The leaves are turning brilliant shades of red, orange, and yellow. The air has gotten crisp and Halloween is just around the corner. After a truly scary year and a half or so, it’s time to turn our attention to a good scare!
If your little goblins are getting excited with anticipation, then be sure to bookmark this page (which we update throughout the season and every year).
Along with the neighborhood trick-or-treating times for the McHenry County communities, this year we’re also adding some additional treating events that may be of interest.
For the trick-or-treat times, we have amassed quite a collection, broken out by location. Please note that we’ll include hours even for those that we haven’t been able to confirm, which we’ll note, based on previous years’ times.
McHenry County Trick-or-Treating Hours 2021
What time does trick or treating start?
See your location below for trick or treating hours…
| Location | Date | Trick or Treat Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Algonquin | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Barrington Hills | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Bull Valley | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| Cary | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Crystal Lake | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Fox Lake | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm |
| Fox River Grove | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| Greenwood | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 8:00pm† |
| Harvard | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Hebron | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Holiday Hills | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| Huntley | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Island Lake | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Johnsburg | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Lake in the Hills | 10/31/21 | 2:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Lakemoor | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Lakewood | 10/31/21 | 2:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Marengo | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| McCullom Lake | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm |
| McHenry | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Oakwood Hills | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| Port Barrington | 10/31/21 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm |
| Prairie Grove | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Richmond | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Ringwood | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Spring Grove | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Trout Valley | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| Union | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm† |
| Wonder Lake | 10/31/21 | 3:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Woodstock | 10/31/21 | 4:00pm – 7:00pm |
*Note: all times are subject to change. †Unconfirmed.
Other Treating & Halloween Related Events
Do you have a McHenry County community Halloween or Trick-or-Treating event that you are hosting? We would love to add it to this list.
Please help us out though by adding it to our event calendar (don’t worry, it’s FREE). Doing so also gives you full control to add and update your event information as well as uploading an image and logo, and connecting to all of your social media pages! And we’ll add it to our list here.
Algonquin
Downtown Algonquin’s Halloween Treat or Treat Trail and Spooky Movie
Friday October 22, 2021 from 5 :00pm – 6:30pm (movie to follow). See details
Cary
Cary’s Trick or Treat Trail
Saturday October 16, 2021 from 1 :00pm – 2 :00pm. See details.
Cary-Grove Chamber of Commerce’s Halloween Around Town
October 16th – 30th. See details.
Crystal Lake
Downtown Crystal Lake’s Halloween Handout
Friday October 29, 2021 from 3 :00pm – 5 :00pm. See details.
Crystal Lake Park District’s Truck or Treat
Saturday October 23, 2021 from 10 :00am – 12 :00pm. See details.
Fox Lake
Fox Lake Police Department’s Halloween Howl
Monday October 25, 2021 4 :00pm – 7 :00pm. See details.
Fox River Grove
Cary-Grove Chamber of Commerce’s Halloween Around Town
October 16th – 30th. See details.
Island Lake
Village of Island Lake’s Trunk or Treat
October 22, 2021 6:00pm – 8 :00pm. See details.
Lakemoor
Lakemoor’s Annual Trunk or Treat
October 30, 2021 from 2:00pm – 6:00pm. See details.
Lake in the Hills
Trick-or-Treat at Safety Town
October 29, 2021 from 3:30pm – 5:30pm. See details.
McCullom Lake
Trunk or Treat
October 30, 2021 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm. See details.
Prairie Grove
Trunk or Treat
October 30, 2021 from 3:00pm – 4:30pm. See details.
Richmond
Richmond Police Department’s Truck-or-Treat
October 30, 2021 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. See details.
Wonder Lake
Halloween Hoopla
October 24, 2021 from Noon – 3:00pm. See details.
Woodstock
Witches and Wizards of Woodstock
Sunday October 24, 2021 from 12 :00pm – 4 :00pm. See details.
COVID-19 Trick-or-Treating Precautions
We encourage anyone wishing to participate in Halloween and trick-or-treating according to their own comfort level. Please continue to follow the safety guidelines from public health agencies, including frequent hand washing, social distancing, and wearing masks when social distancing is not possible.
Consider the following safety tips and ideas for a socially distant Halloween celebration:
- Stay home if you are sick…which should be true regardless of COVID-19!
- If you may have COVID-19 or you may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, please do not participate in in-person Halloween festivities.
- If you may have COVID-19 or you may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19, please do not give out candy to trick-or-treaters.
- Avoid large trick-or-treating groups where it may be harder to socially distance, even outside.
- If you can, provide hand sanitizer accessible for trick-or-treaters and yourself.
- Take hand sanitizer with you when taking your own children out for trick-or-treating.
- Greet trick-or-treaters from your porch or driveway to minimize surface contact.
- Make sure your children wash their hands after trick-or-treating, especially before eating their candy.
- If you cannot or don’t want to participate on traditional trick-or-treating, but still want to engage, consider scheduling a candy swap with close family and friends. Wear masks and minimize contact.
President and Founder of Identity Developments, LLC, the parent company of the McHenry Life website. My hope for McHenry Life is to create a resource and destination for the residents and businesses of McHenry County alike. A place where residents can discover new places to explore, fun events and ways to spend time, and then share those experiences with others. A place where businesses can connect with existing and potential customers, and not simply market their businesses, but share their own unique stories.
