Top Photo Spots at Hersheypark Halloween and Dark Nights 2025

Date: October 4, 2025

Hersheypark Halloween and Dark Nights continues through Nov. 2, 2025, with family-friendly fun, world-class coasters and plenty of thrilling haunts. Hersheypark is also home to so many Instagram-able photo opportunities during the Halloween season. 

Looking to document your trip to Pennsylvania's largest amusement park this fall? Check out our guide to the best photo spots for some inspiration!

Front Gate, Chocolatetown

Your first photo stop comes as soon as you make your way to the main entrance of Hersheypark! The entrance plaza in Hershey's Chocolatetown has been lined with decorative pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns for the perfect fall vibe. Looking for a slightly more eerie aesthetic? Wait until dark and come back to see the overhead sign glow red.

 

The Descent… Final Curtain Call, Chocolatetown

The next photo-op is just beyond the entrance in front of the iconic Kisses Fountain. The Descent: Catacombs of Decay, the former Dark Nights haunted house, lives on as an interactive photo spot featuring a drainage pipe set piece that guests can actually step inside of. Enhance your shot by waiting for Candymonium to pass overhead!

Hershey's Hangout, Chocolatetown

This iconic Chocolatetown location is normally home to Sweet Greets* with your larger-than-life Hershey's friends, but it's also a great location for pictures with your friends and family! By daylight, you can pose with characters like Hershey Bar directly on the patio of Hershey's Hangout and find other friends nearby like Kit Kat and Ice Breaker. By night, the patio transforms with glowing lights to make a sparkling photo location - perfect for selfies.

*Check the Hersheypark App or our website for showtimes on the day of your visit. Character appearances and times are subject to change.

Hershey Character Glow Dance Party, Music Box Theatre

Speaking of characters, Shake, Rattle, and Glow: Monster Ball is a howling costume pageant hosted by your Hershey's Candy Friends as they sport their Halloween best. While you can get some incredible pictures of characters like Jolly Rancher, Miss Twizz and others on stage, you can also get your very own photo with them! Stay after the show for a Sweet Greet with the characters and pose with them in their special Halloween costumes.

*Check the Hersheypark App or our website for showtimes on the day of your visit. Show times are subject to change.

The Cauldron, Path of Shadows: Coven's Curse

Long hidden from sight, the Path Of Shadows has opened, and three mysterious witches have emerged. In this all-new scare zone, you'll find the centerpiece cauldron is a perfect photo spot that each of the three witches can cast a unique spell upon. You'll find them along with the cauldron behind the Chevrolet Music Box Theatre.

Creature Cages, Darkstone's Hollow

The cages that once held the creatures of Professor Darkstone's mythical menagerie are open for photos in The Hollow region along Spring Creek near the Aquatheatre. Strike a pose from behind the bars, but be careful that you aren't added to the Professor's sinister sideshow!

Hershey's Trick Or Treat Trail, Treatville

Located in The Boardwalk region of the Park, Treatville provides some sweet photo spots along a path of 10 candy stops. Day or night, there are plenty of photogenic places to pose including within the hay maze, the all new stop inspired by Shaq-a-Licious Laff Trakk and the pumpkin stacks. These backdrops are just another reason that makes Hersheypark the sweetest place to trick-or-treat! 

Treatville is available each Hersheypark Halloween operating day from Park Opening until 8:30 p.m.

Fallout Zone Entrance and Reactor, Fallout Zone

Just beyond the entrance to Fahrenheit is a portal to the Fallout Zone. At night, the sign glows a radioactive green and emits a thick layer of fog. Capture your photo from an angle, and at just the right time you may even get Fahrenheit running in the background of your shot! 

Venture beyond the fog bubbles, and you'll find a glowing reactor that you can step inside for a unique photo. Just make sure the ghouls aren't waiting for you inside when you least expect it!

Avenue of the Afterlife, The Boardwalk

Also located in The Boardwalk region of the Park, the Avenue of the Afterlife is home to scary-good eats, wicked-fun entertainment and plenty of photo landmarks! Grab a picture near the decorated entrance portal, get unique views of Lightning Racer and take in the mesmerizing entertainment of the Fingerz & Eyeballs Acrobat and Juggler Duo and The Nation Firebreathers.

 For more details and an entertainment schedule, check out the Guide to the Avenue of the Afterlife.

Midway of Misery Entrance, Midway America

The Midway America region of the Park transforms into the Midway of Misery scare zone for the fall. The red-glowing archway is a favorite photo spot among Hersheypark guests, with many posing with their favorite ghouls of the midway in front of the arches. Watch out - you never know when The Decayed Brigade may slide into your shot…

Shaq-A-Licious Laff Trakk, Midway America

Keeping in the Midway of Misery, step into the Shaq-ified world of Shaq-A-Licious Laff Trakk. This unique partnership between Hersheypark and The Hershey Company merges the Park’s thrills with the fun and flavor of the Shaq-A-Licious brand, featuring glowing visuals, amped-up audio and immersive graphic displays that capture the candy’s playful spirit. Be sure to take a picture in the hall of mirrors located within the queue line where each mirror has its own Shaq-A-Licious design.

Ferris Wheel, Midway of Misery

One of the most iconic Hersheypark landmarks is the Ferris Wheel - and it's even sweeter during Halloween with a new light package! Grab your photo from within the Midway of Misery and stand back far enough to frame the Ferris Wheel within the space between the arches. Some of our Dark Nights creatures may lurk within the area, so pose with them for some added eeriness.

Fire Moments, Various Locations

Dark Nights features TWO pyrotechnic set pieces within our scare zones. The first is in the Fallout Zone, where after the alarm sounds, flames shoot high into the night atop the Tidal Force bridge. 

Next door, just past Shaq-A-Licious Laff Trakk in the Midway of Misery, sits the flaming archway, a fire-shooting portal that blasts pyrotechnics synched to the music of the midway. These photo ops are for our most astute photographers, as you'll need the perfect timing to capture your shot of the flames.

Where's Your Favorite Photo Moment?

We want to see your pictures from all of the photo locations! Tag us @Hersheypark on social media and use the hashtags #HersheyparkHalloween #DarkNights and #HersheyPA in your posts. You can also tag your Instagram stories with @Hersheypark for a chance to be featured on our page!