Haunted Hayrides in New England 2026: Three Rides, No Confirmed Dates
Every haunted hayride we could verify in New England — one showing last year's calendar, one whose website became a plant nursery, and one that only takes cash.
Updated August 3, 2026
The haunted hayride is the most New England of Halloween attractions: a working farm, a tractor, a wagon of strangers, and a field in the dark.
There are three of any size in the region. As of early August, not one has confirmed a 2026 date, and two of them have problems more interesting than that.
What runs
| Attraction | Town | 2026 season | Admission | Intensity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field of Screams | West Greenwich | Not announced as of 2026-07-31 | Not published | Moderate |
| Vengeance in the Valley | Guilford | Not announced as of 2026-07-31 | $18Haunted Hayride $18, Haunted Corn Maze $16, combo $28. CASH ONLY — no cards, no pre-sale. Tickets sold at the booth 6:30pm-10pm on open nights. Prices are published without a year. | Moderate |
| Witch's Woods | Westford | Not announced as of 2026-07-31 | Not published | Moderate |
Vengeance in the Valley, Guilford VT — cash at the gate
The biggest outdoor haunt in Vermont, on Gaines Farm two miles from the Massachusetts line, with a bonfire, cider and fried dough for anyone who would rather not go into the corn.
Hayride $18, corn maze $16, combo $28. Cash only — no cards, no pre-sale tickets, sold at the booth from 6:30pm to 10pm on open nights. Turn up with a card and you do not get in.
Their published schedule reads "every Friday and Saturday, October 3–25" with no year on it anywhere. That pattern cannot describe 2026 — this year the 3rd is a Saturday and the 25th a Sunday. It fits 2025 exactly. It is last season's calendar, still standing and still being copied. Full detail on the Vermont page.
Witch's Woods, Westford MA — showing 2025
A screampark built onto the Nashoba Valley ski area: hayride plus walk-through attractions, recommended for ages 6+, with costumes and costume masks banned for guests.
When we checked, the site was still advertising its 2025 season, dates and all. That is a stale page in July, not a closure, and the 2026 season will almost certainly follow the same Friday-to-Sunday shape — but it has not been announced, so we have not announced it.
Field of Screams, West Greenwich RI — the website became a plant nursery
The strangest finding on this site.
Field of Screams runs a haunted hayride and walk-through attractions at Big John Leyden's Tree Farm. Its former website, hauntedhayride.net, now serves the tree farm's nursery storefront — shop hours Monday to Friday, Christmas trees and shrubs, no Halloween content whatsoever.
The farm is trading perfectly well. The haunt's web presence has simply been replaced by retail. That is not proof the hayride has stopped, and plenty of small operators now run a season entirely on social media — but there is no official source confirming it runs, so we are not going to say it does.
What a hayride actually is
Worth setting expectations, because "haunted hayride" covers a wide range.
You are seated, moving and in a group, which caps how close anything can get and how long any encounter lasts. That makes hayrides substantially less intense than a walk-through haunt where you set your own pace and can be separated from your group. Most are pitched around ages 6 and up.
They are also entirely outdoors in October at night in New England, which is the part people underestimate. A wagon moving through a field generates its own wind chill.
What to do
Nothing here is bookable, and one of them never will be — Vengeance in the Valley is cash at the gate by design.
Call before you drive. All three of these are small operations, and two are showing information from last year.
If you want a confirmed date, Fright Kingdom in Nashua has published its entire 2026 season, and Collins Farm's corn maze in Bath NH is open right now.
We re-check as operators announce. Tell us if you see dates first.