Halloween thrills for the kids across the country

If you're looking to take the kids somewhere special for Halloween, here are some happening holiday haunts.

MAZES AND MONSTERS

Corn mazes look different when navigated by flashlight at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where you can pick your own pumpkins.

Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts across the country offer Halloween-themed weekends with Monster Mash dances, campsite decorating, costume contest and trick-or-treating.

INFO cherrycrestfarm.com, campjellystone.com

ZOOS AND BOOS

The Jack-O'Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, features 5,000 illuminated jack-o'-lanterns.

The Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans has a ghost train and a not-so-scary haunted house and special Crawloween days and creepy creatures in the Insectarium.

Closer to home, meet creepy creatures, hear spooky stories and go on a hayride at the Bronx Zoo's Boo at the Zoo weekends in October.

INFO auduboninstitute.org rwpzoo.org, bronxzoo.com

GHOSTS AND HAUNTED HOUSES

Teens and tweens will like a ghost tour in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where the highlight involves a soldier who accidentally shot a young girl in a house during the Battle of Gettysburg. The Terror Behind the Walls at the former Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia features 200 performers scaring thrill- seekers.

INFO nwsdy.li/gettysghost, easternstate.org/halloween

'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE'

Theme parks up the ante this time of year. Howl-O-Screams at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Florida; Williamsburg, Virginia; and SeaWorld San Antonio feature 13 evil monsters and other surprises after 6 p.m. Earlier, the parks host a costumed array of family-friendly fare.

The Fright Fest at the 18 Six Flags parks require you to fend off 200 zombies.

Sesame Place celebrates in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, with The Count's Halloween Spooktacular and the new Cookie's Monster Land.

INFO buschgardens.com, frightfest.sixflags.com, sesameplace.com