Sleepy Hollow NY

I did a few years back and it is a really great time. Even better if you have kids (the whole thing is kid friendly). Check out the events calendar and I encourage you to go to as many events as you can, especially the Philipsburg Manor Legend Weekend event and the tour of Sunnyside, Washington Irving's estate:

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/index.php

I've been telling everyone I know to go there if they can and I've been trying to plan a trip back there during October, but haven't been able to go. Hopefully next year! One thing I did not visit was the burying ground at the Old Dutch Church and would definitely include that in the plan:

http://www.olddutchburyingground.org/

Enjoy!

Yes, I was there on a Halloween weekend a few years ago. I had a great time! There was actually more to do there than what I had time for. I saw the Halloween parade, walked around the whole area, went to the anual Halloween show at something-something Manor, then went to Horse Feathers for dinner and drinks.

But there's a castle you can visit where parts of "Dark Shadows" was filmed, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where I think Irving is buried, the old church from the story, a pumpkin display, and more stuff too!

I would highly recommend going there this time of year. You have to have reservations for the Holloween show. You can get them online.

What's funny about Sleepy Hollow, NY is that it didn't officially adopt that name until 1996. For most of its history it had the very dull name of North Tarrytown despite it being well-known that it had been Irving's Sleepy Hollow.

It's inexplicable it took the town that long to adopt a name that had long been associated with it and gave it world-wide fame. I remember reading an article at the time of the name change and most of the townspeople were very supportive. Yet, one cranky old man protested that since it had always been North Tarrytown in his lifetime then it should always remains North Tarrytown.