Beginning October 9, cars will creep through Lake Metroparks Farmpark's winding roadways this month as the grounds transform into a Halloween-themed route lit up with oversized decorations and themed sets. Visitors stay buckled in their vehicles the whole time, making it a Halloween outing without ever setting foot inside a haunted house.
The Halloween Drive-Thru runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on October weekends — October 9 through 11, 16 through 18, and 23 through 25 — at Farmpark's location at 8800 Euclid Chardon Road in Kirtland, according to WKYC. Tickets cost $27.50 per carload and must be purchased in advance online, the outlet reports. Along the route, dozens of volunteers in costume act out scenes that mix returning favorites with new additions for this season.
Lake Metroparks Chief of Outdoor Connections Seth Begeman has said organizers custom craft every scene along the route to keep the experience entertaining for all ages, per WKYC. The drive-thru format lets families experience the event from their vehicles rather than walking through an attraction.
Event Sponsors
The event is presented by Lake Health and Ganley Subaru East.
Vehicles on the route are also capped at 20 feet in length and 6.5 feet in width, with buses, limousines, and open pickup truck beds all barred from the course to keep traffic moving safely on Farmpark's winding internal roads.
Farmpark's History
Farmpark members get early online access to purchase tickets for the drive-thru before they go on general sale, a perk tied to annual memberships that start at $50 for individuals and $75 for families. The Halloween Drive-Thru is one of two major seasonal light displays Farmpark hosts each year; it's followed by the Country Lights Drive-Thru in late November and December, with both events requiring their own separate advance ticketing.
The 235-acre property was once known as Locust Farms, where Dr. Leonard T. Skeggs raised Polish Arabian horses. Destination Cleveland has ranked the site among the country's top ten educational farming destinations.
More October Activities at Farmpark
The drive-thru is also just one piece of Farmpark's packed October calendar. The grounds are simultaneously running daytime fall programming, including wagon rides, harvest demonstrations, and a three-acre Revolutionary War-themed corn maze called Paul Revere's Run, which Hoodline previously reported closes for the season on October 11. Between the harvest activities, the Halloween nights, and the Country Lights display still to come, Farmpark is leaning on its full 235 acres to carry Lake County families from the last of the corn maze season into the holidays.
