Fun Fall Activities to Do in Las Vegas
Fall in Las Vegas
Looking for fun things to do in Las Vegas during fall? Vegas is known for its beautiful desert landscape, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the fall season here! From orchards and pumpkin patches, to spooky halloween things, and leaf-peeping foliage hikes, there are tons of festive fall activities in Las Vegas for you to enjoy!
Apple orchard at Gilcrease Orchard, Las Vegas
Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Las Vegas
Orchards, pumpkin patches, farms, and wineries
What could be more festive than picking apples and pumpkins at the farm or taste-testing your way through the wineries? This may come as a surprise, but yes, there are orchards, farms, and wineries in the Las Vegas desert!
Gilcrease Orchard
Gilcrease Orchard is a family-owned 60-acre orchard located 25 minuted from the Las Vegas strip. You can pick-your-own seasonal fruits and vegetables, and snap as many photos as you like! In the fall you can pick sunflowers, apples, pomegranates, and pumpkins, wander through their newly installed corn maze, and purchase homemade apple cider and doughnuts. Admission is free, you only pay for what you take home!
Seasonal Adventures Pumpkin Patch
This is an adorable little pumpkin patch, but it’s definitely geared solely towards children. They have cute kiddie rides as well as a food truck that offers carnival-style treats like candy apples and funnel cake, along with some fast food options. Aside from that, the did a beautiful job decorating and creating mini photo-ops, so if you missed out on photo opportunities at Gilcrease, you can always come here to pose with some fun pumpkin displays!
Halloweentown Pumpkin Patch
This pumpkin patch is more of a parking lot carnival with a pumpkin tent. However, there are a good selection of rides and games for both kids and adults, as well as a food tent that offers a selection of fast food options and carnival treats like funnel cake. They do have a large selection of pumpkins to purchase at the tent, so if you missed out on getting yours from Gilcrease, you can always head here!
The Las Vegas Farm
This family-owned farm is open weekends only from 9am-4pm and offers a full farmers market (free entry) selection of seasonal produce and baked goods as well as a farm where you can visit a wide variety of animals from pigs, cows, goats, peacocks, and more for a small entry fee ($8 for ages 13+ and $4 for ages 12 and under).
Vegas Valley Winery
Vegas Valley winery is Las Vegas’ first and only winery! While they don’t have a vineyard for you to wander through, they do offer winery tours, tastings, events, and you can even make your own wine!
Pahrump Valley Winery
Although Pahrump Valley Winery is not located in Las Vegas, they’re the perfect vineyard to visit for a day trip! Located just 1 hour outside of Vegas, they offer winery tours daily, wine tastings, and an on-site restaurant.
Halloween-themed things and spooky activities
From scary haunted houses, to spooky spots, Las Vegas has tons of spine-chilling things to do during Halloween!
Vegas Fright Nights
Vegas Fright Nights offers some of Nevada’s scariest haunted attractions. With three terrifying haunted houses to choose from, you’ll be guaranteed to scream your head off! Admission is $28 for one-time entry into all three houses.
HallOVeen at the Magical Forest
The Magical Forest is an 2.5-acre theme park owned by Opportunity Village, a non-profit organization that provides innovative programs and services for people with disabilities. They utilize the park to organize festivals to celebrate holidays such as “HallOVeen”, where they feature rides, escape rooms, train rides, food trucks, gift shops, carnival games, mini golf, and cute photo ops! Ticket prices vary based on package selection and reservations are required. All proceeds from the Magical Forest go towards benefiting individuals with learning disabilities at Opportunity Village.
Freakling Bros: Trilogy of Terror
Freakling Bros: Trilogy of Terror is a series of three haunted interactive attractions that range in extremity so you can choose the experience that suits you best. Castle Vampyre is the least extreme and combines horror, magic, and illusion for a nostalgic Halloween feel. Coven of Thirteen is an ode to the classic witches and warlocks that combines the illusions of black magic, creative staging, and claustrophobic scenes. Gates of Hell is the most intense attraction of them all, which is why it’s rated R and is not suited for anyone who is afraid of being touched, or shocked (literally). Tickets are $50 for all three attractions + bonuses.
