Family-Friendly Fall Activities Near Riverside 2026

45 family-friendly fall activities near Riverside

Illustration of a fall festival street with big pumpkins in front, striped booths, and small figures under orange trees (Hocus Pocus Family Fun Festival)

Hocus Pocus Family Fun Festival

Sun, Oct 11

Middletown 24 mi Free

Features the Sanderson Sisters, dog costume parade, and trunk or treat.

Pumpkin Glow on Stoddard Ave.

Oct 26 – Oct 27

Dayton Free

Nearly 1,000 intricately carved jack-o'-lanterns displayed along a neighborhood hill.

Vandalia Halloween Hangout

Sat, Oct 24

Vandalia 8 mi

Features cozy hayrides, trick-or-treating, giant inflatables, and a costume contest.

Illustration of a small figure walking a path between tall golden cornstalks toward a red flag, with pumpkins nearby (Young's Jersey Dairy Fall Farm Family Fun Festival)

Young's Jersey Dairy Fall Farm Family Fun Festival

Sep 19 – Nov 1

Yellow Springs 14 mi

Features a nine-acre corn maze, wagon tours, and pumpkin picking.

Trunk or Treat at Austin Landing

Wed, Oct 28

Free

Large community trunk-or-treat gathering featuring Jeeps, inflatables, and a costume contest.

Tom's Maze

Sep 11 – Nov 1

Germantown 13 mi $

An 8-acre cornfield puzzle maze with pumpkin cannon demonstrations.

Illustration of two small costumed children and a witch among pumpkins, hay bales and autumn trees on a sunny lawn (Haunted Classic Youth Soccer Tournament)

Haunted Classic Youth Soccer Tournament

Oct 23 – Oct 25

Beavercreek 8 mi

Youth soccer tournament hosted across Beavercreek and Dayton-area complexes.

Pick Your Own Pumpkins

Sep 19 – Oct 25

Yellow Springs 14 mi $

Take a wagon ride to pick pumpkins directly from the field.

Waynesville Fall Fest

Sep 19 – Nov 1

Waynesville 18 mi $$

Fall festival featuring mini golf, pedal cars, expedition rides, and mazes.

Pumpkin Celebration

Oct 10 – Oct 11

Lebanon 19 mi Free

Free admission farm festival with pumpkin picking and play yard attractions.

Illustration of costumed children carrying pumpkin buckets along a winding path past glowing cottages at dusk (Tech-or-Treat at Springfield-Clark CTC)

Tech-or-Treat at Springfield-Clark CTC

Springfield 20 mi Free

Free indoor trick-or-treat trail with hands-on activities and games.

Spooktacular Pumpkin Party

Fri, Oct 23

Yellow Springs 14 mi $$

Family-friendly Halloween celebration featuring trunk-or-treat, crafts, and haunted wagon rides.

Illustration of small costumed figures and a witch playing on a sunny lawn with pumpkins, hay bales, a tent and orange trees (Trick or Treat Underground)

Trick or Treat Underground

Sat, Oct 24

Lewisburg 23 mi $

No-scare trick-or-treating through a real underground cave.

Illustration of a small clay figure on a path between tall golden cornstalks, with a red flag, pumpkins and a tiny cottage (Today's Harvest Corn Maze & Activity Acres)

Today's Harvest Corn Maze & Activity Acres

Sep 11 – Oct 31

New Paris 36 mi $$

One of the largest corn mazes in the US.

Operation Pumpkin and Art Festival

Oct 9 – Oct 11

Hamilton 35 mi

Sanctioned festival featuring giant pumpkin weigh-offs and over 100 vendors.

Monster Mash

Sat, Oct 24

Liberty Township 31 mi

Store-to-store trick-or-treating, crafts, live music, and DORA drinks.

Illustration of costumed children and a cat walking a leafy sidewalk past glowing jack-o'-lanterns and cozy houses at dusk (Liberty Township Trick-or-Treat)

Liberty Township Trick-or-Treat

Sat, Oct 31

Liberty Township 33 mi

Community trick-or-treating held throughout Liberty Township.

Illustration of a ghost and a small witch carrying a pumpkin bucket on a sidewalk past glowing porches on an autumn street (City of Loveland Trick or Treat)

City of Loveland Trick or Treat

Sat, Oct 31

Loveland 36 mi

Community trick-or-treating evening across Loveland for ghosts and goblins.

