Ankeny Halloween & Things to Do 2026
Your complete guide to the best halloween in Ankeny and surrounding areas
Ankeny centers Halloween 2025 near the Prairie Trail and famous locations with spooky adventures and haunted happenings. Festivities feature creepy attractions, family festivals, and nighttime scare events at parks, trails, and town squares.
Find the best Ankeny Halloween happenings this year!
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Family-Friendly Fall Activities
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Living History Farms Family Halloween
Urbandale
Historic town trick-or-treating and twilight wagon rides.
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Haunted Experiences
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Sleepy Hollow's Haunted Scream Park
West Des Moines
Iowa's largest Halloween theme park with over 10 attractions.
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Food, Drink, and Parties
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Pumpkins & Pints Harvest Market
Ankeny
Evening harvest market with pumpkins and craft brews
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Unique & Unusual
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2025 Witches Walk
Ames
Free wine tumblers for the first 300 attendees.
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Editor's Picks
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Sleepy Hollow's Haunted Scream Park
(West Des Moines)
Iowa's largest Halloween theme park with over 10 attractions.
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Night Eyes at Blank Park Zoo
(Des Moines)
Life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and enchanted light displays
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Living History Farms Family Halloween
(Urbandale)
Historic town trick-or-treating and twilight wagon rides.
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Halloween In Uptown
Four blocks of trunk-or-treating with a costume contest.
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Altoona Business Trick or Treat
(Altoona)
Trick-or-treating directly from local businesses.
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The Great Pumpkin Party at Valley Church
(West Des Moines)
Multi-day community fall festival with diverse activities
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