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Chapel Hill Halloween 2025

See all Chapel Hill Halloween happenings this year!

Chapel Hill launches Halloween 2025 around famous locations like Franklin Street with frightful attractions and ghostly events that echo campus lore. Don't miss frightful experiences, seasonal tours, and family-friendly scares that blend collegiate energy with autumn tradition.

Find the best Chapel Hill Halloween happenings this year!

Chapel Hill Halloween

Chapel Hill Family-Friendly Fall Activities

Spring Haven Farm Halloween Events in Chapel Hill
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πŸ“ Spring Haven Farm
5306 Homer Ruffin Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
(6.4 mi from Chapel Hill)

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Experience a unique fall celebration at Spring Haven Farm, where you can carve pumpkins with playful goats by your side. Enjoy tractor rides, farm games, and get up close with a variety of animals. It's a perfect destination for creating unforgettable autumn memories with family and friends.

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⭐ Best For: Families and children
A young Black child with curly hair and a yellow scarf smiles at the viewer, standing in front of a Halloween-themed scene with pumpkins and children in costumes.
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πŸ“ Central Recreation Center
(12.0 mi from Chapel Hill)

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Get ready for the Orange County Halloween Spooktacular, a festive event packed with classic Halloween fun for all ages. Attendees can look forward to a lively costume contest, creative pumpkin decorating, engaging cakewalks and bingo, and an exciting pumpkin hunt. Inflatables add an extra layer of excitement to this community gathering.

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⭐ Best For: Families and children
A smiling man with glasses and a beard, wearing a denim shirt and apron, holds a large orange pumpkin in a store filled with pumpkins and books.
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πŸ“ Carrboro Recreation, Parks, & Cultural Resources Department
301 W Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510
(1.2 mi from Chapel Hill)

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Get ready for a creative challenge at the Carrboro Pumpkin Decorating/Carving Contest! This event invites residents to showcase their artistic talents by transforming ordinary pumpkins into festive masterpieces. It's a perfect opportunity for families and individuals to engage in a fun, seasonal activity and celebrate the spirit of fall.

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⭐ Best For: Families, individuals, creative participants
Two young children, a boy and a girl, are looking down at something in their hands at an outdoor autumn market. The boy, wearing a red scarf and green jacket, holds a small white plate. The girl, in a plaid shirt, orange apron, and tan hat, also looks down intently. They are surrounded by people browsing stalls with pumpkins and baked goods, with colorful fall foliage overhead.
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πŸ“ Burwell School Historic Site
(11.8 mi from Chapel Hill)

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Experience a delightful day of fall fun at the Burwell School Historic Site's annual Fall Festival. This community gathering celebrates the season with a beloved pie contest, unique local vendors offering handmade crafts and treats, and engaging children's activities. It's a perfect opportunity to enjoy the historic grounds and seasonal festivities.

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⭐ Best For: Families, community members, history enthusiasts

Chapel Hill Haunted Experiences

Two cartoon characters, a man with a cap and beard and a woman with curly hair and an orange scarf, walk through a cemetery with tombstones and old buildings in the background.
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πŸ“ Riverwalk Entrance
Nash and Kollock St., Hillsborough, NC
(11.3 mi from Chapel Hill)

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Step back in time with Haunted Hillsborough Tours for an unforgettable journey through the Triangle's oldest town. Led by a guide who claims to have lived through history, they share verified spooky legends and chilling tales of haunted houses, historic cemeteries, and a grim execution site. Explore the spectral side of Hillsborough, where history and hauntings intertwine.

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⭐ Best For: History buffs and ghost story enthusiasts
A spooky Halloween scene in a graveyard at night, with a large full moon, silhouetted tombstones, and two figures in cloaks interacting with a small ghost.
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πŸ“ Chapel Hill
(0.0 mi from Chapel Hill)

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Step into the shadows of Chapel Hill on a guided ghost tour, uncovering the chilling tales and restless spirits that haunt this historic university town. Explore legendary sites like Gimghoul Castle and the Horace Williams House, and discover why Oakwood Cemetery is said to be a resting place for lingering souls. This immersive experience blends history, horror, and suspense for a truly unforgettable journey into the supernatural.

