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This year, our trail will be more stocked than ever before! We'll have over 10,000 illuminated objects including 7,000 hand-carved jack o'lanterns, 3,000 specialty lanterns, and hundreds of family-friendly Halloween-themed visual displays and interactive elements. We bring the magic of the season to Long Island!
BUY TICKETS: Tickets will be available HERE soon!
Major updates and additions coming to celebrate our 13th year on Long Island in 2026!
And as always,
The RISE features more new themes and elements each year than any other event of its kind. It's no wonder why RISE visitors return year after year to see all of our new creations. Click here to BUY TICKETS!
INTRODUCING RISE ENHANCED EXPERIENCES! New for 2026!
Upgrade your visit and experience The RISE in a whole new way! RISE Enhanced includes:
RISE Enhanced: ONLY $20.00 (plus tax).
RISE Timed Ticket or Flex Ticket also required.RISE Enhanced PLUS: ONLY $30.00 (plus tax).
Includes everything in RISE Enhanced above PLUS you'll also get a mini-lantern to clip on to your lanyard to help light your way along the trail! Then, take your mini-lantern home and light up the next pumpkin you carve or use it to decorate for Halloween! Kids can swap their lantern for a light-up necklace, bracelet, scrunchie, or wand WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
RISE Timed Ticket or Flex Ticket also required.RISE Enhanced ULTIMATE: ONLY $40.00 (plus tax).
Includes everything in RISE Enhanced PLUS above AND you'll also get a voucher to grab a pumpkin on your way out to carve at home! Skip the pumpkin patch and the store-bought pumpkins this year! Grab a RISE pumpkin of your choice from our stash!.
RISE Timed Ticket or Flex Ticket also required.RISE Enhanced Upgrades are not available at discounted rates. RISE Enhanced is available WHILE SUPPLIES LAST and may or may not be available for purchase on-site. Pricing may be higher if purchased at the event.
RETURNING in 2026: Flex Tickets. Each individual Flex ticket provides the ticket holder one-time admission to The RISE on any night and any timeslot we are open, even if the timed-tickets are sold out.
We are only making 50 Flex tickets available to stay compliant with parking and trail occupancy limitations. Flex tickets will only be on-sale until September 30th or while supplies last. Flex tickets are non-refundable and will only be valid on dates in 2026. Flex tickets are $79.00 + Tax.
To buy Flex tickets, click here and use promocode FLEX26.
VISITOR DETAILS
The RISE will be open on 21 select nights this year between October 2nd thru November 1, 2026. We anticipate most timeslots will sell out earlier this year than last year so please order early.
Make sure you fill out the form on this page and we'll email you a promocode so you can get discount tickets BEFORE they sell out!
Want to buy tickets without a promocode? Click here: BUY TICKETS!
RISE of the Jack O'Lanterns is located in MELVILLE, LONG ISLAND at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, but our entrance is technically in Wheatley Heights, hence our street address. Please direct your GPS to RISE of the Jack O'Lanterns, 185 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights, NY 11798.
Our NEW Long Island Venue, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts in Melville!
We're excited to be back for our 5th year at our new Long Island venue with our partners at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts in Melville, located a mere stones throw from the Nassau/Suffolk border. We've done trails in a dozen locations around the country and Usdan's sprawling campus is by far the prettiest and most perfect setting to host the world's most intriguing jack o'lantern experience.
Make sure you fill out the form on this page and we'll email you a promocode so you can get discount tickets BEFORE they sell out!
Advanced Tickets are Required!
Tickets are not sold at the door. All tickets are sold here.
All high-demand early timeslots sell out each year, most several weeks in advance, so we recommend purchasing your tickets as early as possible so you can get the date and time of your choice.
Carve for The RISE!
Want to get paid to carve pumpkins? Our on-site carving teams carve thousands of pumpkins from mid-September through October. We're always looking for talented local carvers to add to our carving teams. More info.
Our Location:
RISE of the Jack O'Lanterns
at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts
185 Colonial Springs Road
Wheatley Heights, NY 11798
(Located in Melville in the Town of Huntington)
For more information about our venue partner, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, please visit https://www.usdan.org/
Questions?
Please read our Frequently Asked Questions.
Let's Keep in Touch
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