Halloween spooks and surprises Published Oct. 17, 2011 HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- At Hill Air Force Base HAUNTING AROUND THE HILL, Ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks are all invited to visit the Base Theater, Garrity Library, and Club Patio on Oct. 28 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. It's a big block party complete with carnival games, spooky storytelling, a movie, witches brew, and balloon artist. Decorate your car for trunk or treat and marketing will provide the candy. Other fang-tastic activities are being planned. Call 801-775-2084 for more details or to volunteer. HALLOWEEN COSTUME 5K AND KIDS 1 MILE, Oct. 29, Dress up in your Halloween costume and join in for a family fun run around the duck pond trail. Sign up at the Warrior Fitness Center, 801-777-2762. Volunteers needed. PAINTED PUMPKIN CONTEST, Bring in your painted pumkins to the Hill Aerospace Museum before Oct. 22. Prizes for each age group. Everyone will receive a treat bag. HAUNTED HANGAR, Bring your family and friends for a free fright in the Hill Aerospace Museum Hangar, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Volunteers needed. Contact Lorrie Slade, 801-774-0956 Top of Utah BLACK ISLAND FARMS HARVEST FESTIVAL AND CORN MAZE, with two "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" mazes, children's activities, farmers market, straw mountain slides, farm animal displays. 4-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 4 p.m.-midnight Fridays, 10 a.m.-midnight Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 31. Nightmare Acres Haunted Barn, separate spooky maze, open 7-10 p.m. Thursdays and 7 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday. Black Island Farms, 3178 S. 3000 West, Syracuse. Maze/hayride: $15; $10/children. Maze only: $10; $8/children; free/2-under. Hayride: $8; $5/children; free/2-under. Nightmare Acres: $15. Combo pass: $20. 801-774-MAZE, www. blackislandfarms.com. CAMP 'N CORN MAZE, maze in 14-foot-tall corn plus camp area with Hallowalleen FX display including roving eye, graveyard, lightning storm, magic mirror, fireflies, more. Open Monday-Saturday, through Oct. 29. Three levels: K-9, nonscary activities for preschool-sixth grade, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Juniors, some spooky effects for junior-high ages, 4-6 p.m.; "Insane!," scary maze for teens/adults, 6:15 p.m.; last entry at 8:30 p.m. weekdays, 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Cold Springs Trout Farm, 2284 N. Fruitland Drive, North Ogden. $4-$6; $1 discount with canned food donation. 801-782-7282. CARNIVAL OF CHAOS, featuring 3-D Maze, 7 Deadly Sins Haunted House, and haunted midway with aerial artists, scary films, face painting, more. 7:30-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday, through Oct. 31. 1134 W. Riverdale Road, Riverdale. $5/7 Deadly Sins, $10/3-D Maze, $15/combo. Free/midway; some attractions require minimal fees. $25/Trilogy of Terror combo pass includes admission to all Castle of Chaos locations (including 120 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, and 5576 S. Redwood Road, Taylorsville). 801-461-4444, www.castleofchaosââ . com. CARTER'S CRAZY CORN MAZE, carved in shape of M&M, a Tremonton chariot team that won 2011 Cutter and Chariot Racing World Championships. 6-9 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 6-10:30 p.m. Fridays, 4-10:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 31. Haunted 7:30-10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 700 S. Main St., Garland. $6, $5/age 5-9, free/4-under, $3/Mondays. 435-452-1886. CREATURES OF THE NIGHT, nonscary Halloween fun, 5-8 p.m. Oct. 21-22, Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th St., Ogden. Take a nighttime trail walk to learn about owls, snakes, spiders, bats and other creatures. Also: campfire songs and stories, face paintings, games and funny fortunes. Costumes welcome. $6. 801-621-7595. ENCHANTED WOODS, Halloween fun without fright, for age 4-10. Hear stories told by costumed storybook characters, and collect treats. 4-7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through Oct. 29, Treehouse Museum, 347 22nd St., Ogden. "Step Into the Woods," a version of Enchanted Woods for children ages 1-5, offered 4-7 p.m. Oct. 20 and Oct. 27. Tickets are timed, and may sell out for a specific time period; advance purchase recommended. $6/child age 1-15 ($4/member children), free/accompanying adults and babies. 801-394-9663, www.treehouseââ museum.orgââ . FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL, sevenacre corn maze, hay jump, rope climb, slide, children's honeycomb maze, at American West Heritage Center. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, through Oct. 29. Haunted Hollow, featuring terrifying tales of the past, opens Oct. 7. 4025 S. U.S. 89-91, Wellsville. $6; $5/students, seniors, children and military. Combo pass (includes Haunted Hollow): $10; $9/students, seniors, children. $7.50/ Haunted Hollow only. 435-245-6050, www.awhc.orgââ. FRIGHT AT THE BAY, haunted house, laser tag, wagon rides through animated light displays, hay jump, free pumpkins for children under 12. 4-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday, with light displays 7-10 p.m nightly, through Oct. 31. Willard Bay State Park North Marina, reached via I-15's Exit 357. $6/adults, $5/children. 