Little monsters will go out trick-or-treating today on the North Olympic Peninsula, starting with downtown events in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Sequim and Forks.
• In Sequim, costumed children and their parents can roam from door to door of participating businesses for candy and other treats from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The free event, sponsored by the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce and Sequim Merchants, features business owners with a posted picture of a pumpkin in their window handing out treats to children.
Participants are urged to be attentive to traffic because Washington Street will remain open.
• During the same hours, Sinclair Place, at 680 W. Prairie St., will offer trick-or-treating as well as sugar cookie decorating and hot cocoa.
For more information, call 360-558-3250.
• In Port Angeles, downtown merchants will hand out candy to trick-or-treaters from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
All participating merchants will have “Trick or Treat Here” signs in their windows.
Olympic Kiwanis volunteers will help with street crossings. Every year this group donates time to help keep children safe downtown while trick-or-treating.
Two locations downtown will be decorated for photo opportunities, one at the fountain at First and Laurel streets and one next to Odyssey Bookshop on Front Street.
• On the west side of town will be the second annual Westside Trick or Treat sponsored by the North Olympic History Center from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
All comers are encouraged to wear costumes.
Participants will gather at the Old Lincoln School at the corner of west Eighth and C streets in Port Angeles. The whole family is welcome. A place will be set aside for family photos.
Trick-or-treating will begin there and continue at participating Westside businesses: Angeles Millwork & Lumber Co., Grandview Grocery, The County Woodwright, Angeles Plumbing (from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.), Steve’s Westside Muffler and Brakeshop, Dave’s Heating and Cooling, Woodfire Grill and Laurel Lanes.
• Peninsula College will offer Halloween Trick or Treating on its Port Angeles campus from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Maps of participating offices/buildings are available at the Associated Student Council office in the PUB on the campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
• In Port Townsend, some 1,500 to 2,000 people are expected to attend as a Halloween parade travels through town.
Parade participants will gather at 3:45 p.m. at the 1st Security Bank Plaza for the 24th annual Main Street Downtown Trick or Treat and Costume Parade.
The Friendly Main Street Witches will lead the ensemble, which will leave at 4 p.m. to journey to Quimper Mercantile Plaza.
Children will trick-or-treat at merchants’ businesses on the way back into town.
Water Street and some side streets from Madison to Polk will be closed to traffic from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
This event is sponsored by the Port Townsend Main Street Program, Olympic Peninsula Steam, The Old Whiskey Mill and participating merchants.
• In Forks, downtown trick-or-treating is planned from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. with participating businesses handing out candy.
Businesses open to trick-or-treaters include Forks Avenue Real Estate, Chinook Pharmacy, Decker City Hardware, Native to Twilight, Home Slice Take n Bake Pizza, The Parlor, Forever Twilight in Forks Collection, Farmers Insurance, Forks Library and Mexican Market Chalma.
Spooky tours
Twisted History Tours offers spooky adventures in Port Angeles and Port Townsend.
Port Townsend tours are In Dead of Night, Downtown Dare, Uptown Haunts, Twice as Twisted, Family Friendly Phantom and the 2018 Witches’ Grand Ball.
Tours in Port Angeles are the Downtown Dare and In Dead of Night.
For more about the tours and for tickets, see twistedhistorytours.com.
Here is a list of other Halloween events on the Peninsula.
FORKS
Rain of Terror
FORKS — The VFW of Forks is sponsoring the Rain of Terror Haunted Hangar from 7 to midnight tonight.
The haunted hangar is at the Quillayute Airport, 5144 Quillayute Road.
Organizers have said it is the scariest on the Olympic Peninsula.
Admission is $10.
For information, call 360-780-2077.
Truck and Treat
FORKS — Truck and treat will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The annual event will be held on the campus of Forks Assembly of God, 81 Huckleberry Lane.
The event will include games, food, prizes and more than 30 themed vehicles.
SEKIU
Halloween Carnival
SEKIU — Hess Mart will host a Kids Halloween Carnival on Halloween.
The free carnival will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the store at 17203 state Highway 112.
The carnival is designed for elementary school children but all ages are welcome, said store owner Marcia Hess.
Costumes are encouraged.
Games such as bobbing for apples and prizes are planned.
PORT ANGELES
Haunted Underground
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Underground Heritage Tours is offering a history-meets-haunts tour of the Port Angeles underground.
The tour is at 4 p.m. today.
The cost is $19 for adults and $17 for seniors and students.
Reservations are recommended. Walk-ins can join only on a first-come, first-served basis at the Port Angeles Visitor Center in the 10 minutes before the tour.
Contact Bruce at 360-460-5748 for questions and information about the Haunted Underground Tour.
Children are welcome but organizers said that the tour may be too frightening for children younger than 10.
To address concerns, including about a stop in a historic brothel, email info@portangelesheritage tours.com.
To book tours and for more information, see www.portangelesheritage tours.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Haunt Town
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend Kiwanis is hosting Haunt Town in the basement of the Elks Lodge.
Admission is $10 per person at the haunted house at the lodge at 555 Otto St.
Haunt Town will be open from 7 to 10 tonight for Halloween.
Proceeds from the house will benefit Port Townsend Kiwanis, the Elks and local Associated Student Body clubs.
For more information, call Steve Spencer at 360-774-0879 or email sspencer 154@gmail.com.
SEQUIM
Peter Pan
SEQUIM — The Pumpkin Patch, a 33-acre farm at the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road, is open from noon to 6 p.m. today.
It features a “Peter Pan” theme this year in its corn maze designed by Amanda Lawton.
Entry to the maze is $5. U-pick pumpkins vary in cost depending on the size, type and style of pumpkin. The farm also offers a pumpkin shoot daily, fees apply, and a wagon ride on weekends.
To schedule a field trip, call Theresa Lassila at 360-461-0940.
Harvest Happening
SEQUIM — Faith Lutheran Church will host a Harvest Happening from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
Free food, candy, games, a cake walk and crafts will be offered at the church at 382 W. Cedar St., Sequim.
Organizers said that friendly costumes are encouraged.
Food for Fun
SEQUIM — King’s Way Foursquare Church will host “The Bash – Food for Fun” from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The church at 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road will offer games, bounce houses, pony rides and a rock-climbing wall.
Admission will be a food donation for the Sequim Food Bank.
Hot dogs and snacks will be available for purchase.
Organizers said that friendly costumes are welcome.
For more information, call 360-683-8020 or email info@thekingsway.net.
Trunk or Treat
SEQUIM —Eastern Hills Community Church will host a Trunk or Treat from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
The church at 91 Savannah Lane in Carlsborg will offer hot dogs, bounce houses, train rides and music.
For more information, call 360-681-4367.
QUILCENE
Fun at the Station
QUILCENE — The Quilcene Fire Department invites the public to Fun at the Station at 3 p.m. today.
“Dress the kids up and we’ll send them home with treats,” said organizers of the party at the station at 70 Herbert St.
For more information, call 360-765-3333.
McKenzie Pick of Sequim, a student at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, carves out a design on a jack-o’-lantern during a pumpkin carving contest at the college on Friday. Students were encourged to come up with clever designs in an event organized by the school’s Associated Student Council. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
