🎃Scary417
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🎃 Southwest Missouri · Halloween 2026

Scary417

The map of every haunted house and Halloween display worth the drive — from Springfield to Joplin, Branson to Bolivar. Find them, rate them, and crown the spookiest yard in the 417.

$525
Prize pool
27
Haunts on the map
2
Sponsors
$525 in the potNext stop: $750

Every sponsorship puts half straight into the pot. Grow it →

The Haunt Map

🎃Open now — go voteComing soon — 1 haunt is still getting ready

Top Haunts

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  1. 🥇
    The Tanager Cemetery
    Battlefield
    5.0 🎃
    10 votes
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    Blue Collar Renovations LLC
    Springfield
    4.5 🎃
    8 votes
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    Snooks Spooky Nook
    Elwood
    4.5 🎃
    8 votes
  4. 4
    Maple Grove Cemetery
    Nixa
    4.5 🎃
    8 votes

The Prize Pool

$525 and growing

Funded by our sponsors and paid out as Visa gift cards mailed to the winners. At midnight on Halloween, the three top-voted haunts split the pot:

  • 1st place (50%)$263
  • 2nd place (30%)$158
  • 3rd place (20%)$105
Grow the pot → sponsor the map
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Trunk-or-Treats & Community Events

Fall festivals, hayrides, church trunk-or-treats and more across the 417 — separate from the haunt map.

Browse the events board →

How the 417 haunt-off works

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Find the haunts

Browse the map for haunted houses and yard displays near you. Each pin shows hours, features, and its live pumpkin rating.

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Vote 1–5 pumpkins

Rate every haunt you visit. One rating per house — change it anytime before midnight on Halloween.

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Crown the winners

The three top-voted haunts at midnight on Oct 31 win Visa gift cards from the prize pool — split 50/30/20 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Brag rights included.

Put your business on the map

Sponsor Scary417 and your dollars do double duty: half funds social ads that push the map (and your logo) all over the 417, and half goes straight into the prize pool for the winning haunts.

Become a sponsor