435-734-9494. FRIGHTMARES, new Nightwalk haunted house, Deception (house of illusion), Funhouse of Fear, and nonscary straw maze and Spook-a-Boo Walk-Thru. 5-10 p.m. Fridays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sundays, through Oct. 29. Also 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Oct. 20. Lagoon amusement park, 375 N. Lagoon Drive, Farmington. $43.95/ adults, $38.95/children and seniors, $27.95/toddlers. Free/age 2-under. 801-451-8000 or www.lagoonpark.comââ. HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR, child-friendly science activities, lighted outdoor dinosaur exhibits, crafts, trick-or-treating, jack o'lantern display. 7-9 p.m. Oct. 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29. George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park and Museum, 1544 E. Park Blvd., Ogden. $7/adults, $6/children; $1 discount with donation of carved pumpkin. 801-393-3466, www. dinosaurpark.org. HAUNTED HOLLOW, outdoor venue features 13 acres of dungeons, mine shafts, swamps, woods, haunted mansion. 7:30-10 p.m.Wednesday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday, through Oct. 29; also 7:30-10 p.m. Oct. 24, 25, 31. 1550 S. 1900 West, West Haven. $15, free/age 6-under; group discounts available. 801-388-0512 or www. hauntedutah.comââ . LITTLE BEAR BOTTOMS, giant corn maze, string maze for children, Haunted River Trail, Spooky Barn Ride. 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Fridays and 1-11 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 29. Open at 1 p.m. Oct. 20-21. 5000 S. U.S. 89-91, Wellsville. $6-$10, depending on attractions visited; $5-$9/students, $4-$8/age 4-11, free/3-under. 435-770-3462, www.lbbcornmaze.comââ . NELSON'S CORN MAZE, 13 acres carved in circles, triangles and other geometric shapes. 6-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6-11 p.m. Fridays, 4-11 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 31. Haunted 7-11 p.m. Saturdays. 2950 S. 1600 West, Perry.Weekdays: $5; $3/age 12-under; $15/family.Weekends: $6; $4/children, $20/family. Group discounts available. 435-723-2529, 435-723-6546. "NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM," paranormal tours through Union Station and its basement vaults. Watch professional paranormal investigators use their detection equipment or bring your own equipment and cameras. Age 14-up only. 7 p.m.-midnight Oct. 28-29; tours begin every 15 minutes. Groups limited to 10 people. Grand Lobby of station, 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden. Prices TBA. 801-393-9890, www.theunionstation.orgââ . OGDEN GHOST TOURS, bus tours of Ogden's haunted sites narrated by members of Utah Storytelling Guild. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Oct. 7-8, 20 and 31; 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Oct. 14-15, 21-22, 28-29.Also 7 p.m. Oct. 24. Meet in parking lot north of Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden. Walking tours on Historic 25th St. offered 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Oct. 21-22. $18; $15/ students and seniors; $12/children, $10/10-under.All tickets $10 opening night. 801-604-1218, www.storytoursââ . com. OGDEN ZOMBIE CRAWL, 10-block walk in zombie costumes. 5:30 p.m. Oct. 21; meet at fountain outside Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave., Ogden. Free; donations of canned foods, coats and winter gear accepted for St.Anne's Center. 801-663-5991, www.ogdenzomââ biecrawl.com. PACK'S PUMPKIN PATCH, hay maze and eight-acre pumpkin patch, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, through Oct. 31. 1700 W. Glover Lane, Farmington. Free; pumpkins and other produce for sale. 801-232-1637, www. packfarms.comââ. PUNKINAZE, corn maze and hay slide. 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-11 p.m. Fridays, 3-11 p.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 29. Open at 3 p.m. Oct. 20-21. 1921 W. 2550 South, West Haven. Haunted at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Ticket sales end one hour before closing. $6; free/age 3-under; $30/family pass. Bring flashlight. 801-731-4756. Below the Top BARNYARD BOO, Halloween fun for little ones, with carnival-style games, wagon rides, face painting and more, 4-8 p.m. Oct. 14, 17, 24 and 28, plus 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 15, 20-22, and 29. Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N.Thanksgiving Way, Lehi. $5. 801-768-2300. "BOO AT THE ZOO," trick-or-treating for age 12-younger in costume. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 29. Hogle Zoo, SLC. $9; $7/age 3-12, seniors; free/2-under. 801-582-1631, www.hoglezoo.orgââ . CASTLE OF CHAOS, with interactive "Hands on Horror" and "Buried Alive Coffin Slide" (must sign waivers to participate). Open Tuesday-Sundays during October. Hours: 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m. weekdays, 7 p.m.-midnight weekends. 120 W. 3300 South, SLC. $18; $13/age 12-under Sunday-Thursday. $25/combo pass also good at houses at 1134 W. Riverdale Road, Riverdale; and 5576 S. Redwood Road, Taylorsville. 801-461-4444, www. castleofchaos.comââ . FORT DOUGLAS CEMETERY TOUR, actors in costume tell the stories of cemetery "residents," 3-7 p.m. Oct. 29, 421 Chipeta Way, SLC. $5, $3/child, $15/family; fundraiser for Fort Douglas Museum. 801-581-1251.