Seasonal & Holidays

Patch's 2021 Guide To Chicagoland's Best Halloween Yard Haunts

Patch will select the coolest and scariest Halloween residential display submitted by readers. The winner will get a $100 Amazon gift card.

Spirits on Sproat/Gallery of the Dead, 9028 S. Sproat Ave., Oak Lawn, is one of the residential Halloween displays featured on Patch's 2021 tour of scary yards.
Spirits on Sproat/Gallery of the Dead, 9028 S. Sproat Ave., Oak Lawn, is one of the residential Halloween displays featured on Patch's 2021 tour of scary yards. (Erik Martin)

ILLINOIS — If you're looking for new zombie graveyards, body parts, floating ghosts and devil's playgrounds to explore for Halloween, you've come to the right place. Patch has assembled its annual Tour o' Scary Yards for 2021, created by some of Chicagoland’s most imaginative and demented exterior decorators.

This year, your Patch editors will be selecting the best-decorated yard haunt and awarding a $100 Amazon gift card to the winner.


Due to the overwhelming number of responses, we have organized the 2021 list by county. So click on the links below for the list of scary yards near your house, or go crazy and visit all them all.

Find out what's happening in Oak Lawnfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Also, check out these lists for more scary yards throughout the Chicago area: Chicago Haunt Builders, Haunted Illinois Directory, Illinois Haunted Houses and We Love Halloween. There's free fun to be had in the days leading up to Halloween, so set your GPS for these spooky standbys and a few nightmarish newbies.

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