Parks

Calico Ghost Haunt
2023-10-20 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-21 09:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-22 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-10-27 17:00 - 21:00, 2023-10-28 09:00 - 22:00, 2023-10-29 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Calico Ghost Town, 36600 Ghost Town Road, Yermo, CA, 92398, United States
Experience the Town of Terror as Calico Ghost Town’s Ghost Haunt returns for two weekends on October 20th through October 22nd and October 27th through October 29th. Bring the family and join us for a spirited costume contest for all ages, trick or treating, games, live musical performances, food and more, plus beware of our nighttime tricks and scares. The thrills start at $15 for adults, $10 for kids 4-11 and 3 and under are free. For more information, visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-ghost-haunt.

Calico Holiday Fest
2023-11-25 09:00 - 19:00
Join us a Calico Ghost Town for our Holiday Fest celebration with a meet and greet with Santa and photo-ops. Enjoy our festivities that will include live music & entertainment, family-friendly games and arts & crafts along with story time with Santa after dark. Afterwards, there will a special tree lighting and Christmas carolers. There will be plenty of holiday shopping available at all our town shops for those hard-to-find gifts. Our celebration will include plenty of food and attractions at an additional cost. For attraction prices, like our train rides and mine tours, visit www.calicoattractions.com. Leashed pets are welcome. To view what our shops have to offer, watch our videos at www.youtube.com.
For more event details, visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-holiday-fest.
Admission

$10 for adults
$5 for kids ages 4-11
Children under 3 are FREE

California Days at Calico Ghost Town
2024-02-17 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-18 09:00 - 17:00
CALIFORNIA DAYS RETURNS AT CALICO GHOST TOWN! Marking San Bernardino County Regional Parks’ 60th-anniversary this year, Regional Parks and Apollo Silver Corp. are excited to commemorate the third annual California Days event at Calico Ghost Town over Presidents’ Day weekend on Feb. 17-18, 2024.

Come out and bring the entire family for games, gunfighter shows, reenactments, live music and a lineup of fair-style food hungry appetites. Bring your furry friend for our Dorsey’s Dog Delivery scavenger hunt or enter our popular egg toss game. There will be pony rides for the kids too!

Learn more about the Pony Express or watch our Victorian Muse Theater at the Town Hall and learn how to churn some butter. The Calico schoolhouse will be holding classroom sessions from the 1800s. Find out what school was like for the miner’s children.

For the schedule of events, and more information on the entertainment, visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-california-days.

Calico Easter Celebration
2024-03-31 09:00 - 17:00
Hop over to Calico Ghost Town, Sunday, March 31st from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for our family-friendly Easter celebration with egg hunts, photo ops with the Easter bunny, live music, games (including our famous egg toss), gunfighter performances, arts & crafts, food, shopping and more.
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for youth (ages 4-11) and ages three and under are free. Visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-easter-celebration for the egg hunt schedule and other eggciting events. We’ll see you there rain or shine!
Regional Parks is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year and has launched a free passport program highlighting year-long events. Ask for a free passport at the gate and receive a stamp for this event. In December, passports with five stamps can be redeemed in at any participating park for a free 60th-anniversary commemorative gift. To learn more about our anniversary and passport program, visit parks.sbcounty.gov/60-year-anniversary.

Calico Bluegrass Festival
2024-05-11 09:00 - 19:00
Every year, Calico Ghost Town brings together the sounds of Americana, Blues and folk-rock together while offering games and activities for the entire family to enjoy. Join Regional Parks as Calico Ghost Town comes to life with lives bands, such as Rose’s Pawn Shop, the all-female group, Lilies of the West and The Storytellers while strolling through town to enjoy arts & crafts, face painting, our infamous egg toss contest or see some racing hog’s and dog’s. There will be plenty to see, such as our Victorian Muse Theatre or our schoolhouse sessions that relive what school was like for miner’s children in the 1800s.
Admission into Calico for the festival is $15 for adults, $10 for youth (ages 4-11) and three and under are free. We are pet-friendly and have restaurants and stores for eating and shopping. The event is free for those camping with us.
To see more on the bands and entertainment, including schedule of events, visit the Calico Bluegrass webpage at parks.sbcounty.gov/bluegrass.

Nocturnal scavenger hunt at Calico Ghost Town
2024-08-16 18:00 - 20:00
Join us at Calico Ghost Town on Friday, August 16, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a nocturnal scavenger hunt in a real ghost town. Look for items in town to win a prize. Admission is $10 per vehicle and free for those camping with us. All ages are welcome! Leashed pets are welcome too!