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⭐ Best For: Thrill-seekers and history buffs

Halloween Near Chapel Hill

Durham Halloween

A group of diverse children and an adult are enjoying a pumpkin patch with a toy train and a wooden structure in the background.
Durham
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πŸ“ Museum of Life and Science
(11.9 mi from Chapel Hill)
A cartoon girl with black hair, wearing a red shirt and blue jeans, walks on a stone path in front of a haunted house, while several cartoon ghosts playfully chase her.
Durham
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πŸ“ Fate & Folklore
(10.4 mi from Chapel Hill)

Apex Halloween

Apex Tour of Frights in Apex
Apex
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πŸ“ Apex, NC
(17.0 mi from Chapel Hill)
Mummy & Son Ball in Cary
Cary
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πŸ“ Harold D. Ritter Park
(20.0 mi from Chapel Hill)

Cary Halloween

Halloween Ghost Hunt in Cary in Cary
Cary
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πŸ“ Cary Arts Center
(17.8 mi from Chapel Hill)
Three friends dressed as witches at a Halloween festival, holding glasses of beer and smiling.
Raleigh
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πŸ“ Glenwood Ave
(17.9 mi from Chapel Hill)

West Raleigh Halloween

A diverse group of five cartoon characters, dressed in festive attire, are gathered around a table outdoors with string lights in the background. The characters include a woman with a crown, a man in a wizard-like hat, a man with a beard, a young girl with pigtails, and a young boy. They are all smiling and appear to be at a celebration or fair.
Raleigh
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πŸ“ Raleigh Little Theatre
(23.3 mi from Chapel Hill)
A smiling Black woman in overalls stands behind a table displaying artwork and pottery at an outdoor market, interacting with a customer.
Raleigh
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πŸ“ Fred Fletcher Park
(24.2 mi from Chapel Hill)

Burlington Halloween

Two young women in Halloween costumes, one wearing a witch hat and the other a green hat, smile at the camera holding carved pumpkins in a stadium with fireworks in the background.
Burlington
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πŸ“ Burlington Athletic Stadium
(23.2 mi from Chapel Hill)
On Set Cinema: Children of the Corn II Screening in Staley
Staley
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πŸ“ The Corn Farm
(28.9 mi from Chapel Hill)

Raleigh Halloween

Three people are running down a hallway with purple and yellow lighting, fleeing from a giant skeleton that is emerging from a doorway filled with orange light and smoke.
Clayton
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πŸ“ Clayton Fear Farm
(39.0 mi from Chapel Hill)
A group of people are startled by a large, glowing skeleton in a dimly lit, spooky room with red and purple lighting.
Youngsville
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πŸ“ Panic Point
(34.3 mi from Chapel Hill)

Greensboro Halloween

A dimly lit room with red and green lighting, filled with lush plants. Three figures are present: one in the foreground on the left with their hand outstretched, another in a black hoodie in the center, and a third figure with wild white hair on the right, illuminated by green light from a large window.
Greensboro
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πŸ“ Woods of Terror
(42.5 mi from Chapel Hill)
A smiling woman in a fuzzy hat and a man in a skeleton costume with a witch hat are holding beers and talking at a Halloween party.
Greensboro
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πŸ“ The Bearded Goat
(42.4 mi from Chapel Hill)

Danville Halloween

Market Monster Mash - Trunk or Treat in Danville
Danville
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πŸ“ Crossing at the Dan
(49.9 mi from Chapel Hill)
Halloween Friday on the Lawn in Danville
Danville
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πŸ“ Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History
(50.0 mi from Chapel Hill)

High Point Halloween

Three young women smiling and holding drinks and candles in a dimly lit, festive setting, possibly a Halloween party, with decorative banners overhead.
Archdale
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πŸ“ Kersey Valley
(49.3 mi from Chapel Hill)
Three young adults are smiling and holding pumpkins in a park decorated for Halloween with glowing lanterns in the background.
Archdale
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πŸ“ Kersey Valley
(48.9 mi from Chapel Hill)

Fayetteville Halloween

Three cartoon children, two boys and one girl wearing a witch hat, are trick-or-treating on a street lined with shops and decorated with pumpkins and ghosts.
Fayetteville
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πŸ“ Market Square
(59.4 mi from Chapel Hill)
2025 Dogwood Fall Festival in Fayetteville
Fayetteville
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πŸ“ Festival Park
(59.9 mi from Chapel Hill)

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