Halloween
Time of the season
Haunted houses, a corn maze, hayrides a farm actually posts, and the parade. Community places, not music rooms. For Halloween the search goes about 30 miles out. The houses, the hayrides, and the corn mazes are usually on a farm road, not downtown.
Haunted house · OaklandPiedmont Avenue Pumpkin PatchPiedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch · Oakland · 2 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · OaklandHaunted HallsHaunted Halls · Menlo Park · 23 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · OaklandInto The Dark Terror VaultInto The Dark Terror Vault · San Francisco · 8 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their pageHaunted house · OaklandThe Black Cat HotelThe Black Cat Hotel · San Francisco · 8 miles outThe attraction posts the nights.Price on their page
Pumpkin patch · OaklandDig Deep Farms Pumpkin Patch at ArdenwoodFremont, CA · 21 miles outSat-Sun 10am-4pm through Oct 31, 2026$5 ages 12+, $2 ages 3-11Pumpkin patch · OaklandKR Farms Pumpkin PatchDublin, CA · 24 miles outDaily through Oct 30 and Nov 1, 2026 (closed Oct 31); Mon-Thu 1:30-8pm, Fri 1:30-9pm, Sat-Sun 9am-9pmFree patch entry; Fun Zone $23/child + $5 adult; lighted corn maze $5
Fall festival · OaklandBoo at the Zoo at Oakland ZooOakland, CA · 8 miles outSat-Sun through Nov 1, 2026; costume contests Sat Oct 24 & 31 at noonIncluded with zoo admission