Haunted Happenings in Montana's Yellowstone Country

We’re entering the spooky season, and the haunted happenings start this weekend. Family-friendly activities are happening across the region, including festivals, downtown trick-or-treating, haunted houses and even some adult-focused evening fun!

In Red Lodge, the Howl-O-Ween Fall Festival at Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary is tomorrow. Kids can trick-or-treat with the animal ambassadors and enjoy fall-themed games and crafts. The following weekend, if you dare, bring the family to Night at the Museum, a haunted house by Carbon County Historical Society and Museum.

In Bozeman, a one-night Ghost Tour at the Haunted Masonic Lodge offers local history, unexplained activity and a paranormal investigation. The Anderson School Haunted Camp Cottonwood opens Oct. 23-24 with a “lights on” option from 5:30-6:30 p.m., and for the not faint of heart, the lights go out from 6:30-10 p.m. Next Friday, bring the kiddos to Downtown Bozeman where over 100 businesses host trick-or-treating!



Big Sky goes all out with the Haunted Peaks Halloween Festival. This all-ages event includes the Skull & Roses Ball, a Día de los Muertos celebration, a costume pub crawl, Mini Monster Mash kids party (featuring dance party, costume contest and Pumpkin King & Queen carving competition), featured horror films, Yappy Hour pet and person costume contest, a 5K haunted run and more!

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel in Yellowstone Park is hosting a Halloween Spooktacular, with a ghost tour, trick-or-treating and other festive activities. If you haven’t experienced the park in the fall, this is a great chance to watch wildlife!

Kids can enjoy community-wide trick-or-treating in Belgrade, Big Sky, Bozeman, Livingston, Manhattan, Red Lodge and Three Forks. And the Montana Corn Maze and Bozeman Maze are still open for a few more days!



For the grownups who celebrate, Gallatin History Museum is hosting Haunted History Tours, and the Museum of the Rockies is hosting “Pour and Gore: A Haunted Masquerade,” along with a showing of Phantom of the Opera. The Montana Ballet will perform “Un/Dead and Unforgiven,” an evocative program that brings together three ballets that traverse the supernatural landscape of the human heart: “The Raven,” “Dracula” and Act II of “Giselle.”

On another note, rifle season for deer and elk begins Oct. 24. You can find a list of hunting outfitters here, along with information on licenses and regulations, at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Autumn in Yellowstone Country is quite spooktacular!