Updates for October 2025, and other information:

October: Most haunt events and venues open in mid September. Details on many are scarce until late August.

Haunted Houses and more listings

There are haunted houses, haunted corn mazes, haunted trails, ghost tours, haunted hay rides, zombie paintball, virtual reality haunts, scream parks and more in most areas every October in Iowa. And if you know of one I missed and want to add it or correct the information, please let me know!

Click one of these areas (or click on the map further down this page)

• greater metropolitan Des Moines area of Iowa
• northwestern Iowa, Sioux Falls area
• southwestern Iowa, Omaha area
• northeastern Iowa, Dubuque, etc.
• central eastern Iowa - Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Iowa City, etc.
• southeastern Iowa

Clickable Iowa County Map

Click on the map for the area you are interested in!

Iowa haunt tips

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