Treat yourself to a trail of thousands of hand carved glowing pumpkins at the annual Jack-O-Lantern Blaze, a must see this Halloween in New York.

More than 7,000 illuminated jack-o-lanterns, all designed and hand-carved by local artists will be on display from September 20th to November 30th.

2018 Blaze
Photo Credit - Tom Nycz Photography
2018 Blaze

Tour the brand-new Museum of Pumpkin Art, where classic paintings get the gourd treatment, see who let the (pumpkin) dogs out, listen for the Headless Horseman, and watch out for swooping jack o’lantern bats.

The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze
Photo Credit - Tom Nycz Photography
The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze

Stroll across the Pumpkin Zee Bridge to watch the Pumpkin Carousel twirl.

2017 Blaze
Photo Credit - Tom Nycz Photography
2017 Blaze

Check out all the swimming aquatic creatures and a giant Sea Serpent. You can even be mesmerized by a color-changing star show in the Pumpkin Planetarium.

2018 Blaze
Photo Credit - Tom Nycz Photography
2018 Blaze

Get personal with signs of the zodiac.

2018 Blaze
Photo Credit - Tom Nycz Photography
2018 Blaze

The huge spectacular takes more than 1,000 volunteers to scoop, carve, and light the pumpkins that can be viewed and heard with original music playing throughout the trail.

2017 Blaze
Photo Credit: Tom Nycz Photography
2017 Blaze

The annual Jack-O-Lantern Blaze is so popular it's open for an two extra weeks this year and tickets sell out fast.

September 20-22; 26-29; October 3-31; November 1-3; 8-10; 15-17; 22-23; 29-30

Adults: $29
Children 3-17: $22
Children under 3: FREE

All proceeds from the Great Jack-O-Lantern Blaze support the programs of Historic Hudson Valley, a non-profit education organization.

Photo Credit - YouTube via Historic Hudson Valley
Photo Credit - YouTube via Historic Hudson Valley
Photo Credit - YouTube via Historic Hudson Valley

The Great Jack-O-Lantern Blaze is at 525 S Riverside Ave in Croton-on-Hudson. Get more details and tickets at HudsonValley.org or on Facebook and get a sneak peek of this year's blaze below.


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