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West Orange Halloween 2025

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West Orange awakens for Halloween 2025 near neighborhood hubs with ghostly experiences and fall celebrations staged at local parks. Expect haunted events, costume festivities and seasonal attractions that bring neighbors and visitors together in October.

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West Orange Halloween

West Orange Family-Friendly Fall Activities

Turtle Back Zoo Howl-O-Ween in West Orange
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Turtle Back Zoo Howl-O-Ween (West Orange, NJ)

Saturday, October 18, 2025
📍 Turtle Back Zoo
560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052
(1.9 mi from West Orange)

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💰 Budget: $
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Moderate

Event Description

Experience the magic of Howl-O-Ween at Turtle Back Zoo! This family-friendly event offers trick-or-treating with candy stations spread throughout the zoo. Enjoy festive decorations and lively entertainment during the WILD for FALL Weekends, complete with a DJ and special crafts. It's a perfect way for all ages to celebrate the season with a touch of spooky fun.

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⭐ Best For: Families with young children
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McLoone's Boathouse Pumpkin Carving Party in West Orange
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McLoone's Boathouse Pumpkin Carving Party (West Orange, NJ)

Saturday, October 25, 2025
📍 McLoone's Boathouse
(2.1 mi from West Orange)

Event Details

👻 Scare Factor: 👻👻👻👻👻
💰 Budget: $
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Low

Event Description

Get ready for a festive fall celebration at McLoone's Boathouse! This event invites attendees to select their own pumpkin and unleash their creativity with provided carving tools and paints. It's a perfect opportunity for families and friends to enjoy a hands-on autumn activity.

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⭐ Best For: Families, kids, creative individuals
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West Orange Other Halloween Activities

Jersey Cares Halloween Costume Drive in Livingston
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Jersey Cares Halloween Costume Drive (Livingston, NJ)

Monday, September 8, 2025
📍 Jersey Cares
290 West Mount Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039
(4.2 mi from West Orange)

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💰 Budget: FREE
🎃 Family Friendly: 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
⚡ Energy: Low (donating), medium (volunteering)

Event Description

Help bring Halloween magic to children across New Jersey by donating new or gently used costumes. This drive ensures that kids aged 0-14 can enjoy the fun of dressing up, even if it's not a budget essential. Volunteers are crucial for collecting, sorting, and distributing these festive items.

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⭐ Best For: Donors and volunteers
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Halloween Near West Orange

Parsippany Halloween

Two smiling people, one holding a carved jack-o-lantern, walk through a pumpkin patch with rows of pumpkins and Halloween decorations in the background.
Augusta
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Skylands Stadium Jack-O'-Lantern Experience (Augusta)

📍 Skylands Stadium
Sep 26, 2025
(33.3 mi from West Orange)
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A terrifying robot with glowing red eyes chases three people down a dark, graffiti-covered hallway illuminated by eerie blue and red lights.
Wharton
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13th Hour Haunted House (Wharton)

📍 13th Hour Haunted House
Sep 20, 2025
(19.1 mi from West Orange)
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Jersey City Halloween

A group of four friends in cartoon style are celebrating, possibly at a party or event, with bright neon lights in the background. The person on the far left is holding a glowing science-like device, the person in the center is wearing a tiara and holding a glowing orb, and the person on the far right is holding several glowing sticks. Another person with devil horns is visible behind them.
Jersey City
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LSC After Dark: All Hallows' Eve (Jersey City)

📍 Liberty Science Center
Oct 30, 2025
(11.9 mi from West Orange)
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The Official Halloween Bar Crawl - Jersey City in Jersey City
Jersey City
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The Official Halloween Bar Crawl - Jersey City (Jersey City)

📍 The Ashford
Nov 1, 2025
(12.1 mi from West Orange)
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Hells Kitchen Halloween

New York Comic Con 2026 in New York
New York
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New York Comic Con 2026 (New York)

📍 Javits Center
Oct 8, 2026
(13.5 mi from West Orange)
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Three friends in costumes are dancing at a Halloween masquerade ball. A man in a white tuxedo and black bowtie smiles as he dances with two women, one in a red dress with devil horns and the other in a purple witch costume with a mask.
New York
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Monster Ball NYC @ HK HALL (New York)

📍 HK Hall
Oct 25, 2025
(13.7 mi from West Orange)
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Financial District Halloween

A diverse family is picking pumpkins in a pumpkin patch with houses and autumn trees in the background.
New York
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Governors Island Pumpkin Point 2025 (New York)

📍 Governors Island
Oct 25, 2025
(14.1 mi from West Orange)
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A young woman wearing a fedora and red scarf, and a young man wearing glasses and holding a newspaper, stand on a city street with a waterfront and skyline in the background.
New York
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Sinister Secrets of the Seaport Walking Tour (New York)

📍 South Street Seaport Museum
(14.4 mi from West Orange)
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East Village Halloween

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New York City Village Halloween Parade (New York)

📍 Sixth Avenue
Oct 31, 2025
(14.0 mi from West Orange)
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Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2025 in New York
New York
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Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2025 (New York)

📍 Tompkins Square Park
Oct 18, 2025
(15.3 mi from West Orange)
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Park Slope Halloween

Park Slope Children's Halloween Parade in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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Park Slope Children's Halloween Parade (Brooklyn)

📍 Old Stone House/JJ Byrne Playground
Oct 31, 2025
(16.3 mi from West Orange)
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Astoria Halloween

Halloween Harvest Festival in Queens
Queens
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Halloween Harvest Festival (Queens)

📍 Socrates Sculpture Park
Oct 25, 2025
(16.8 mi from West Orange)
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Halloween on Steinway Street at Connect Sports Lounge in Astoria
Astoria
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Halloween on Steinway Street at Connect Sports Lounge (Astoria)

📍 Connect Sports Lounge
Nov 1, 2025
(17.7 mi from West Orange)
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Bridgewater Halloween

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Hillsborough
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Newark Scare Farm at Norz Hill Farm (Hillsborough)

📍 Norz Hill Farm
Sep 26, 2025
(28.8 mi from West Orange)
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A smiling young Asian couple rides a red ATV through a cornfield decorated with festive pennant banners. In the background, two people ride an orange tractor, and three large yellow rubber ducks are scattered on the ground.
Chester
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Stony Hill Farms Maze Fun Park (Chester)

📍 Stony Hill Farms
Aug 31, 2025
(22.1 mi from West Orange)
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Greenburgh Halloween

Three smiling people, two women and one man wearing a hat, are gathered around carved pumpkins in front of a large, ornate building. A dinosaur figure with its mouth open is visible in the background, adding a festive and slightly spooky atmosphere.
Croton
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The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze (Croton)

📍 Van Cortlandt Manor
Sep 12, 2025
(34.2 mi from West Orange)
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Washington Irving's 'The Man Behind the Legend' at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow
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Washington Irving's 'The Man Behind the Legend' at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Sleepy Hollow)

📍 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Oct 28, 2025
(29.7 mi from West Orange)
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Middletown Halloween

Two cartoon children, a boy and a girl, sit in the open trunk of a car filled with pumpkins and autumn leaves, smiling happily.
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Middletown Day 2025 (Leonardo)

📍 Croydon Hall
Oct 19, 2025
(28.1 mi from West Orange)
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Jersey Devil Fable Fest Cryptid Commons in Asbury Park
Asbury Park
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Jersey Devil Fable Fest Cryptid Commons (Asbury Park)

📍 600 block of Mattison Avenue
(41.6 mi from West Orange)
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