Field of Screams PA: Tickets, Hours, Location & What to Expect

Field of Screams PA is a haunted attraction in Mountville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, billed as "America's #1 Haunted Attraction" — four separate haunts on a 35-acre farm, now in its 34th season. Founded in 1993 by brothers Gene and Jim Schopf, it draws around 75,000 visitors a year with its Haunted Hayride, Den of Darkness horror barn, Frightmare Asylum haunted house, and Nocturnal Wasteland trail. For 2026, Field of Screams opens Friday, September 11 and runs select nights through early November, open Friday through Sunday from 6:00 PM. This guide covers tickets, hours, the exact address, what to expect at each haunt, how scary it is, and how to get there from Baltimore.

What Is Field of Screams PA?

Field of Screams PA is a Halloween-season haunted attraction complex in Mountville, Pennsylvania, featuring four distinct haunts across a 35-acre Lancaster County farm. Founded in 1993 by brothers Gene and Jim Schopf, it has grown into one of the most recognized haunted attractions in the country — named #1 by USA Today and featured on the Travel Channel, in Time, and in Newsweek, with over one million visitors to date.

The draw is the variety and intensity of four separate attractions, each with its own setting and style of scare, plus a midway area with food, games, and a gift shop. Unlike a single haunted house, this is a full evening out — most visitors buy a combination pass and work through all four haunts over the course of the night.

Where Is Field of Screams Pennsylvania?

Field of Screams is located in Mountville, a small town in Lancaster County in south-central Pennsylvania, roughly midway between Lancaster and York, in the rural farmland the region is known for. The "field" in the name is literal — the Haunted Hayride runs through the farm's back acres and cornfields.

The address is 191 College Avenue, Mountville, PA 17554, accessible from U.S. Route 30 (the main east-west highway through Lancaster County), about 10 minutes west of the city of Lancaster. On-site parking is available. The attraction draws visitors from Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New York, and Delaware — it's within a reasonable drive of all of them, which is part of why a haunt in small-town Pennsylvania draws 75,000 people a season.

What Attractions Are at Field of Screams?

Field of Screams features four separate haunted attractions, each running about 20–25 minutes — which is why seeing all four is a full evening rather than a quick stop.

Field of Screams PA Tickets & Pricing

Tickets are sold per attraction or as combination passes covering all four haunts, with a VIP fast-pass upgrade to skip general-admission lines. The combination pass is the standard choice and the best value for a full evening. Buy tickets online in advance — you show a barcode at each attraction and skip the ticket line entirely on busy nights. Exact 2026 pricing is published on the official Field of Screams site — confirm current rates and any date-specific pricing before buying. The VIP fast pass (historically around $20 per person) is worth serious consideration on Halloween-weekend Saturdays, when general-admission waits alone can stretch a visit past three hours.

Field of Screams Hours & 2026 Season

Field of Screams is open Friday through Sunday evenings from 6:00 PM during its season, closing around 1:30 AM on peak nights. The 2026 season — the attraction's 34th — opens Friday, September 11. It runs Fridays and Saturdays in September, then Fridays through Sundays in October, with Thursday nights added from October 15, plus dates into early November (November 1, 6, and 7). Full season details and calendar are published on the Haunted Attraction Network's Field of Screams page, which is updated with confirmed 2026 dates.

Two special events close out the season: the Extreme Blackout night on Friday, November 13 (a deliberately more intense experience for serious horror fans), and the Zombie Fun Run 5K on Saturday, November 14, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the PA Breast Cancer Coalition.

How Scary Is It — and How Long Does It Take?

Field of Screams is genuinely intense — built and marketed as a serious scare, not a family-friendly mild haunt, and not recommended for children under 10. All four attractions use strobe lighting, live actors, and high-contact-style scares. Visitor consensus rates the two indoor houses — Den of Darkness and Frightmare Asylum — as the most frightening, with the Hayride and Nocturnal Wasteland also strong but a notch less relentless. For mixed groups where some people scare more easily, the Hayride is the gentlest entry point.

A full visit covering all four attractions takes about 2 to 3 hours, and longer on peak nights. Each haunt is 20–25 minutes of actual time; the rest depends on line waits. On a quieter early-season Friday, you can finish all four in about two hours. On a Halloween-weekend Saturday, general-admission waits push the total past three hours — which is where a VIP fast pass or early arrival makes a real difference. Factor in time for the midway, food, and the Scream Shop if you want the full evening.

Getting to Field of Screams From Baltimore

Field of Screams is about 65–75 miles from Baltimore — roughly 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes north via I-83 to U.S. Route 30 into Lancaster County. It is one of the closest major haunted attractions to the Baltimore area, which is why the venue lists Baltimore among its primary feeder cities.

For a group making the trip — a friend group, a bachelor or bachelorette outing, a birthday, or a corporate team night out — the drive home is the real logistics problem: Field of Screams runs until around 1:30 AM on peak nights, meaning a tired, late-night 75-mile drive back after two-plus hours of adrenaline. A chartered party bus from Baltimore handles the round trip so no one has to drive home exhausted after midnight and the whole group travels together. For larger groups of 15 or more, a group shuttle or coach van covers the same round trip with more capacity.

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