LACONIA — Halloween is almost here, and if you’re looking to see some of the city’s best Halloween yard displays, look no further.
This carefully curated list — with the spookiest haunts, tricks and treats in mind — takes you for a visit to each of Laconia's three neighborhoods: Downtown, Lakeport and The Weirs.
There, the best neighborhoods and yard displays have been inspected for the most over-the-top decorations known to the City on the Lakes.
While downtown, navigate some of the more popular routes, including Main Street, to see some epic patriotic pumpkin figures. Nearby, one of the best yards in the city — on the corner of Holman Street and Gale Avenue — is immersive, with several different scenes on display.
In Lakeport, a trip down Elm Street will pay off with more than three decorated homes to look for, each one vastly different from one another.
Decorated homes through the Weirs were a bit harder to spot, but a house on White Oaks Road is well worth the trip.
There's some roadwork going on throughout the city — namely, in Lakeport and the Weirs — so use caution on your haunted driving or walking tour.
— Katlyn Proctor
Pumpkin figures with hand-painted faces stand at attention around the flag pole in front of American Legion Post 1 on Main Street, each representing a different branch of the armed forces, as well as first responders. The figures were created for the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation contest earlier this month. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
At the corner of Gale Avenue and Holman Street, an epic display of Halloween artistry surrounds the home, complete with a hand-stained fence representing all things trick-or-treat. Shown here is a scene from “Frankenstein.” (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Complete with its very own skeleton escaping a custom-built and over-the-top spooky cemetery, the residents at the corner of Gale Avenue and Holman Street went all out for Halloween this year with this epic yard display. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
The front yard of this Pleasant Street home, with cat eyes peeking out the second-floor windows, features a wicked pumpkin figure, along with an evil, larger-than-life bat, witches and scarecrows. The display is located near the intersection of Wentworth Avenue. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
One of readers' most popular spots to visit per The Laconia Daily Sun Facebook page, Bayside Court in Lakeport not only boasts inflatable yard decorations, but totem poles of skulls, skeletons, jack-o'-lanterns and more. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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Pumpkin figures with hand-painted faces stand at attention around the flag pole in front of American Legion Post 1 on Main Street, each representing a different branch of the armed forces, as well as first responders. The figures were created for the Lakes Region Scholarship Foundation contest earlier this month. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Featuring the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from “Ghostbusters,” this yard on the corner of Baldwin and Pine streets includes a variety of Halloween decorations, including a skeleton rooster. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from “Ghostbusters” wards off visitors to a downtown home on the corner of Baldwin and Pine streets. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
At the corner of Gale Avenue and Holman Street, an epic display of Halloween artistry surrounds the home, complete with a hand-stained fence representing all things trick-or-treat. Shown here is a scene from “Frankenstein.” (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Complete with its very own skeleton escaping a custom-built and over-the-top spooky cemetery, the residents at the corner of Gale Avenue and Holman Street went all out for Halloween this year with this epic yard display. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
The front yard of this Pleasant Street home, with cat eyes peeking out the second-floor windows, features a wicked pumpkin figure, along with an evil, larger-than-life bat, witches and scarecrows. The display is located near the intersection of Wentworth Avenue. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
One of readers' most popular spots to visit per The Laconia Daily Sun Facebook page, Bayside Court in Lakeport not only boasts inflatable yard decorations, but totem poles of skulls, skeletons, jack-o'-lanterns and more. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
“Halloween Manor” on Elm Street in Lakeport welcomes guests to the spooky front yard. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Gamblers play cards next to a giant skeleton as part of a yard display dubbed “Halloween Manor” on Elm Street in Lakeport. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
A zombie stands over a cemetery near the Goss Reading Room on Elm Street in Lakeport. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
This “A Nightmare on Elm Street”-themed yard in Lakeport features a creepy fun house and plenty of jack-o'-lanterns, and can be found between Massachusetts Avenue and Jefferson Street. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
At the Weirs on White Oaks Road, a sullen hooded figure stands watch over the property’s “Boneyard.” This house is near the intersection of White Oaks and Fillmore Avenue. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Radioactive skeletons caution visitors to stay far away from this epic Halloween display on White Oaks Road at the Weirs. (Katlyn Proctor/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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