or stop by Shelter 1 for some spook-tacular photo-ops. Campground Trick-or-Treating: Campers wishing to trick-or-treat may do so may throughout the campgrounds by visiting participating campsites that have orange tape on their campsite posts from 6:00-7:00 PM. Trunk-or-Treating: Enjoy trick-or-treating from creatively decorated cars from 6:00-7:00 PM in the Shelter 1 parking lot. If you'd like to represent your business, organization, church, or your family by decorating your vehicle and giving out candy to trunk-or-treaters, please pre-register at: https://forms.office.com/g/0i1gQDbjNx. Trunk-or-Treat Decorating Contest: Think you have what it takes to have the creepiest car? Compete in our Trunk-or-Treat Decorating Contest and transform your car into a Halloween masterpiece. Show off your creativity for a chance to win 'fang-tastic' prizes. Judging will be at 7:00 PM with first, second, and third place prizes awarded at 7:30 PM. Those wishing to participate should register with a ranger upon arrival where you'll receive a participant tag. The event is free, however the $7.00 per vehicle state park parking fee does apply. Free parking for current overnight guests, vehicles with disabled plates or placards and annual parking pass holders. Claytor Lake State Park is located at 6620 Ben H. Bolen Drive in Dublin, VA. For more information, visit: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/event?id=2024-08-03-14-10-56-411323-1ki or https://www.facebook.com/vaspclaytorlake or call 540-643-2500 or email ClaytorLake@dcr.virginia.gov. |