Haunt on Aster

 The Haunt on Aster is a fun Halloween House in Sandy. It features an little walkthrough to enjoy all of their fun decoration over several distinct themes which I thought was fun. I will be honest, it is pretty much a Spirit Halloween showroom on someone's front lawn, but it was still super neat.

Quick Details:

Length: Meh… ~100 feet  or so.
Trail Type: Get out and see, with a short loop.
Difficulty: DR1. I have walked further for viewpoints.
Elevation Gain: NA
Restroom: No. You will need to find a gas station nearby.
Dogs? Dogs are allowed on public sidewalks, but I wouldn’t walk through the haunt with one. But, you can see most of it from the sidewalk.
Other Info: Free.

To Get Here:

Take i15 to 90th South and head east to 700 East, turn right. Go about 8 blocks and turn left on Sego Lily Drive. Take the first right on 730 East, then the first left on Tulip Dr. then the first right on Aster Ln. It will be the 2nd house on the left, just as the road starts to curve back to the east. But, honestly, you can't miss it.

9941 S Aster Ln, Sandy, UT 84094

The Trail:

Starting at the south end.

Wow, there is a lot going on here.

It seemed a little chaotic at first.

But still super fun!

Gigantic scarecrow.

More stuff.

Well this guy is super creepy.

More clowns.

The other side of the driveway.

Lots of skeletons.

More big ones. Where do they store all of this for the rest of the year?

Is that a dragon?

The walk through is open. You can see most of it from the sidewalk, but the walkthrough is fun and really connects the dots between the themed sections. At least it did for me.

Entrance.

Big spider above.

Web.

Pirates.

Dead men tell no tales.

Fun fact: This saying is super old. There is a book with that as a title dating back to 1898, and I even found some reference of it being way older than that. Fun.

Treasure.

Witches.

Potions and such.

Now I am starting to notice themed sections.

Archway.

Now we’re in like a dark forest section.

Skelly on a horse.

Giant scarecrow.

Then a freak show section.

Fun stuff.

Creepy.

Now I get what is happening here.

Looking back into it.

The Carnevil.

Work in progress, full display on Oct 31st.

I imagine they are like me, it keeps changing until I stop buying things hahaha.

Outside again.

Well that was fun! Like I said, it looks like they have pretty much everything  they offer at Spirit! haha. Once I started noticing the themes it seemed a lt less chaotic and more fun. There are a couple little jump scares, but nothing crazy. I imagine it would be okay for most kids as well. Lots of fun, 10 out of 10 bats.

As for difficulty, it mostly paved, with a short loop on hard packed earth and grass. DR1.

Dogs are allowed on city sidewalks, but I don’t think I would bring them through the haunt. So maybe have a friend to hold onto the leash and take turn going through it really quickly.

Larson Family Lights: Halloween

 The Larson Family Lights is a neat lightshow during Christmas, but they also do a Halloween show. Since Halloween is my favorite holiday, of course we decided to come check it out. They boast over 19,000 lights that are synched to music. It is a fun display of dancing lights.

Quick Details:

Length: NA
Trail Type: Sit in your car and see.
Difficulty: DR1, you don’t even need to get out of your car.
Elevation Gain: NA
Restroom: No, you will need to find a nearby gas station.
Dogs? Dogs are allowed on city sidewalks, leashed. Or in your own car of course.
Other Info: Nightly 5 PM - 10 PM. Tune in to 87.9 FM to hear the music. And please, turn off your headlights while enjoying the show.

To Get Here:

Take i15 to 7200 South and head west for about 2.5 miles. Turn left on 2310 West, which is just past Redwood Road. Go about a 10th of a mile and you definitely won't miss it on the left, where there is a half circle and the road curves back to the west.

2305 w 7095 s, West Jordan, UT.

The Adventure:

We could see it almost as soon as we turned onto 2310 West, wow it is impressive.

It’s pretty neat! I particularly light the tombstones.

Woo!

The bats on the roof are fun too.

Quick video. I love how the various faces sing to the music.

Fun.

Woo, bright! I hope the neighbors have good window coverings.

Fun.

With more spooky stuff to the left.

I like the spooky tree on the left too.

Pretty.

Another video. My only gripe is that they were not playing Halloweeny songs really. Just pop songs, at least while we were here. We didn’t stay super long though, honestly just the 2 songs haha. but still.

I wanted to go over and see the other side of it, but more people showed up and made getting over there difficult, so maybe I will come back

Afterwards we went to see if the nearby Lights on Arthur did a Halloween show, and well, if they do it wasn’t on yet.

Anyway, the Larson Family did an amazing job synching the characters lips to the singing. It is really neat to see! I also like how easy it is to get to hear the music just tuning to the radio station. I know, that technology has been around forever but still haha. Its a super bright display and is full of great Halloween characters. This was super fun. 10 bats!

As for difficulty, I  didn’t even get out of the car DR1.

Dogs, are allowed on city sidewalks, and well, up to you if you let them in your car.