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Fright or fun – take your pick of Halloween adventures
By Patte Smith; courtesy photos
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Evening strolls
through historic
graveyards
By Patte Smith; courtesy photo
Trick or Treat Street(s) will be on October
28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the shops and businesses along Castle Pines Parkway and also at the Village at Castle Pines shopping center, 858 West Happy Canyon Road. Kids dress in sassy, sporty or scary Halloween costumes and have fun running business to business getting treats. For more information, visit www. castlepineschamber.com.
For a haunting, howling and horrifying Halloween experience, carefully enter the Castle of Terror at the Fire Department Training Tower, 303 Malibu Street in Castle Rock. If you frighten easily, be sure to creep through the tower with a fellow soul to ward off the spirits hidden deep inside the stronghold. No one younger than 13 is admitted without an adult because ghouls, zombies and poltergeists haunt the hallways 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Enter if you dare on October 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28. Proceeds from the event benefit the Fire and Police Explorers. Admission is $10, cash or check only. Call 303-663-3103 for more information or visit www.crgov.com.
Spooktacular at the Miller Activity Complex (MAC) is a fun and safe Halloween event
for the entire family. There will be games, bounce houses, face painting, prizes, food
and, of course, candy. Kids can come in their costumes, adults too. Join the fun at the MAC, 1375 Plum Creek Parkway in Castle Rock on October 28 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit www.crgov.com.
Learn about mysterious stories and ghostly happenings in local history of Castle Rock
and the surrounding areas on October 12 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Douglas County Libraries Philip S. Miller in Castle Rock. Senior Archivist of the Douglas County Libraries, Sean Boyd, will tell tales of spooky events of the past and how researchers try to record these events today. Jake Jacobs from Colorado Paranormal Investigators will be on hand with paranormal research equipment. Refreshments will be served. Contact 303-814- 3164 for more information or email museum@ castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.
Ride the rails behind a historic Denver & Rio Grande Steam Locomotive “Trick or Treat Train” in vintage passenger cars with conductors and engineers at the Colorado Railroad Museum. Kids can visit the “Town’s” special stops to fill their treat
bags and tickle their funny bones at the “not so spooky” Haunted Railcar and the Olde Railroaders’ Silly Graveyard. This fun event
is being held on October 28 at 10 a.m. and October 29 at 4 p.m. The museum is located at 17155 West 44th Avenue, Golden. Visit www.coloradorailroadmuseum.org for more information.
Take off to Hauntings at the Hangar at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum on October 29 from Noon to 4 p.m. Wear a freaky, fun, or friendly costume and hover around sci-fi characters or possibly real aliens. Get a real treat as you take a picture with "Star Wars" characters and other popular super heroes. There will be carnival games, a bounce house, a jumbo slide, pedal planes and movie-themed cars. Located
at 7711 East Academy Boulevard in Denver’s Lowry area, you can visit wingsmuseum.org/ event/hauntings/ for more information.
On October 14 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., tour the historic grave sites in Cedar Hill Cemetery with members of the Castle Rock Historical Society (CRHS) who will portray some of the local people in our past history. Cedar Hill was founded in 1875 and contains the remains of pioneers significant in the early history of Castle Rock and Douglas County. Refreshments will be served following the tour. The tour is free, and reservations are not required.
The CRHS is having an evening walk through the Bear Canyon Cemetery in Sedalia on October 28 at 5 p.m. Located by St. Philip-in- the-Field Church at 397 North Perry Park Road, the church and cemetery were founded in 1872 and were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Refreshments will be served following the tour. The tour is free, and reservations are not required.
For more information on these tours, call the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3163 or email museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.