West Michigan Goes All Out with Decorated Halloween Houses
Chasing down local Halloween light shows and Halloween houses is one of the best Halloween activities around!
This October, grab a bag of candy and a friend and take a spooky drive around Grand Rapids to see the best-decorated Halloween houses around. Our talented local decorators have outdone themselves!
And if your vehicle needs a clean (and you want a scream), try a Haunted Car Wash — a Halloween trend that has people lining up!
*feature image courtesy Storybook Hollow in Comstock Park, MI
Why are houses with No Decorations for 2024 on the list?
That’s because we start scouting in mid-September! Maybe we swung by the house before the decorator had gotten started. We’ve left them showing up on our list in case they have decorations up now.
If that’s the case, click below to let us know the lights are up or to add a new house we should consider.
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Farewell to a Local Favorite
If you’ve been following our list for awhile, you know that we love the McCabe Haunt in Ada.
Decorations start going up in September and it’s always epic.
We’re sad to learn that this is the last year for the McCabe Haunt as they’re moving out of state. So if you haven’t been out to Ada to see it in person, don’t miss out!
Note that McCabe is a busy street. Please park on grass on either McCabe or on Conservation. DO NOT stop in the street.
BIG LIST: 2024 Best Decorated Halloween Houses + Driving Routes
Check out the best-decorated Halloween houses in West Michigan!
Whether it’s a date night or a family outing, these houses promise a spooky treat.
Looking for Halloween house driving routes? We’ve got ’em!
Our northeast route includes Comstock Park & EGR. Head southwest for Jenison and Wyoming or East for Ada and Lowell.
BROWSE THE HALLOWEEN ROUTE COLLECTION
McCabe Haunt
777 McCabe Ave NE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
This the last year for the beloved McCabe Haunt as the homeowners are moving.
A creepy cemetery, skeleton horses, lights and smoke... this display changes every year. * Please park on grass on either McCabe or on Conservation. DO NOT stop in the street as McCabe is a busy street. ** (There is a wide sidewalk along the display, but be mindful of young children, as this display is on a county road without street lights and drivers cannot see you.)
Most lights will remain on throughout the night. Fog and fog filled bubbles running from 5:30 - 9 PM on nights it’s not raining. Most animatronics have "try me" or "push buttons" in front of them to activate.
There's a freaky animated angel in a red box that might startle younger kids. (Or also adults, like our GRKIDS team member who visited recently.)
7219 Oliver Woods
7219 Oliver Woods, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
This house in Ada has some of everything: eight inflatables, ghosts (including some that talk!), skeletons (watch out - at least one is motion activated), talking witches, jumping spiders, pumpkin heads and scary clowns.
You won't know where to look!
7838 Whitburn Dr SE
7838 Whitburn Dr SE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
There is so much to see here that you'll have to come back again to see it all.
Creepy cemetery, whimsical pumpkins, giant lighted jack'-o-lantern, designed spotlights and creepy eyes overlooking it all are just a few of the spooks at this house.
3168 Bannockburn Dr SE
3168 Bannockburn Dr SE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
Creepy clowns, ghosts and ghouls haunt the graveyard at this house
7620 Treeline Dr SE
7620 Treeline Dr SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Confirmed for 2024
Head down to this cul-de-sac to see three Halloween houses. Look for Snoopy on his doghouse, witchy legs, creepy eyes, a giant cat and more.
7725 Whitburn Dr SE
7725 Whitburn Dr SE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
This spooky house features skeletons lounging around a campfire while a giant pumpkin-headed skeleton looms over a nearby graveyard.
Plus a truly terrifying head projection adds an additional creepy factor to the display.
1533 Riverton Ave SE
1533 Riverton Ave SE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
This little cemetery is haunted by lighted inflatables - some creepy, some whimsical. Watch out for the giant spider!
7944 Whitburn Dr
7944 Whitburn Dr SE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Confirmed for 2024
A pumpkin patch, graveyard and skeletons await at this decked out Halloween house
975 Dogwood Meadows Dr SE
975 Dogwood Meadows Dr SE, Ada, Michigan 49301
Unconfirmed for 2024
Giant spiders and their webs take over the yard at this spooky house.
