Celebrate Halloween early at Summit Lake State Park, Oct. 13.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., learn how to paint water. Tamara Brown will demonstrate outdoor painting techniques along the park trails and offer a hands-on watercolor activity at each park for visitors of all ages.

Participate in a pumpkin carving contest, chili cook-off, and other activities at the campground naturalist site from 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your own pumpkin to carve for the contest. Visitors can carve it at the competition or bring one already carved. Participants can also bring a chili for the cook-off. Everyone is invited to sample the chili and vote for a favorite.

Trick-or-treat and decorate a campsite at the campground from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Roads in the campground will be shut down at 5 p.m. for kids to trick-or-treat. Judges will also be walking around to judge the spookiest campsites.

At 7:30 p.m., awards will be given out for all the different contests at the campground naturalist site.

Participation is free and open to everyone after the standard gate fee of $7 per in-state vehicle and $9 per out-of-state vehicle.

For more information call 765-766-5873 or visit on.IN.gov/summitlakesp. Summit Lake State Park is at 5993 N. Messick Rd., New Castle 47362.

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Media contact: Lauren Veach, interpretive naturalist, lveach@dnr.IN.gov, 765-766-5873.