From hayrides to haunted houses, New Yorkers neednāt be denied the great ź¦joys 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 YorāØk, is hosting .
The event includes its first ever ź©µHalloween Carnival, nighttime hayrides, a DJ dance party and š§øa Halloween costume ball. Rates starts at $660 per night for two adults, including meals and most activities.
Throughout the month of October, in the Poconos is home to a āHowl-O-Weenā celebration. The kid-friendly fun at the Pennsyš¼lvania 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 āhowlā 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 āNeighborhood Street Partyā Halloween paradše.
Tickets cost $45 online for a single-day fall ticket, and there are offered with paš 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 āas in Croton-on-Hudson and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow-inspired .
Rates start at $299 per room.
If apple-picking is your thing, itās well worth a drive upstate to the busy (but still less-commercialized than other orchards) near Hopewell Junction, NY. Here, youāll find a well-stocked 60-acre orchard complete with a pumpkiš¹n patch, a corn maze, long hayrides and live music on weekends. Thereās a $5 admission charge per adult, plus extra depending on how many apples you pick. Itās 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.