Estherville Chamber of Commerce

10/24/2026

🏡 Give your home’s exterior a fresh look!
Planning an exterior home improvement project? Estherville’s Neighborhood Façade Grant offers matching grants of up to $4,000 to help residents update their homes and brighten our neighborhoods!

📅 Applications are due November 15, 2026.
🔨 Projects that have already started or been completed are not eligible.

Find the application and program details on the City’s website!

Applications are also available at the City Office. Questions? Call 712-362-7771.

Have an improvement in mind? Now is a great time to start planning!

10/23/2026

Coffee, connections, and a great start! ☕🤝

Our first Chamber Coffee & Connections brought a wonderful turnout yesterday! It was great to see our members catching up, making new connections, and hearing updates on what’s happening in our community.

A big thank you to Williams & Company P.C. for hosting us and to everyone who took time out of their morning to join us. You helped make our first gathering a success!

We’re looking forward to more coffee and conversations together. Stay tuned for the next Coffee & Connections!

10/21/2026

10/20/2026

You brought the screams. Our volunteers brought the scares. Together, we SHATTERED our attendance record! 👻🌲

Over 1,600 people came out for ONE NIGHT ONLY at Fright Hike! Thank you to everyone who joined us in the haunted woods and made this a night to remember.

A HUGE thank you to our many AMAZING volunteers! From setup to scares to cleanup, your time, creativity, and hard work made this event possible. 🧡

To the people and businesses who supported us and helped pull this off for Estherville—THANK YOU! We are so grateful for the community behind this event.

See you in the woods next year… if you dare! 👀

10/17/2026

TONIGHT IS FRIGHT HIKE! 🌲👻

The haunted woods are waiting at Fort Defiance State Park in Estherville. Gather your crew and join us tonight, Saturday, October 17—ONE NIGHT ONLY!

📍 Fort Defiance State Park • Estherville, Iowa
💲 $10 per person
🔦 Lights on: 6–7 p.m.
👻 Full scare: 7–9:30 p.m.

Park at the shelter house and campground; enter on the Ranger Station House Road just west of the shelter. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy walking shoes.

10/16/2026

TOMORROW NIGHT. ONE CHANCE TO BRAVE THE WOODS. 👻

Fright Hike returns Saturday, October 17, at Fort Defiance State Park in Estherville. Who will be leading the way—and who will be hiding behind their friends?

📍 Fort Defiance State Park • Estherville, Iowa
💲 $10 per person
🔦 Lights on: 6–7 p.m.
👻 Full scare: 7–9:30 p.m.

Experience a 1/2 mile haunted hike in Fort Defiance State Park. Join us for scares! Contact for details.

10/14/2026

YOUR SATURDAY NIGHT PLANS JUST GOT SPOOKIER. 👻

Fright Hike is THIS SATURDAY, October 17! Bring your brave friends to Estherville for an outdoor haunted hike through the woods.

One night only. Put it in the group chat and make a plan!

📍 Fort Defiance State Park • Estherville, Iowa
💲 $10 per person
🔦 Lights on: 6–7 p.m.
👻 Full scare: 7–9:30 p.m.
Details: https://www.estherville.org/fright-hike

10/13/2026

We can't wait for Saturday!

Spooky Season destination 10 of 30…The annual Fright Hike in Estherville, Iowa is not for the skittish this Saturday, October 17th. The “lights on” 1/2 mile trail through Fort Defiance State Park is the tamed version of these haunted woods. After the first hour the “full scare” is conducted and I recommend checking your blood pressure before setting foot on this demented journey. These folks don’t mess around and I know from my own account of the events I experienced here. Click on the link below and get more info on the Fright Hike. Unless you’re too scared already….

https://www.estherville.org/fright-hike

Estherville Chamber of Commerce

10/12/2026

How brave are you feeling?

Would you rather explore the haunted woods with the lights on—or wait until FULL SCARE begins?

👍 LIKE for Full Scare • 7–9:30 p.m.
❤️ LOVE for Lights On • 6–7 p.m.

Choose your adventure at Fright Hike on Saturday, October 17—ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Fort Defiance State Park • Estherville, Iowa
$10 per person

Who’s coming into the woods with you?

10/10/2026

ONE WEEK until the woods fill with screams…

Fright Hike returns Saturday, October 17th for ONE NIGHT ONLY! Gather your brave friends for an outdoor haunted hike through the woods of Fort Defiance—who’s leading the way, and who’s hiding behind everyone else?

📍 Fort Defiance State Park • Estherville, Iowa
🔦 Lights on: 6–7 p.m.
👻 Full scare: 7–9:30 p.m.
💲 $10 per person

Send this to your scare squad and make your plans. You only get one night to brave these woods!