Fri, Oct 30 · 1pm–2pm
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · North & Mountains
Meet the nature center's barn owls and learn how these 'ghosts of nature' hunt in the dark.
Details at Reflection Riding ↗
Fri, Oct 30 · 4pm–8pm
Tennessee Aquarium — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
The Aquarium's annual family trick-or-treat night with costumed SCUBA divers, music, decorations and candy. Come in costume.
Details at Tennessee Aquarium ↗
Sat, Oct 31 · 9am–1pm
Downtown YMCA (Rotary Field) — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
Halloween-morning trunk-or-treat with inflatables, costume contests, face painting and fall goodies.
Details at YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga ↗
Sat, Oct 31 · 10am
Chattanooga riverfront (see site) — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
The weekly Saturday riverfront market with live music, food and local arts and crafts.
Details at Chattanooga Market ↗
Sat, Oct 31 · 2pm
Tennessee Aquarium (River Journey) — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
SCUBA divers carve jack-o'-lanterns underwater as fish swirl around them, part of the Aquarium's ODDtober programs.
Details at Tennessee Aquarium ↗
Sat, Oct 31 · 4pm–8pm
Chattanooga Zoo — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
The zoo's Halloween night: candy stations, costume shows, character meet-and-greets, a bounce house and a scavenger hunt.
Details at Chattanooga Zoo ↗
Sat, Oct 31 · 4:30pm–7:30pm
Kitchen Incubator of Chattanooga — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · East
A big free Halloween-night trunk-or-treat with 30+ decorated trunks, city vehicles to explore and a candy bus; the library gives out free books.
Details at Midtown Connect ↗
Sun, Nov 1 · 11am
Chattanooga Market (First Horizon Pavilion) — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
The Chattanooga Market's Halloween Sunday: bring the little ghosts and goblins for the annual costume parade.
Details at Chattanooga Market ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15
Chattanooga Zoo — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
A compact, walkable zoo with red pandas, a jaguar, chimpanzees, giraffe feeding and a reptile house.
Check the site for daily hours. Boo in the Zoo evenings are listed separately.
Details at Chattanooga Zoo ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15
Creative Discovery Museum — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
Hands-on children's museum with a rooftop fun factory, water play, a climbing tower and art and science studios.
Sat 9am-5pm, Sun and Fri 10am-5pm (closed Wednesdays).
Details at Creative Discovery Museum ↗
Oct 23 – Oct 31
Rock City Gardens — Lookout Mountain, GA · Walker Co. · North Georgia
Four storybook trails with glowing jack-o'-lanterns and hidden surprises through Rock City's gardens: spooky, but never scary.
Runs through Oct 31. Rock City hours 10am-10:30pm.
Details at Rock City ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15
Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (Grand Junction Depot) — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · East
About an hour on vintage passenger cars through the Civil War-era Missionary Ridge tunnel, with a turntable demonstration and restoration-shop visit.
Several departures most days (no trains on Mondays); reserve on the site.
Details at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15
Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · North & Mountains
Trails, creeks and fall color at the foot of Lookout Mountain, plus a wildlife sanctuary with native animals.
Grounds open sunrise to sunset; Welcome Center 9am-4pm Tue-Sat.
Details at Reflection Riding ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15
Ruby Falls — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · North & Mountains
A guided walk deep inside Lookout Mountain to a 145-foot underground waterfall, plus scenic overlooks above ground.
Open daily; check the site for hours and timed tickets. The Dread Hollow haunted house is a separate, scarier ticket.
Details at Ruby Falls ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15 · 9am–7pm
Incline Railway (St. Elmo Station) — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · North & Mountains
Ride one of the steepest passenger railways in the world up Lookout Mountain, with big views from the top station.
Sat-Sun 9am-7pm through Oct 31; check the site for November hours. Last car leaves 40 minutes before close.
Details at Incline Railway ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15 · 10am–5pm
Hunter Museum of American Art — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
American art in a building on a bluff over the river; the outdoor sculpture plaza and Bluff View walk are free.
Open 10am-5pm; check the site for the day.
Details at Hunter Museum ↗
Oct 23 – Nov 15 · 10am–7pm
Tennessee Aquarium — Chattanooga · Hamilton Co. · Downtown & North Shore
Two buildings of river and ocean life: otters, penguins, sharks, a stingray touch pool and daily animal programs.
Usual hours 10am-7pm, last entry 5pm; check the site for the day.
Details at Tennessee Aquarium ↗
Oct 24 – Nov 1
Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park — Rossville, GA · Catoosa Co. · North Georgia
Daytime Halloween fun with rides, trick-or-treating, crafts, pumpkin decorating, a hay maze and a kids' costume contest.
Saturdays and Sundays through Nov 1; hours vary, see the park hours calendar. The after-dark Spookah event is scarier.
Details at Lake Winnepesaukah ↗
Nov 1 – Nov 15
Rock City Gardens — Lookout Mountain, GA · Walker Co. · North Georgia
Walk the rock trails, swinging bridge, Lover's Leap and Fairyland Caverns, with views over seven states on clear days.
Check the hours calendar; from Nov 13 the evenings switch to the separately ticketed Enchanted Garden of Lights.
Details at Rock City ↗