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Scarefest opened Oct. 9 at Jellystone north of Port Huron, with one more Halloween weekend before the gates close

The Mitten Daily · October 8, 2026 · Port Huron

Children in Halloween costumes walk a campground road at dusk while trick-or-treating.
Trick-or-treating in a Virginia state-park campground in November 2013, in a file photo. It was not taken at Jellystone Park North Port Huron. Photo: Virginia State Parks staff / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), altered.

CARSONVILLE, Mich. — Families who want a campground Halloween north of Port Huron have one weekend left this month after Scarefest wrapped Oct. 9-11.

Jellystone Park North Port Huron, at 2353 N. Lakeshore Road (M-25) in Carsonville, listed Scarefest from Friday, Oct. 9, through Sunday, Oct. 11. Campfire Fright Fest follows Oct. 16–18 and is the park’s final operating weekend of the 2026 season, according to the park’s event calendar and parent-guide post.

Both weekends use the same core lineup, the park says: a Saturday-night haunted house included with an overnight stay, campground-wide trick-or-treating, costume contests for all ages, pumpkin painting, slime activities, witch-hat ring toss, mummy-wrap games and a site-decorating contest. Yogi Bear, Boo Boo and Cindy Bear are scheduled to appear for photos. The themes differ — Scarefest leans into spooky branding; Campfire Fright Fest is billed as the season send-off with fall color along the Lake Huron shore — but the activity menu stays the same.

Saturday schedules posted for Scarefest included a morning “Wake the Bears” gathering, craft and slime sessions, a costume contest at the playground, trick-or-treating through decorated sites and the haunted house in the evening. Some craft and ice-cream workshops carried a fee; others were listed as free. Families who were not camping could buy a Saturday day pass: $15 per person for Sanilac County residents, $25 for out-of-county guests and free for children 2 and under, according to the park’s Halloween weekend guide. Reservations and questions go to (810) 622-0110 or northporthuronjellystone.com.

The park closes after Oct. 18, so there is no on-site Halloween on Oct. 31. That makes Campfire Fright Fest the last chance for the campground’s haunted house and candy run this year.

Updated Oct. 13, 2026: Scarefest took place Oct. 9-11. This guide was published before them, and its schedule language has been changed to the past tense. Campfire Fright Fest remains scheduled for Oct. 16-18.

Updated Oct. 13, 2026: The headline and summary were changed to the past tense for events that have already taken place.

Sources:
Jellystone Park North Port Huron, “Scarefest Halloween Weekend 3,” Oct. 9–11, 2026, https://www.campjellystone.com/jellystone-park-north-port-huron/events/scarefest-halloween-weekend-3
Jellystone Park North Port Huron, “Campfire Fright Fest Weekend 4,” Oct. 16–18, 2026, https://www.campjellystone.com/jellystone-park-north-port-huron/events/campfire-fright-fest-weekend-4
Jellystone Park North Port Huron, “Which Halloween Weekend Should You Book?,” Sept. 30, 2026, https://www.northporthuronjellystone.com/which-halloween-weekend-jellystone-park-north-port-huron/
Photo: Virginia State Parks staff, “Trick or treating in the campground,” Nov. 2, 2013, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), cropped and color-corrected, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DSC_0191_(5148798985).jpg

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