Thread: how to light a trail

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i need ideas for lighting up a path on a haunted trail in the woods without using actual fire (flames, candles). previously we have used glow sticks and gave people flashlights, but we would like to have the trail lit up a bit this year.

Well if you're not going to run electricity, i would use solar powered lights

We also have a haunted garden walk. I use a couple of different lighting types depending on the ambiance we're trying to create. It's really dark back there.

On the steps I use the little battery operated tealights. They have an orangish flicker and work very well to keep tots and their parents from tripping up the steps but still let the area remain dark. You can pick these up in large economical packages at Costco.

Along the pond and creek we use purple mini sting lights. They work well to define the path and give enough light so no one falls and gets wet. These should be available now since Christmas merchadise is right there next to Halloween in Target.

I also put a few of the battery operated tap lights in the back woods at verious depths (also various heights).

The ghostie tourguides use PVC candles with the battery tealights as they lead small groups. (Great instructions for making these are found on this awesome forum, thank you very much!)

I also give them black flashlights to use as misdirection tools and in case of emergency. Good luck with your haunt.

don't know the area and space your working with but I always use thin plastic skulls over clear x-mas lights on a stake

Our local trail haunt strings clear rope light through the trees about 10 feet up and gives a nice glow and shows which way the trail goes....ZR

Yes either rope lights orange or purple or tiki torches but only if its not too windy the day of your trail you dont want a fire hazard!

We use green energy saver floods and Tiki torches for our backyard trail..........works great. Tiki's don't really put out much but they are great for ambiance. See pics below for cool effects. You'll also notice in the pics below how well the fog looks with the tikis and floods.

How about some of those cheap mini strobe lights that are battery powered? You can turn the flash rate down on them to just a slow blink.

I use purple string lights on poles to mark out a path.

I took 1/2 inch wooden dowels spray painted them lightly with brown paint and then put a nail sticking out of top of the dowel. I stuck them in the ground and put the twisted wires of the sting lights around the nail (separate the wires and place them around it) I then topped them with small foam skulls. They look really cool, and it keeps people in the path.

so many great ideas! thanks everyone!