Calico California Days
2025-02-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-16 09:00 - 17:00
San Bernardino County Regional is excited to commemorate the fourth annual California Days event at Calico Ghost Town over Presidents’ Day weekend on Feb. 15-16, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event celebrates early California history with a focus on California’s admission to the union as the nation’s 31st state on Sept. 9, 1850, and celebrated on February 22nd every year.
This family-friendly event highlights the people and culture of early California by hosting family activities, gunfighter shows by the Calico Mountain Volunteer Gunfighters, butter churning, and reenactments along with educational displays on the state’s Bear Flag, Pony Express Trail, and Butterfield Overland Trail.
Serving as a natural backdrop to the Old West, Calico will travel back in time with a
Live music from popular artists such as Rose’s Pawnshop, The Storytellers and Southern Spirit Band as well as Calico favorites, Blacksmith Boys, High D Boys and Orange Town Revival will be bring the town alive. Other entertainment includes the Victorian Muse Theater at the Town Hall and classroom reenactment sessions from the 1800s at the schoolhouse as well as some Wild West street skits performed by the “Scoundrels Alley” Calico troupe.
The popular Dorsey Dog Delivery Game also returns and is a doggie scavenger hunt where owners and their furry friends search for clues throughout town to win the ultimate prize of a treat goodie bag and first-place ribbon from Dorsey’s Dog House.
Eventgoers can enjoy our fair-style food lineup with for very hungry appetites, will be open. All the Calico attractions will be open, including Maggie Mine and the Calico Oddessa Railroad. Attractions are an additional charge. For attraction prices, visit www.calicoattractions.com.
The event is sponsored by Equinox Gold, Mitsubishi Cement Corporation and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers Restaurants. Equinox Gold and Mitsubishi Cement Corp. will be onsite to provide regional mining displays and information materials related to mineral uses in modern consumer products. Raising Cane’s will provide good ol’ fashion fun with games and giveaways. All sponsors are dedicated to supporting local communities through programs and education.
Calico will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices are $10 per adult, $5 children ages 4-11, and 3 years and under are FREE. For more details and a daily schedule of events, visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-california-days.
Calico Ghost Town offers full and partial RV hookup camping. Reservations may be booked directly online at www.sbcountyparks.com or by calling 1-800-862-2542. Calico offers cabins, bunkhouses and RV trailers as rentals. Calico Ghost Town is located off I-15 at Ghost Town Road in Yermo, just 10 miles north of Barstow. Follow Calico Ghost Town on Facebook at for event photos and videos.

Calico Easter Celebration
2025-04-20 09:00 - 17:00
Looking to do something different on Easter Sunday? Bring the family and hop on over to Calico Ghost Town, Sunday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for our family-friendly Easter celebration with egg hunts, photo ops with the Easter bunny, live music, games (including our famous egg toss), gunfighter performances, arts & crafts, food, shopping and more.
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for youth (ages 4-11) and ages three and under are free.
For more information on the Calico Easter Celebration, visit our event webpage. Follow Calico Ghost Town on Facebook to see the latest events. Follow Regional Parks on Facebook and Instagram to stay connected on the latest park news.

Calico Bluegrass Festival
2025-05-10 09:00 - 19:00

Calico Campfire Stories & S'mores
2025-08-30 18:00 - 21:00
Join the San Bernardino County Regional Parks for a chillingly fun night at Calico Ghost Town’s campground with s’mores and campfire stories under the stars.
Come and gather around the crackling fire, toast the perfect marshmallow, and listen as ghostly tales that bring the old west mining town to life. Whether you’re here for the eerie legends or just a cozy night with family and friends, it’s the perfect way to embrace the magic of Calico.
This event will be held at the campground. The town will be closed for this event. We advise visitors to dress comfortably and wear comfortable shoes. Camping chairs, blankets, flashlights, outside food and coolers are allowed.
Due to the historic nature of the town, not all areas are ADA accessible. Mines in the Calico area are extremely hazardous and must not be approached for any reason.
All ages are welcome, including pets. Free s’mores will be provided while supplies last. Admission is $15 per vehicle for this event and free for those camping with us.

