North Carolina Travel Blog

The holidays are all about giving, right? Well, I can’t think of a better way to jump start your holiday spirit than participating in “Trees for Troops”. Kersey Valley Farms near High Point and Archdale, North Carolina is part of a special program whereby a family or a corporate group can purchase a premium Fraser Fir Christmas tree and send it as an expression of appreciation to our military personnel and their families. Here’s how the program works…

You buy the tree, fill out a custom made Christmas card that includes your contact information along with a note to the military family. FedEx will ship the tree to the specified military base in the United States or anywhere in the world — FREE! 

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OK. I did it. I felt I owed it to our NC Travel Guide Blog readers. My wife and I went to Spookywoods at Kersey Valley Farms, the award-wining haunted attraction near High Point and Archdale, North Carolina. The owner, Tony Wohlgemuth, was there to greet us. Great guy. He has created a spectacular special effects extravaganza that places his spellbinding haunted venue in the top ten in the entire country. And now I know why. Take your kids and go — not the young ones, however. It’s intense. But fun. The costumes and Hollywood-style makeup are well done. This alone is worth the price of admission. Tony and his band of spookmeisters have created an elaborate 55 acre setting replete with creepy old outbuildings, dark foreboding woods, and a dizzy haunted maze filled at every turn with lifelike ghouls, creatures and demented freaks. Yike.

And that’s not all. Be sure to catch Jonathan Frost’s highly entertaining Magic Show. Don’t miss the razor blade ingestion trick. See if you can figure out how Jonathan pulls this off.  Spookywoods, Kersey Valley Farms near High Point, North Carolina. Our NC Travel Guide Blog strongly recommends Spookywoods. We give it five pitchforks.

I suggest you call for dates and times: 336.821.9999. Advance tickets: 336.285.0548. You can purchase your tickets in advance online or by phone.

Spookywoods is the only haunted attraction in North Carolina that is a member of AmericaHaunts.com, the world’s most successful haunted attractions.

In the lovely countryside near High Point, North Carolina is Kersey Farms where their annual Maize Adventure is now open. It’s a perfect outing for every kid in North Carolina – both young and old alike. My report says the corn this year is over 10 feet tall. Wow. This is the ideal way for your family, school, home school or church group to experience a day of camaraderie and fun! It’s an entertaining yet educational atmosphere that celebrates fellowship while building traditional values.

From Scout Troops to Civic Groups to Family Groups, Maize Adventure challenges you to work independently yet work together so it helps build leadership skills while teaching team work, builds self-esteem while emphasizing sharing and interaction, teaches responsibility for self and others in a unique outdoor experience that is fun, fun, fun!
 Earn your Maize Adventure Scout Patch if you complete the maze!

Directions:  I-85 South to Archdale, North Carolina and take Hwy 62 Exit 113. 
Take a right heading West. On your immediate right is Kersey Valley Road. 
The attraction is 1/4 mile down on your right. (336) 431-1700 Email: info@kerseyvalley.com

Portion of the proceeds benefit the Guilford County Animal Shelter Trauma Center.