Asylum and Hotel Fear
Asylum and Hotel Fear are interactive haunted attractions designed to scare the crap out of you! These themes stay true to their name, but they also share an interconnected storyline so you can’t go through one without the other. Tickets range in price based on date and time. Book online in advance to save money and to avoid long waits.
trick or Chic (Haunted House) at Fashion Show Mall
The Fashion Show Mall’s ghoulishly glamorous haunted house is free to enter from 3pm-7pm every Friday and Saturday in October, as well as Halloween Day. Reservations are required.
Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum
If you’re a fan of Ghost Adventures like me, then you definitely need to check out Zak Bagans’ The Haunted Museum! You can tour all 30 rooms that are filled with tons of spooky treasures and artifacts, also the museum itself is said to be haunted (let’s hope those spirits stay in Vegas haha). Tickets are $48 per person.
Calico Ghost Town
Calico is an old western mining town that was abandoned in the mid-1980s after silver lost its value. The decaying ruins give you a historic look at what western life was like back then. The town is believed to be haunted so it’s the perfect location to check off your spooky list. Entrance fee to the town is $8, attractions are separate and vary in price. You can explore the old buildings, mine, railroad tracks, or join a ghost tour. They also organize an annual Ghost Haunt festival where they host stage shows, costume contests, haunted attractions, pumpkin carving, shopping, food, and more!
Fall foliage hikes and leaf-peeping
Las Vegas may be a desert landscape, but you can still see some beautiful fall foliage during the autumn season! Believe it or not, the temperatures cool and the leaves do change on certain types of trees (especially aspens). From late September, even through late November you’ll be able to see colorful leaves throughout Las Vegas and nearby areas.
Floyd Lamb Park, Nevada (20mins from Las Vegas)
Gilcrease Orchard (20mins from Las Vegas)
Mount Charleston, Nevada (45mins from Las vegas)
Spring Mountains, Nevada (1hr & 20mins from Las Vegas)
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada (1.5hrs from Las Vegas)
Kershaw-Ryan State Park, Nevada (2hrs & 25mins from Las Vegas)
Zion National Park, Utah (2hrs & 35mins from Las Vegas)
Rainbow Canyon, Nevada (3hrs from Las Vegas)
Great Basin National Park, Nevada (4.5hrs from Las Vegas)
Reno, Nevada (7hrs from Las Vegas)
Lake Tahoe, Nevada (7hrs & 20mins from Las Vegas)
Shows, events, and more
Las Vegas knows how to entertain, and the fall season is no different than any other! There are lots of shows, events, and fun things to see and do here in the fall!
Oktoberfest at Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas
Experience Oktoberfest Las Vegas style at Hofbräuhaus! Enjoy live entertainment every night, games, Oktoberfestbier, unique Bavarian foods, celebrity keg tappings and more!
Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Garden
The Bellagio creates a gorgeous, immersive floral art display inside of their giant conservatory. It’s free to enter, open 24 hours, and they have a new theme every season.
The Palazzo Waterfall Atrium
The Palazzo is another Vegas casino that designs beautiful, eye-catching displays. It’s also free to enter, open 24 hours, and they have a new theme every season.
Rise Festival
The Rise Festival is a that takes place every October in the Mojave desert. It’s a spectacular and memorable festival where thousands gather to celebrate with food, music, and a stunningly massive lantern release into the night sky. Ticket prices vary based on date.
Movie night at Hidden Cinema’s Rooftop Garden
This cute garden-style cinema theater pop-up is situated at the top of a parking deck in downtown Las Vegas. They launched in mid-September and will be up until December 18th featuring tons of different movie selections, from the classics, to popular thrillers, seasonal faves, and more. You can bring your own pillows and blankets, as well as food, and also grab drinks and snacks at their bar! Ticket prices vary on your seating selection. Discounted parking passes are also available.
Attend a Halloween show, parade, party, Pub crawl, & more!
Check out Vegas.com’s list of events for Halloween in Vegas!
Check out Eventbrite’s Las Vegas calendar to find the latest events!