Halloween on the Green

Thu, Oct 22

Fairfield 39 mi Free

Trick-or-treat with decorated booths, selfie stations, and the Smore Fun food truck.

Illustration of a ghost and two costumed kids trick or treating past glowing houses with pumpkins and autumn leaves at dusk (World Equestrian Center Barn Trick-or-Treat & Barn Decorating)

World Equestrian Center Barn Trick-or-Treat & Barn Decorating

Sat, Oct 24

Wilmington 28 mi

Trick-or-treat through equestrian barns and decorate aisles Halloween style.

Illustration of clay figures walking past striped market stalls and pumpkins on a paved square with orange autumn trees (World Equestrian Center Costume Contest)

World Equestrian Center Costume Contest

Fri, Oct 23

Wilmington 28 mi Free

Annual equestrian costume contest welcoming horses, riders, and dogs.

Illustration of an orange tractor pulling a wooden hay wagon with costumed characters past pumpkins, trees and a red barn (Hay Rides & Fireside at World Equestrian Center)

Hay Rides & Fireside at World Equestrian Center

Sat, Oct 3

Wilmington 28 mi

Enjoy a bonfire, s'mores, and hayrides on the Paddock Club green.

Illustration of striped booths with pumpkins and costumed figures on a town street with orange autumn trees (Avsten Trunk or Treat & Fall Festival)

Avsten Trunk or Treat & Fall Festival

Sat, Oct 24

Hamilton 31 mi Free

Features trunk-or-treating, costume contests, pumpkin painting, and a bonfire with s'mores.

Illustration of small cars parked at sunset with orange balloons, tiny houses on their roofs, a pumpkin and string lights (Trunk or Treat at Goldfish West Chester)

Trunk or Treat at Goldfish West Chester

Sat, Oct 17

West Chester Township 33 mi Free

Features parking lot trick-or-treating and free open family swim.

Illustration of small costumed children and a witch on a sunny autumn lawn with pumpkins, hay bales and orange trees (World Equestrian Center Pumpkin Decorating)

World Equestrian Center Pumpkin Decorating

Fri, Oct 16

Wilmington 28 mi Free

Creative pumpkin decorating during an equestrian event.

Jack O’Lantern Glow

Oct 2 – Oct 31

Cincinnati 48 mi $$

Over 6,000 hand-carved illuminated pumpkins along a half-mile zoo trail.

Illustration of two small ghosts and a witch with a black cat carrying pumpkin buckets on a street of cozy houses at dusk (HallZOOween at the Cincinnati Zoo)

HallZOOween at the Cincinnati Zoo

Oct 10 – Nov 1

Cincinnati 49 mi $

Zoo transformed for Halloween with trick-or-treating and animal enrichment.

Illustration of two tiny costumed figures near a flag among tall golden cornstalks, with small farm houses and pumpkins (Shaw Farms Pumpkin Times)

Shaw Farms Pumpkin Times

Jul 1 – Oct 31

Milford 42 mi $

Expansive 14-acre corn maze with a prize game

Illustration of a small Ferris wheel, striped tents and a decorated booth with pumpkins on a grassy fairground in autumn (Burger Farm Fall Festival)

Burger Farm Fall Festival

Cincinnati 47 mi $

Cincinnati farm tradition featuring over 50 years of autumn family fun.

Illustration of glowing jack-o'-lanterns, candles, pumpkin seeds and small figures on a wooden table under string lights (Newport Aquarium's Underwater Pumpkin GLOW)

Newport Aquarium's Underwater Pumpkin GLOW

Sep 18 – Nov 1

Newport 51 mi

Glowing pumpkin sculptures and underwater Jack-O-Lanterns among aquarium animals.

Fall Fest at Washington Park

Oct 24 – Oct 25

Cincinnati 51 mi

Features a free pumpkin patch, petting zoo, and trackless train rides.

Illustration of a giant pumpkin float rolling down a town street past costumed figures, with orange balloons and confetti (Howl-O-Ween Hootenanny)

Howl-O-Ween Hootenanny

Sat, Oct 24

Cincinnati 43 mi Free

Outdoor community celebration featuring trunk-or-treating, hay rides, and a dog costume contest.

Newport Aquarium After Dark

Fri, Oct 16

Newport 51 mi $$$

After-hours family adventure with animal encounters, pizza, and a twilight scavenger hunt.

