Haunted Houses and Halloween Fun Near Navarre, FL

Halloween around Navarre now includes a full-scare haunted trail right here in town, while many of the other attractions are a short drive and a couple are more of a road trip. Within reach there's everything from wooded haunted trails and a 40-room haunted house to a trick-or-treat trail through the zoo, plus downtown ghost tours and a few spots that are open all year. Here's where to go this year.

Last updated September 25, 2026. This covers what's confirmed so far, and we'll keep adding events as they are announced.

Fear Forest of Navarre: Community of Christ, 2111 Presidio Street, Navarre | October 16-17 and October 23-24, 6-10 PM. Navarre gets its own full-scare haunted trail this year. Volunteers turn the wooded property into Fear Forest, complete with creatures in the trees, a Nerf zombie hunt, carnival games, and concessions. Admission is by cash or nonperishable food donation, organizers suggest about $5 but it is not required. Better suited to older kids and teens than toddlers.

Festival of Fears: Holt, FL (4410 Cooper Lane) and Mary Esther, FL (Oak Tree Nature Park). The Emerald Coast's biggest haunted attraction, run by the Wentz Brothers. The Holt location spreads across 25-plus acres with the Into the Hollow haunted trail, the Hack N' Slash Lumber haunted house, the Blackwood Cemetery scare zone, and a monster museum, one ticket covers all of it. The Mary Esther location adds Cryptid Hollow, a three-quarter-mile trail themed around Bigfoot. Runs Friday and Saturday nights plus Halloween through October, roughly 7 to 11 PM. General admission runs about $25 to $35, with fast-pass options. Recommended for ages 13 and up; anyone younger has to be with a paying adult the whole time. Parking is free at the Holt location. Confirm this year's exact dates and prices when you buy tickets, the schedule shifts a little each year.

Haunted Hall of Terror: 1350 E. John Sims Parkway, Niceville | Saturday, October 24, 6-9 PM. For one night, an ordinary Niceville office building gets turned into a walk-through haunt. Admission is free with a nonperishable food donation for Sharing & Caring of Niceville.

Hadji Haunted House: 800 W. Nine Mile Road, Pensacola | October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, and 31, 7-10:30 PM. With more than 40 rooms, this is a true walk-through haunted house for anyone ready for a full night of scares. Tickets are $25. Hadji also runs a separate kid-friendly 3D Funhouse from 6-10:30 PM the same nights, plus a less-scary matinee and trunk-or-treat on October 25 from 4-7 PM.

Boo at the Zoo: Gulf Breeze Zoo, 5701 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. The closest option, and the easiest with young kids. Follow the trick-or-treat trail through the zoo for candy and goodies, with bounce houses, face painting, and animal encounters along the way. Select weekends in October, starting October 10. Admission is $21.95 for kids 2-12, $28.95 for adults, free for under 2, $10 for zoo members.

Sweet Season Farms Friday flashlight maze: 2260 Horn Road, Milton | Friday, October 23 and Friday, October 30, 6-10 PM. Spooky without being scary. A good middle ground for tweens who think Boo at the Zoo is for babies but aren't ready for Festival of Fears.

Navarre Fall Festival: 2279 Highway 87 | Saturday, October 24, 11 AM - 5 PM. A local family day with vendors and activities, right here in Navarre.

Beach-O-Ween: Pensacola Beach Boardwalk | Friday, October 16. A free family celebration on the boardwalk with a bounce house, costume contest, games, face painting, hot dogs, and plenty of candy. Only service animals are allowed.

Halloweentowne: Historic Pensacola Village | Friday, October 16, 4-7 PM. This free, family-friendly afternoon combines trick-or-treating with the history and traditions of All Hallows' Eve inside Historic Pensacola Village.

Trunk or Treat with Haunted Trail & Kid Festival: Community of Christ, 2111 Presidio Street, Navarre | Saturday, October 3, 4-7 PM. The same Navarre property that hosts Fear Forest offers a daytime preview made for younger children, with candy, games, activities, and a kid-friendly trip through the haunted trail.

If a full haunted house isn't your speed, downtown Pensacola runs on ghost stories. Some of these operate year-round, but October is when they lean in.

Pensacola Haunted Walking Tour: Pensacola History and Hauntings, 221 E. Government Street | multiple dates, 7-9 PM. A two-hour walk through downtown's darker history, pirates, murders, and reported sightings, with a hands-on paranormal investigation using real ghost-hunting equipment. Tickets run about $35 per person.

Historic Pensacola's Haunted History Happenings: Historic Pensacola, 330 S. Jefferson Street | select nights in October. Tormented Trolley Tours cover the haunted history of North Hill on October 2 and 3; the Haunted Village and Macabre Museum Mysteries walking tours run through historic homes and museum buildings on October 9, 10, 23, and 24. Trolley tours are $25 for adults and $15 for kids 3-14; the walking tours are $20 and $15.

Spirits of the Simpson House: Arcadia Mill's Simpson Homestead, 4755 Anna Simpson Road, Milton | Saturday, October 17, tours at 6, 7, and 8 PM. Walk the historic homestead after dark for local ghost stories, s'mores, and a possible ghostly skirmish. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for children ages 3-14.

Talking to the Dead: Victorian Séance. Barkley House, Historic Pensacola | October 30-31, sessions at 6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 PM. This adults-only living-history presentation explores Victorian spiritualism and the theatrical tricks behind a nineteenth-century séance. Tickets are $35.

Museum of Shadows: 341 N. Navy Blvd, Pensacola | Wednesday-Sunday, 2-10 PM. A genuine haunted museum, full of objects said to be attached to something. A self-guided tour is $25. They also run a two-hour ghost hunt for $50 at 10 PM on select nights.

Pensacola Lighthouse: on NAS Pensacola | ghost tour around $20 per person, ages 13+. The 1869 lighthouse is regularly named one of the most haunted in the country. You can climb it during regular daytime hours any time of year, but the after-hours ghost tour is the fall move, a ghost hunt inside the old Keeper's Quarters and a climb to the top of the tower, weather permitting. The lighthouse is on the Navy base, so you'll need a valid ID and should check current base access rules before you go.

Haunted Acres: 2948 River Road, Vernon | opens Friday, October 2, gates at 7 PM. A haunted trail through the woods at Fox Hollow, scare actors, masked monsters, sinister clowns, fog, and strobe lighting on uneven ground. It's graphic, and not for kids under 13. Vernon is well east of Navarre, up past Panama City, so this one's a commitment.

Escape from Blackwood Forest: 4728 U.S. Highway 90 West, DeFuniak Springs | October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 7 PM-midnight. A short outdoor haunted trail, about a fifth of a mile, from the Nightmare Factory crew. It's a newer one without much of a track record yet, but it's another option if you're already headed that way.

Looking for daytime fall fun too? Check the Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes guide.