Calico Days
2025-09-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-28 09:00 - 17:00
Join San Bernardino County Regional Parks and Calico Ghost Town for its 59th Annual Calico Days event held over the weekend of Sept. 27-28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Calico Ghost Town that recreates the life and times of miners during the late 1800s.
The event focuses on the spirit of the Old West and features an 1880s costume contest, reenactment skits, pie-eating contest, Miner’s Triathlon competition, Burro Run competition, Bucket Brigade contest, live musical performances, egg toss competition, gunfights and more.
The Miner’s Triathlon and Bucket Brigade will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27 and the Burro Run will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28.
The triathlon for men and women competitions include rock pulling, muckraking and tug-of-war events. The burro race is a competition featuring contestants guiding their burro from station to station across town to be the first to reach the finish line. The Bucket Brigade is a race to see whose team can scoop and pass buckets of water to fill up the water barrel first.
Food options during the event include the Calico House Restaurant, Lil’s Saloon, and food vendors. Attendees can also visit Calico shops and attractions including Maggie Mine, Mystery Shack, Dorsey’s Gourmet Dog House shop and the Odessa Railroad train ride. Calico is pet-friendly and leashed pets are welcomed.
This family-friendly event embraces the life and culture of the 1880s when Calico was a bustling silver mining town from 1881 through the late 1890s when Calico began to see a steady decline in population as silver lost its value and people fled the town.
At the height of its glory, the town’s population rose to about 1,200 people in 1887, and had about 22 saloons, a schoolhouse, post office, its own version of a China Town, a cemetery and its own newspaper. The town produced about $86 million in silver and about $45 million in borax, hauling its product by the infamous 21-Mule Team.
In 1966, Walter Knott, the founder of Knott’s Berry Farm, donated Calico to San Bernardino County, which is now managed by the Regional Parks Department.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kids ages 4-11 and children under 3 are free.

Calico Ghost Haunt
2025-10-24 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-25 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-26 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-31 17:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-01 09:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-02 09:00 - 17:00
If spooking is your thing and Halloween brings out the howl in you, Calico Ghost Town may be the fright place to be the last two weekends in October for our annual Ghost Haunt: Terror Under The Big Top. The first weekend of ghost haunting starts Friday, Oct. 24 through Sunday, Oct. 26. The second weekend starts on Halloween night, Friday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, Nov. 2.
Ghost Haunt hours are:

Friday: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ghost Haunting activities include pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating, costume contests for all ages, campsite decorating contest, live music and entertainment shows, gunfighter shows, family-friendly games and activities, haunted attractions* (includes train rides, gold panning, haunted mine tours, Mystery Shack and ghost tours). *Attractions are an additional price. Visit www.calicoattractions.com for prices. Food, snacks and beverages will also be available as well as shopping at town stores. Take a virtual tour of the Calico stores at https://bit.ly/3Y3sM70.
Town Scarers
Beware after dark as nightmares begin to roam throughout town haunted with frightful scarers who will lurk in the shadows waiting to prey on unsuspecting town people.
Scare hours are:

Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Costume Contest Guidelines
Eventgoers can enter our costume contest in one of the following categories to win a prize: funniest, cutest, scariest, and most creative. Dogs can join in on the fun too as Dorsey’s Dog House hosts its dog costume contest on Saturdays.
Campsite Contest
Campers can also participate in our annual Ghost Haunt Campsite Decorating Contest based on the “Terror Under The Big Top” theme.
Admission
General admission for adults (12 & over) is $15, youth (ages 4-11) is $10 and ages 3 and under are free. Campers will also receive free admission up to four people with camping reservations. All ages are welcome.
Visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-ghost-haunt for event details. Follow Calico Ghost Town on Facebook for event photos and videos. Follow Regional Parks on Facebook or Instagram for the latest parks news and updates.

Halloween Marriage Services at Calico
2025-10-31 09:00 - 15:00
San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk Josie Gonzales is thrilled to announce the return of the beloved Halloween marriage services at Calico Ghost Town, taking place Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 36600 Ghost Town Rd. in Yermo. Couples are invited to say “I do” in one of California’s most unique and historic locations. Calico Ghost Town, a preserved silver mining town dating back to 1881, offers a one-of-a-kind setting that blends rustic charm with spooky seasonal spirit. “I am proud to offer couples a truly unforgettable wedding experience,” Gonzales said. “My team is excited to help people celebrate their love in a setting filled with history, character, and the magic of Halloween.”
This annual event draws couples from across the region who are looking to exchange vows in a festive and memorable way. Participants are encouraged to dress in Halloween or western-themed attire to add a playful and personal touch to their ceremony.
“We are thrilled to be able to set the stage for the second annual destination wedding event at Calico Ghost Town. This year, the town will be able to offer the full Halloween experience to the newly wedded couples as we kick off our second weekend of Ghost Haunt,” said Beahta Davis, director of Regional Parks. “We invite the newlyweds to stick around for this special occasion and enjoy the event from 5 to 9 p.m.”
Appointments are encouraged and must be scheduled by contacting the Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk’s Office at 855-732-2575.
The last day to schedule an appointment is Oct. 28, 2025. Additional details, including required documents and fees, are available at arc.sbcounty.gov/marriage.
General admission to Calico Ghost Town during the Halloween event is as follows:

