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5 nearby haunts to get your Halloween freak on

From hayrides to haunted houses, New Yorkers neednā€™t be denied the great ź¦œjoys of fall.

Check out five spots less than 90 minutes from ź¦°the city to get your Halloween thrills and chills.

Mohonk Mountain Lodge near New Paltz, in upstate New YorāœØk, is hosting .

The event includes its first ever ź©µHalloween Carnival, nighttime hayrides, a DJ dance party and šŸ§øa Halloween costume ball. Rates starts at $660 per night for two adults, including meals and most activities.

Howl-O-Ween at the Great Wolf Lodge.Great Wolf Resorts, Inc

Throughout the month of October, in the Poconos is home to a ā€œHowl-O-Weenā€ celebration. The kid-friendly fun at the PennsyšŸŒ¼lvania indoor water park resort includes costume parades, trick-or-treat trails, scary-silly storytimes and monsters bash dance parties. Rates start at $199 per room. Use the promo code ā€œhowlā€ when booking.

Younger children can enjoy some not-too-spooky fun at in Langhorne, Penn. The theme park is transformed during weekends through Oct. 29 into a Halloween haven. Guests are encouraged to dress up in costume and attend three Halloween-themed shows, enjoy four Count von Count-themed mechanical rides and watch the ā€œNeighborhood Street Partyā€ Halloween paradš“†e.

Tickets cost $45 online for a single-day fall ticket, and there are offered with pašŸ…˜rtner hotels.

The in White Plains is offering a special advance purchase rate for select stays this fall. While there, guests can explore nearby Halloween-themed delights such ā™•as in Croton-on-Hudson and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow-inspired .

Rates start at $299 per room.

All treats, no tricks, at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Westchester’s spa.The Ritz-Carlton New York, Westchester

If apple-picking is your thing, itā€™s well worth a drive upstate to the busy (but still less-commercialized than other orchards) near Hopewell Junction, NY. Here, youā€™ll find a well-stocked 60-acre orchard complete with a pumpkišŸ—¹n patch, a corn maze, long hayrides and live music on weekends. Thereā€™s a $5 admission charge per adult, plus extra depending on how many apples you pick. Itā€™s so much fun that you might want to make a weekend of it. There are many places to stay in the trendy nearby Beacon area, including an informal boutique property, the , in a Main Street townhouse dating back to 1877.

Weekend rates start at $289.

The fam patches things up at Fishkill Farms.Jane Ridley