Hayride 2 Hell carries visitors through fog-covered fields and multiple locations of horror on an old Brandenburg farm near Louisville and Southern Indiana.
A haunted hayride changes one of the basic rules of a haunted house. You are not walking under your own control. You climb onto a wagon, sit beside the people who talked you into coming and let the farm decide what the group reaches next.
In this guide
- What makes a haunted hayride different?
- Fog-covered fields on a real farm
- Multiple locations of horror
- Is Hayride 2 Hell included with Field of Screams?
- A haunted hayride near Louisville
- A haunted hayride near Southern Indiana
- What to know before boarding
- First haunted hayride? Keep the expectations simple
- Climb aboard in 2026
At Field of Screams in Brandenburg, Kentucky, Hayride 2 Hell moves through monster-infested terrain, fog- covered fields and multiple locations of horror. Creatures wait along the route for the moments when the wagon slows down or stops.
It is one of the biggest reasons visitors make the trip from Louisville, Elizabethtown, Fort Knox, Radcliff and Southern Indiana.
What makes a haunted hayride different?
In a walk-through haunt, people choose their pace. The brave person rushes ahead. Someone else hangs back. The group stretches and closes as the path allows.
On a hayride, everyone shares the same movement. The wagon carries the confident and the reluctant together. You can see a scene approaching, but anticipation does not create an exit. The group has time to notice the fog, the field and the shape waiting beside the route.
That shared helplessness is the fun. Everyone reaches the next location at once. Everyone hears the same sound. Everybody has a different story about who reacted first.
Fog-covered fields on a real farm
Hayride 2 Hell is not a vehicle circling an indoor set. Field of Screams is built on an old farm outside Brandenburg. The route uses the outdoor property, where open land, darkness and weather become part of the atmosphere.
Fog changes scale. It can hide a distant object and reveal a close one too late. Farm roads give the wagon a direction while the surrounding field remains open. At night, that combination creates the feeling that the route is the only safe line through a much larger place.
The Hayride 2 Hell page gives a visual introduction. The wagon gives the full version.
Multiple locations of horror
The route passes staged locations where the creatures and scenes change. The wagon becomes the thread holding those moments together.
We are not going to list every scene and drain the surprise before your visit. The useful fact is that the hayride is not one repeated effect across an empty field. The route moves between locations, allowing the quiet space before each one to rebuild the tension.
Sometimes the worst moment is the thing directly in front of you. Sometimes it is the stretch when you know the next location is close and cannot see it yet.
Is Hayride 2 Hell included with Field of Screams?
Hayride 2 Hell has its own ticket and is not included with the Main Event. The Main Event covers the six-acre corn maze, the two-story haunted barn and forbidden woods. The Combo Ticket combines the Main Event with the hayride, giving you everything on the farm.
For 2026, Hayride 2 Hell is $15 on its own, and the Combo Ticket is $40. Prices can change, so the live Tickets and Pricing page is the final source before you come.
Choose the hayride ticket if the wagon is the experience you want. Choose the Combo Ticket if you also want to enter the barn, woods and corn.
A haunted hayride near Louisville
Field of Screams is about 45 minutes southwest of Louisville at 132 Darnall Ave, Brandenburg, KY 40108. The rural distance is useful: city light gives way to the kind of open darkness a hayride needs.
Set the route before leaving Louisville. Mobile signal can thin near the farm. Continue one mile past the Otter Creek Park entrance and do not turn into the park. Use our official Directions page for the current map.
If your group is turning the trip into a date night or friend-group outing, read the best haunted house near Louisville guide for the whole-farm plan.
A haunted hayride near Southern Indiana
Brandenburg is directly across the Ohio River from Harrison County, with the Matthew E. Welsh Bridge connecting the city and Mauckport. Visitors also come from Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Clarksville and the surrounding Southern Indiana counties.
Do not use one estimated drive time for every Indiana starting point. Check your own route through the Directions page. Our Southern Indiana guide organizes the regional planning details.
What to know before boarding
Field of Screams is cash only, and ATMs are onsite. Tickets are sold at the concession stand during operating hours. The event runs outdoors on a farm, so dress for the weather and wear practical shoes for the ground before and after the wagon.
Infants and toddlers are not permitted inside the attraction. If you have a question that the site does not answer, call (270) 828-6799 or use the Contact page instead of assuming.
First haunted hayride? Keep the expectations simple
You do not need to study the route. Knowing every scene in advance would weaken the reason to ride. Understand the practical facts, choose a ticket and let the wagon reveal the rest in order.
Stay aware of the people in your group, follow current onsite instructions and avoid promising a nervous visitor that “nothing happens” during a quiet stretch. On a haunted hayride, quiet is usually part of the design.
Climb aboard in 2026
Hayride 2 Hell runs as part of the Field of Screams season on Fridays and Saturdays from September 18 through October 31, 2026, dusk until 1:00 AM.
The wagon has room. The route is ready. The fog is not going to explain what it is hiding.
Compare ticket options, read what to expect and save your directions to the farm before you climb aboard.
Plan your visit
Tickets, what to expect and how to find the farm.
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