The owners told us that guests can feel free to walk through the tunnel, see the spiders and take pictures, just watch your step. There are lots of stakes and wires holding everything down and some of them stick up out of the ground. **Please don't touch anything.**
~~ Plus another house with fun inflatables is nearby. ~~
More Halloween Fun
Can you update the Back Forty house zip code to 49306?
I don’t know how we got that so wrong! You’re all set for this year.
How do I add my house on this list
Rebecca, there’s a link in the article to submit your house for consideration. Here it is for quick reference. We’d love to see what you’ve got! https://grkids.com/best-decorated-halloween-houses/#add-a-halloween-house-to-the-list
Hello! How would I be able to get our business Trunk Or Treat on the list?
Hand made tombstones, skeleton walking a skeleton dog, other scary items, incredible front door display as well. 500 Orchard Drive NE in Rockford. Check it out!
Check out the house at the end of Sydney Ct in Walker! Life size witches, pumpkins, & more haunt the yard & usually more is added for Halloween night.
How can we apply to be on the list?
We are in Walker near Kinview st
Hi, Desire,
You can scroll to the top of this post and toggle down on “confirm or submit a listing” to submit your house.
Check out 2606 Lake Dr Se
Hi,
Any chance you can post this under McCabe house. There have been a few “close-calls”. if you stop at the McCabe house- you can park on Conservation or pull over to the grass. Please do not stop quick in the street on McCabe.
I’ve made that note for this year’s publication.
Hi Elizabeth, are you the author? This is great. Please check out my home at
614 N Park St NE
Grand Rapids 49525
I did help create this list and also help to maintain it. I’ve added you to our list! Thanks for reaching out!
Hi- McCabe has decorations that move. Just a warning if little ones tend to get frightened. Please, please do not stop or drive very slow by. Please pull over as many tend to drive extremely fast on McCabe.
There’s another house in Jenison, on Redwood dr that decorates every year. This year’s theme is, “Monsters Ball”.
Thanks for the tip, Maria! I added them to our list.
15 Anderson Sparta, MI has an awesome yard all decked out!
Thanks for the tip, Kim! I added them to our list.
Just wanted to confirm that Thornapple DR and Laraway Lake in Ada (Oliver Woods neighborhood) is decked out to the hilt! Much like Christmastime, the first house at the entrance goes ALL out; and many other houses throughout the neighborhood join in on a smaller scale.
Thank you so much, Julia! I have moved that to the confirmation list and added it our map.
Come check out GuyotsLights! We do a Halloween and sequenced light show! The Halloween show runs most nights from 6-10pm. Location can be found on our Facebook Page https://www. facebook.com/GuyotsLights
Excellent! Thank you, Kevin! I have added you to our list and map.
1447-1449 Escott Ave. NW. We have a 7ft werewolf, Pennywise the dancing clown (IT), skeleton horse and stagecoach, a 6ft spider on the roof and plenty of inflatables, including the whole Halloweentown cast from Nightmare before Christmas! Add us to the list!!!
On Ballpark , Deb does a great job every year…
It seems odd that this article doesn’t include a map link with all the addresses. Even worse, now that I want to make one, nothing on this site can be highlighted for copy/pasting? This is great information, not very usable.
Well Zach, you are a mind reader, because we JUST added a map, new this year! Enjoy. 🙂
How do you make the list? We are down the street from Kinview and Kinrow.
We decorate pretty good over here too.
We add anything that readers think is “worth the drive.”
1119 Conlon Ave between lake and hall east Grand Rapids. Cool arches and graveyard!
Please add a house that on Melita Ave off of Knapp St. I don’t know the specific address, but each year the home owner goes above and beyond with decor and actually dressing up to greet trick-or-treaters with a BOO!
Yes! I’ve seen this house and it’s honestly one of the best houses because the owner goes above-and-beyond in dressing up too!
Ashely – Thank you for the shout-out! I am the crazy Halloween lady you speak of and I am on the list above. We rented on Melita but purchased and moved to 921 Shawmut Ct NW!
Just found a super decked out house in Princeton Estates (Kentwood) this evening. It’s on Effingham.