Niles Scream Park ready for 2026 , 53 years of fear

The nationally renowned Niles Scream Park is ready to officially start autumn by scaring the “yell” out of you with seven different haunted attractions. This year marks the 53rd consecutive year of their annual fright festival. The gates will squeak open on Friday September 11th, and be open on the remaining Fridays and Saturdays in September. Beginning on October 4th, the Park will be open all weekends (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Continuing in 2026, the Park will host an Adults Only 18+ Night on Friday, October 30th. And don’t forget the Black Out event–only on Friday, November 7th and Saturday, November 8th.

The Niles Scream Park is not just scary, it is considered by many to be one of the top haunted attractions in the country. Certainly, one of the largest, the Niles Scream Park offers 44 acres of blood-curdling fear! Unlike other haunted houses, Niles rebuilds each room of all three interior haunted houses each year to provide you with completely new and unique shows. The professionally designed sets and ingenious scare-tactics led the Niles Scream Park to be recognized by Haunted Attraction Magazine as one of the “Top 31 Must-See Haunted Attractions” nationwide.

 For those with the courage to tour all seven attractions, here is the line-up for 2026:

Niles Haunted House – The largest and most popular of our attractions, it has been with us since the beginning! Before you even get to the massive house, you must make your way along a lonely, winding path with shaky bridges over dark ponds, with foggy patches through trees and a completely pitch-black maze leading to the dead!

Once you get into the house, there are over 100 different paths through the attraction, it is impossible to see it all with less than seven trips. Each year the rooms, themes, sound effects and scares are changed to provide a fresh show. In 2026, you will venture through a classic haunted mansion with many creepy corridors of the home where vampires have taken over. From decrepit catacombs leading to the mansion’s chapel and confessional, to the thrills and chills of a basement, an attic, bedroom, a torture chamber and so much more! We will have your adrenaline gland pumping!

After you’ve made it through the main House, you still have to survive an old cemetery, and a late 1800’s village consumed by an infection as you continue through many more twists and turns!

London After Dark- 1888- The fog hangs heavy over the cobblestone streets of Whitechapel and a city already on edge that trembles with fear. Jack the Ripper stalks the night and leaves a trail of terror in his wake while delivering letters of promise. No curfew can stop him. No witness can escape. One wrong turn could be your last. Face the killer who is terrorizing the city and pray you make it out alive.

The Sinister Schoolhouse - Something is terribly wrong with the students in Gatlin, Nebraska. It’s Halloween night, 1955. As the school’s annual harvest festival fills the halls with laughter and whispers that no one dares follow, adults begin vanishing, one by one. Classrooms are locked, the bells refuse to toll, and the children are watching. Step inside Romero’s Public School where innocence has ended, authority has vanished and eternal detention never ends.

Field of Screams – Considered one of our most popular attractions, even a GPS won’t help you find your way out of this series of outdoor mazes. Finding a way out means venturing through a massive authentic cemetery, a toxic waste facility, a rundown carnival and the birch tree forest! But once you are there, your problem becomes how to escape! Be sure to grab some comfortable shoes because this is a LONG stroll through the dark and unknown!

Wicked Woods – Shrouded in mystery and darkness, a secluded society dwells amidst the dense foliage and towering trees ruled by a tyrannical force of power with no bounds. The fragile balance of power is disturbed by those who enter from modern civilization and threatens to unleash unspeakable horrors upon the world. Those who enter must confront the darkness that lurks and the evil residing in the hearts of the inhabitants. Easily lost and condemned to wander forever, welcome to the Wicked Woods!

Hooded – Our most intense horror experience ever is BACK by popular demand! Just when you thought it was over, we’re kicking things up a notch. Each patron is blindfolded and oh yeah, the actors can touch you! Adults 18 and older only. You must sign a waiver. If you bail out of the attraction, you got what you paid for–an experience so intense you couldn’t handle it! No refunds. No chicken out passes. Good luck! Included in the Frightful Nightful Plus Package.

Mini Escape Rooms - The Niles Scream Park has brought the popular escape room concept to their midway. A new twist is “speed escape rooms.” Fast paced and exciting, there will be four, five-minute escape rooms open at the Park.

NEW IN 2026: Six Feet Under Bar - NEW IN 2026 is the Six Feet Under Bar: Where the spirits are always alive! Step through the cemetery gates and raise a glass in this one-of-a-kind, graveyard-themed 21+ experience located in the heart of the Midway. Surrounded by eerie tombstones, haunted ambiance, and enough dark humor to wake the dead, the Six Feet Under Bar is the perfect place to rest your bones between scares. A valid government-issued photo ID is required for entry (absolutely no exceptions). Guests will receive a wristband with pull tabs to track purchases, with a maximum of two drinks per person, per night to keep the afterlife enjoyable for everyone. The bar is open Fridays and Saturdays throughout October, plus Black Out Weekend on November 6th & 7th. So grab your favorite ghouls, dig up some courage, and join us for a night that’s to die for because at Six Feet Under, the only thing buried…. is boredom.

The midway features several food concessions that provide enough variety to satisfy everyone’s cravings. The Gift Shop will let you shop till you drop for the latest Halloween paraphernalia. Our new photo-op system will provide you with several options of pictures to purchase to commemorate your night. And there also is the Dead Man’s Axe throwing game too for those that like adventure and a challenge.

The Niles Scream Park is a non-profit community project that uses approximately 200 volunteers per night to staff its various attractions. These volunteers represent over 65 Michiana area community and school organizations. Since 1996, more than $2.8 million have been donated to local and nation non-profit organizations and to the Niles Scream Park funded college scholarships for students at Niles, Brandywine, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Edwardsburg and Penn High Schools.

The Niles Scream Park is located on Mayflower Road, south of Niles-Buchanan Road just off Exit 5 of the US 31 Bypass. More information on prices, times and dates of operation can be obtained by visiting the Niles Scream Park website at www.haunted.org or calling 269-687-FEAR.