Illustration of clay kid characters, paper bats, cotton ghosts and pumpkins on a craft table with paint pots and bunting (Pine Road Trunk or Treat at Goldfish Swim School Kenwood)

Pine Road Trunk or Treat at Goldfish Swim School Kenwood

Fri, Oct 16

Cincinnati 42 mi Free

Includes trick-or-treating, costume contests, and a Halloween-themed family swim.

Illustration of a red tractor pulling a wooden wagon of small costumed figures past pumpkins and autumn trees near a red barn (Sunflower Festival)

Sunflower Festival

Oct 3 – Oct 4

Evendale 40 mi $

Cut-your-own sunflowers, hayrides, live music, and farmyard animals.

Shaw Farms Fall Hayrides

Sep 20 – Oct 31

Milford 42 mi $

Scenic 160-acre farm with tractor and horse-drawn hayrides

Shaw Farms Corn Maze

Jul 1 – Oct 31

Milford 42 mi $

15-acre corn maze with a game and destination spots

Illustration of costumed figures near striped booths and pumpkin displays on a grassy town square with orange autumn trees (Hometown Halloween)

Hometown Halloween

Troy 18 mi $

Community-wide trick-or-treat with over 25 participating businesses

Illustration of a child in a witch costume holding a pumpkin bucket on a leafy sidewalk lined with glowing houses at dusk (Englewood Beggars Night)

Englewood Beggars Night

Englewood 12 mi Free

Annual neighborhood trick-or-treat event

Illustration of a sunny autumn lawn with pumpkins, hay bales, a small tent, a witch and costumed children under orange trees (Nature's Tricks and Treats Halloween Trail)

Nature's Tricks and Treats Halloween Trail

Milford 45 mi $$

Nighttime trail with treats, tricks, and nocturnal animal discovery.

Illustration of a ghost and two costumed kids trick or treating past glowing houses with pumpkins and autumn leaves at dusk (Hocus Focus Halloween Event)

Hocus Focus Halloween Event

Cincinnati 47 mi $$

Halloween event meets cosmic exploration at the observatory.

Illustration of striped market booths and pumpkin displays on a street with small clay figures under orange autumn trees (Burnet Woods Fall Fest)

Burnet Woods Fall Fest

Cincinnati 49 mi Free

Family pumpkin carving at Trailside Nature Center

Weekends at the BOO!seum

Cincinnati 51 mi $

Weekend Halloween programs across multiple museums.

Illustration of a small figure walking a path between tall golden cornstalks toward a red flag, with pumpkins nearby (Brown's Family Farm Market Fall Family Fun Weekends)

Brown's Family Farm Market Fall Family Fun Weekends

Hamilton 43 mi $

Free farm activities with optional paid rides and food trucks.

Illustration of two tiny costumed figures near a flag among tall golden cornstalks, with small farm houses and pumpkins (Circle S Farms Fall Fun Days)

Circle S Farms Fall Fun Days

Grove City 47 mi Free

Family-owned farm celebrating fall traditions

Family-Friendly Fall Activities this weekend Oct 23–25

Fri23Oct Haunted Classic Youth Soccer TournamentBeavercreek

Fri23Oct Spooktacular Pumpkin PartyYellow Springs

Fri23Oct World Equestrian Center Costume ContestWilmington

Sat24Oct Vandalia Halloween HangoutVandalia

Sat24Oct Trick or Treat UndergroundLewisburg

Sat24Oct Monster MashLiberty Township

Other Halloween categories near Riverside

Illustration of clay figures in costumes and a floating ghost at a Halloween party with a punch bowl and glowing pumpkins

RiversideHalloween Food, Drink, and Parties13 parties & tastings

Illustration of a small cottage with glowing windows, ghosts, jack o'lanterns and a black cat among bare trees at twilight

RiversideHaunted Experiences14 haunted attractions

Illustration of a small character with arms raised on a stage with red curtains, glowing lanterns and a pumpkin audience

RiversideHalloween Movies, Theater, and Entertainment5 shows & screenings

Illustration of a town street at twilight with glowing windows, pumpkins, floating ghosts and a witch on a broom by the moon

RiversideUnique Halloween Events7 unique events

About Family-Friendly Fall Activities near Riverside

Halloween events are scattered across the Riverside area, from downtown attractions to neighboring towns. If you're looking for a major Halloween celebration, consider HallZOOween. For a more low-key, local gathering, check out events in areas like Liberty Township. Many events offer distinct experiences, whether you prefer ticketed attractions or free trick-or-treating opportunities. Consider the distance you're willing to travel when choosing from these family-friendly Halloween gatherings.

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