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Partner event: Twilight Tales - The Escape

  • National Colonial Farm @ Accokeek Foundation 3400 Bryan Point Road Accokeek, MD 20607 (map)

October 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
Admission: $10 online and members; $15 at the door

Maryland's haunted legends return to the Accokeek Foundation and National Colonial Farm for five nights of ghoulish fun and fright. Ripped from the pages of history and legend, Twilight Tales: The Escape is a spooky, dramatic production set after dark on the National Colonial Farm (when the ghosts come out to play!) Follow Jeremiah Swift, Patty Cannon, Moll Dyer, and other ghosts from Maryland's past on a scary adventure you'll soon never forget!

Weather permitting, warm your mitts and enjoy refreshments riverside by the bonfire. Stop in the Museum Store and shop unique gifts for your history and nature loving friends and family.

Tours will depart on time, every 30 minutes. Please arrive early for your scheduled tour time. Click here for full event details.

Note: All tours are outdoor walking tours through a working living history farm. Please wear weather appropriate clothing for a fall evening and suitable shoes or boots for walking on uneven terrain. This is a theatrical production with scary scenes and special effects. Some content may not be suitable for young children. The National Colonial Farm is located at 3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, MD 20607 among the pastoral landscape of Piscataway Park.

Earlier Event: October 11
Canal Stewards: River Center at Lock 8
Later Event: October 19
Picnic on the Potomac