Six Halloween events are scheduled across Bastrop County, including pumpkin patches, festivals, a hike and haunted attractions.
A community fall festival with carnival games, snacks and trick-or-treating will be held Oct. 29 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Bastrop Lost Pines Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 430 Old Austin Hwy. Admission is free. Organizers encourage family-friendly costumes.
Evergreen Farms in Elgin has a pumpkin hunt on weekends through Oct. 31. Admission and parking are free, and each activity costs $3.50. Community Gardens in Bastrop has its annual pumpkin patch on weekends through Oct. 31, with wristbands priced from $5 to $25. Children ages 2 and younger are admitted free.
Bastrop State Park hosts a one-mile guided hike for dogs and their owners on Oct. 31 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The $5 fee covers park admission. Downtown Bastrop's Boo Bash, with trick-or-treating and food vendors, runs Oct. 31 from 2 to 6 p.m. and is free. Scream Hollow Wicked Halloween Park in Smithville, with five haunted attractions and a haunted hayride, is open weekends through Nov. 1. Admission ranges from $32.48 to $75.78.