O'Bannon Woods SP Hosts Halloween Camping Weekend

The state park, in partnership with the Central Clover 4-H Club, will offer an event-packed weekend with activities for everyone. These include a chili cook off, hayrides, a campsite decorating contest, voluntary trick-or-treating, festive craft programs in the spirit of the season, live snakes, a venture-into-the-night hike, and more. 

The fun starts Friday, Oct. 30, with Smokey Bear distributing candy in the campgrounds from 4 to 6 p.m., and a venture into the night at the Hickory Hollow Interpretive Center at 8 p.m. Friday's also the time for campers to start decorating their campsite in spirit of the Halloween season. Votes for favorite site will be taken at the Class A gatehouse. Campsite judging closes at 8 p.m. Saturday night.

Saturday's lineup includes crafts such as pet rocks, nature journals, soap carving, wood cookie necklaces, and designing your own bugs, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; bee program, 11 a.m.; Indiana Tree Day Hike, noon; hay rides, noon to  4 p.m.; Snakes Alive program, 1 p.m.; pumpkin carving, 2 p.m.; ghost stories and seasonal tales,  2 p.m.; bug program, 3 p.m.; chili cook off, 4 p.m.; voluntary trick-or-treating in the campgrounds, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; and campfire tales and legends, 8 p.m.

The event concludes with the campsite decorating results at 10 a.m. at the front of the Class A campgrounds.

For a full weekend schedule and listing of other activities at O'Bannon Woods State Park, go to www.interpretiveservices.IN.gov, call (812) 738-8234, or stop by the interpretive center. Hickory Hollow Interpretive Center is located in the state park, 10 miles west of Corydon, off Indiana 62. 

All events and programs are free, except for the regular weekend gate admission of $5 daily for in-state vehicles and $7 daily for out-of-state vehicles.