More About Oaktober Fest: Moonlight & Moth Light Haunted Hike 🌙👻
Step into the haunted arboretum for a chilling night of ghost stories, spectral encounters, and emotional echoes that linger in the trees. Guided by the enigmatic Memory Keeper, guests will follow moonlit paths where ghost tales unfold at every turn—whispers of sorrow, strange disappearances, and the unseen forces that still roam the woods.
Leave a memory on the sacred tree. Whisper a secret to the reflective pool. And make a final offering to escape the forest’s grasp.
The night ends around a fireplace where storyteller Mike McDowell conjures eerie local lore and ghost stories that tie directly into the haunted path you’ve just walked.
This isn’t about jump scares—it’s about dread in the dark, the feeling that something is watching, and the stories that follow you home.
*Appropriate for youth ages 12+
Event Policy: Event is limited to 25 participants. Ticket price includes admission into the arboretum. Ages 12+ - This event has a no refund policy.
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Leave a memory on the sacred tree. Whisper a secret to the reflective pool. And make a final offering to escape the forest’s grasp.
The night ends around a fireplace where storyteller Mike McDowell conjures eerie local lore and ghost stories that tie directly into the haunted path you’ve just walked.
This isn’t about jump scares—it’s about dread in the dark, the feeling that something is watching, and the stories that follow you home.
*Appropriate for youth ages 12+
Event Policy: Event is limited to 25 participants. Ticket price includes admission into the arboretum. Ages 12+ - This event has a no refund policy.
Purchase Tickets Here:
Click for Details
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October 10, 2025
7:00pm
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Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest
450 W 100 N
Valparaiso, IN 46385
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Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest is a 300-acre, oak preserve of formal gardens, woodlands, wetlands, prairies and hiking trails located near Valparaiso, Indiana. Open year round, the Arboretum offers a wide variety of events and classes for all ages. Officially becoming part of Purdue University Northwest in 2018, Gabis Arboretum provides an enriching, natural habitat for public, educational, conservation and recreational use.
Located approximately 25 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and 60 miles southeast of Chicago in Valparaiso, Indiana, Gabis Arboretum offers beautiful vistas, quiet corners and hiking trails to escape into its diverse landscape.
Located approximately 25 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and 60 miles southeast of Chicago in Valparaiso, Indiana, Gabis Arboretum offers beautiful vistas, quiet corners and hiking trails to escape into its diverse landscape.
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