State guide · 29 documented locations

Haunted Delaware

Delaware has 29 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index. 28 are rated family-friendly, 8 take bookings, and 1 ghost-tour operator work the state.

Delaware doesn't have its own state trail guide yet, but its haunted landscape holds up on its own: colonial jails and county courthouses around New Castle, roadside legend routes through Kent County farmland, and beach-town inns along the coast. Roughly two dozen sites are open to visitors here, small enough to see in a long weekend without a formal itinerary. For travelers passing through on a longer run, the national route and its guide cover the wider Mid-Atlantic region, folding Delaware's stops into a bigger multi-state trip instead of asking the state to stand alone.

29 documented locations
28 family-friendly
8 bookable stays & events
5 regions mapped
Map of 29 documented haunted locations across Delaware
29 pins · filter the list below to highlight

Ranked by depth of evidence

The most haunted places in Delaware

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

  1. Cape Henlopen State Park (Fort Miles) Lewes · Battlefield / Military Site
  2. Rockwood Mansion Wilmington · Museum / Historical Site
  3. Cannonball House (Lewes Historical Society) Lewes · Museum / Historical Site
  4. Lums Pond State Park Bear · Outdoor / Natural Site
  5. Fort Delaware Delaware City · Prison / Reformatory
See all 5 ranked, with the methodology →
Oldest documented Ryves Holt House Lewes
You can sleep here Addy-Sea Inn Bethany Beach
Family pick Smyrna Museum (The Barracks) Smyrna

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Stay the night, eat well, investigate

Kept separate from the ranking: Delaware'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 Delaware Haunted Trail

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

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29 published locations; counts refresh with every build.