Adults (12 and over): $8 https://arc.sbcounty.gov/marriage/

Youth (4-11 yrs.): $5

Ages 3 and under: Free Admission

Parking: Free

The Calico House Restaurant will be offering a complimentary drink of choice and a free slice of apple pie to the couples getting married at the town this year, adding a sweet touch to their special day.
For more information about other Calico Ghost Haunt activities, please visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-ghost-haunt or call 909-387-2757.
Don’t miss this chance to celebrate your love in a historic setting unlike any other. Space is limited and early booking is strongly encouraged.
About Calico Ghost Town:
Calico Ghost Town is a premier historic attraction located in the Mojave Desert. Established in the 1880s, it offers visitors a glimpse into the Old West with its well-preserved buildings, interactive exhibits, and special events. The town is managed by San Bernardino County Regional Parks and continues to be a beloved destination for history enthusiasts and families alike.

Veteran Appreciation Day at Calico
2025-11-11 09:00 - 17:00
San Bernardino County Regional Parks honors all county residents who are either a veteran or on active duty in the United States Armed Services, including reserves or National Guard, with free park admission on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
Calico Ghost Town will only honor the veteran or active-duty personnel with one free adult admission. Must present military ID or DD214 for free admission.
Participating parks include Cucamonga-Guasti, Glen Helen, Mojave Narrows, Prado and Yucaipa Regional Parks and will honor one free vehicle admission. So, everyone in the car can enjoy free admission on Regional Parks.
Park hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily. Calico Ghost Town is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily. Follow Regional Parks on Facebook and Instagram and Calico Ghost Town Official Facebook to stay connected to the latest park news and events.

Calico Holiday Fest
2025-11-29 09:00 - 19:00
On Saturday, November 29, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Calico Ghost Town will transform into a holiday festival with a photo op with Santa, Christmas caroling and the annual tree lighting that is sure to amuse the merriest of little spirits in this picturesque Old West mining town.
Festivalgoers can sing along or simply listen to your favorite holiday melodies. There will be a reading of the favorite “T’was the Night Before Christmas”, contests for the whole family, crafts for kids, gunfights performed by our very own Calico Mountain Volunteers.
Avoid the lines and parking nightmares at shopping malls and browse our specialty arts & craft shops for that hard-to-buy-for relative, neighbor or friend. Some of our shops will be offering special discounts for holiday shopping.
Santa arrives at 11 a.m. with a cheery “Ho! Ho! Ho!” for photos with the children and will light the Calico Christmas tree at 6:30 p.m. After the tree lighting, Lil’s Saloon will be providing complimentary cookies and hot chocolate.
There will be plenty of festive foods available for purchase through our vendors, Lil’s Saloon, Silver Rush Burger and Calico House Restaurant.
Calico will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, $5 children ages 4-11, and 3 years, and under are free.
Calico Ghost Town offers full and partial camping at the park. Reservations may be booked by calling 1-877-387-2757 or emailing parks@parks.sbcounty.gov. Cabins, bunkhouses and RV trailer rentals are also available.
Calico Ghost Town is located off I-15 at Ghost Town Road in Yermo, just 10 miles north of Barstow off Interstate 15.

Calico California Days
2026-02-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-15 09:00 - 17:00
Calico California Days is an annual family-friendly festival celebrating early California history and its silver mining past with Old West reenactments, gunfighter shows, live music, historical displays, contests (like beard/mustache and pie-eating), kids’ games (Pony Express relay, Dorsey’s Dog Delivery), and fair-style food. This event highlights California’s admission to the Union in 1850 and offers educational fun about the state’s heritage.

What to Expect:

Entertainment: Gunfight shows, live music, storytelling.
Activities: Pony rides, beard/mustache contests, pie-eating contests, kids’ games.
History: Mining displays, Pony Express stories, reenactments.
