The 15 Best Haunted Houses & Halloween Haunts near Washington, D.C. (2026)

1 Savage Skull Cove — Woodbridge, VA

undead guests are packing their bags and preparing for 2026 at the 'cove! family friendly skeleton hangout with video - tune to 88.7fm everyday from sunset until about 11pm.

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2 Bootyful Bones On The High Seas — Stafford, VA

skelly adventure fun

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3 The Catalina Haunt — Silver Spring, MD

Home Haunt Yard Display Sunday- Thursday 6:45-8pm Friday and Saturday 6:45-8:30 MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS CLOSED

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4 Rincon Hollow — Montclair, VA

The only haunt in the area with true Transylvanian heritage

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5 the Spooky House on Cahill Lane — Dumfries, VA

Back in 2025! synchronized light and music show with video and now featuring Ozzy Osbone, our singing skelly doing vocals. Runs from 7-10 every night in October.

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6 The Historic Herndon Halloween House — Herndon, VA

This Halloween, The Historic Herndon Halloween House is celebrating its 20th year with “Space Aliens” as its theme.

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7 House of Purple Haunts — Gainesville, VA

the purple place on the corner

8 Angel Wing Halloween House — Reston, VA

enjoy from the street anytime. we open the driveway for a walkthrough portion during the evenings from 10/26 through 11/1.

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9 DC manor Haunt — Silver Spring, MD

Home Haunt Outside DC -Partial Display weekends beginning Sept. 27th. -Full Display Fri & Sat 6-8pm beginning Oct 17 -Full Display + Walkthrough 6-8pm Halloween night (Oct. 31)

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10 Nocturnazine Halloween — Herndon, VA

Skelly and fiends always rock out to the very beast in tunes!

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11 McDerty’s — Benedict, MD

Small skeleton display

Yard HauntFree admissionFamily friendlyScare level: Boo-LiteHome hauntMon–Sun 12:00 AM–11:59 PM

12 Bonesworth of Dabney Avenue — Springfield, VA

Skeletons all year round! Halloween decor Sept 1-Oct 31. Trick or treating on 31 Oct with adult refreshments 5-9pm. Please stop by & help us raise funds for St. Jude!!! 🖤

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13 Carvinal of Bones — Springfield, VA

skeletons are now running the carnival from 7-10 everynight

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14 Obsidian Hill Sanitorium — Hamilton, VA

Spooky yard Haunt in Hamilton,Va. Featuring babydoll cemetery,photo vignettes, creepy clownmaze, spider tunnel, den of horrors. Collecting non perishable food for Tree of Life

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15 Freak Show — Burke, VA

no contact multi room walk thru experience for all ages. kids 3 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

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