State guide · 30 documented locations

Haunted Alaska

Alaska has 30 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index. 25 are rated family-friendly, 11 take bookings, and 4 ghost-tour operators work the state.

Alaska's haunted map runs the length of the state. Gold Rush saloons and bar-fight ghosts in Skagway and Juneau sit alongside Anchorage's oldest hotel and its century-old unsolved cases, with mining ruins near Kennecott and cemetery lore reaching south to Kodiak. What holds it together is shared frontier weight, long winters and small isolated towns that each built their own ghost story out of necessity. Roughly two dozen venues make up the network so far. Alaska doesn't have its own curated loop yet, so the national trail guide is the best starting point for planning a haunted stop here, with venue pages carrying the fuller history.

30 documented locations
25 family-friendly
11 bookable stays & events
6 regions mapped
Map of 30 documented haunted locations across Alaska
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Ranked by depth of evidence

The most haunted places in Alaska

Independent sources, documented history, how far back the reports go. Not legend, and never a commission.

  1. Alaskan Hotel & Bar Juneau · Haunted Hotel / Inn
  2. Historic Anchorage Hotel Anchorage · Haunted Hotel / Inn
  3. Birch Hill Cemetery Fairbanks · Cemetery / Burial Ground
  4. Van Gilder Hotel Seward · Haunted Hotel / Inn
  5. Red Onion Saloon Skagway · Haunted Dining / Bar
See all 5 ranked, with the methodology →
Oldest documented Kodiak History Museum Kodiak
Most documented Alaskan Hotel & Bar Juneau
You can sleep here Van Gilder Hotel Seward
Family pick Oscar Anderson House Museum Anchorage

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Browse Alaska by region

Pick a region, city or type and the list and the map narrow together.

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Southeast

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South Central

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Interior

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Southwest

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Western

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Kenai Peninsula

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Plan the trip

Stay the night, eat well, investigate

Kept separate from the ranking: Alaska's best-documented stays, dinners and overnight investigations, each with a booking path.

Those pages carry booking links, and some pay HauntBound a commission. Rankings never do. How the firewall works.

The public map

The Alaska Haunted Trail

Every trail-eligible stop on one regional map. See the network first, then take the route.

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30 published locations; counts refresh with every build.