HauntBound Press Fact Sheet · Updated September 2026
The Most Haunted Places in Oregon
Oregon has 90 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index.
Top 10 identified after source-level analysis of the 28 strongest Oregon candidates.
By the numbers
- Total documented
- 90
- Haunted Hotel / Inn
- 21
- Museum / Historical Site
- 13
- Other Dark Tourism Site
- 11
- Family-friendly
- 88
- Bookable
- 33
- Oldest documented site
- Astoria Underground (Shanghai Tunnels) (1811)
- Most-reported phenomenon
- apparitions
Ranked
- 1. Yaquina Bay Lighthouse Yaquina Bay Lighthouse was lit in 1871 and decommissioned three years later; it is Oregon's only surviving wooden lighthouse and opened as a museum in 1956. Its ghost story traces to fiction: Lischen Miller's 1899 story 'The Haunted Light' told of a girl named Muriel Trevenard who vanished inside the lighthouse, leaving only her handkerchief. No such disappearance is on record, but visitors report footsteps on the stairs and a woman glimpsed in period dress. 6 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1920-2009
- 2. Wolf Creek Inn Wolf Creek Inn opened in 1883 as a stagecoach stop on the Applegate Trail and is the oldest operating inn in the Pacific Northwest; the State of Oregon restored it between 1975 and 1979. Novelist Jack London stayed there and finished The Valley of the Moon in 1913. Guests have reported his apparition and voice in the room where he slept, along with doors opening and closing on their own and footsteps in the corridors. 6 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1879-2023 · retold in 4 later publications
- 3. Geiser Grand Hotel The Geiser Grand opened in 1889 as the Hotel Warshauer during a mining boom and was renamed for owner Albert Geiser in 1902; it closed in 1968, sat vacant for decades, and reopened in 1993. Staff and guests describe a 'Lady in Blue,' Annabelle Geiser, on the staircase and near Room 302, with footsteps after hours and cold near the mezzanine. A second figure is a cowboy tied to a killing from its gold-rush years. 5 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1993-2021 · retold in 3 later publications
- 4. Heceta Head Lighthouse HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across four kinds of published source. Four later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and objects moving. 4 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1950-2022 · retold in 4 later publications
- 5. McMenamins Edgefield HauntBound identified eight distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across four kinds of published source. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions. 8 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2002-2018 · retold in 3 later publications
- 6. Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery HauntBound identified six distinct published accounts at this burial ground, across three kinds of published source. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and disembodied voices. 6 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 2004-2025
- 7. Todd Hall, Western Oregon University Todd Hall at Western Oregon University was built in 1912 as its first dormitory, named for Jessica M. Todd, the first Dean of Women, who ran student life until her 1931 retirement. Staff and students since 1980 have described lights in the highest windows when the building is locked and empty, objects rearranged overnight, and voices in the basement. A 2009 investigation found no evidence, though the lore of Todd watching over the building persists. 3 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 1944-2013 · retold in 2 later publications
- 8. Pittock Mansion HauntBound identified three distinct published accounts at this museum site, across three kinds of published source. Six later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include objects moving and phantom footsteps. 3 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1960-2021 · retold in 6 later publications
- 9. Captain George Flavel House Museum Captain George Flavel, a Columbia River bar pilot, built this Queen Anne mansion in Astoria, completed in 1885; the Clatsop County Historical Society has run it as a museum since 1951. Staff describe faint piano music and voices near the second-floor music room where his daughters, Nellie and Katie, once practiced, along with a male figure in 19th-century dress reported in Flavel's former bedroom and a floral perfume attributed to his wife, Mary Christina. 4 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1983-2024 · retold in 2 later publications
- 10. Columbia Gorge Hotel HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across four kinds of published source. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots. 4 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2015-2023 · retold in 3 later publications
By city
- Portland: 17 documented sites
- Salem: 11 documented sites
- Ashland: 6 documented sites
- Eugene: 6 documented sites
- Astoria: 6 documented sites
- Bend: 4 documented sites
- Oregon City: 3 documented sites
- Cannon Beach: 2 documented sites
- Tigard: 2 documented sites
- Jacksonville: 2 documented sites
- 29 more across the rest of Oregon
Press images
- Yaquina Bay Lighthouse D. Reinhart, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yaquina_bay_light.jpeg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/yaquina-bay-lighthouse/hero.jpg
- Wolf Creek Inn Rick Obst from Eugene, United States, CC BY 2.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Front_view_of_the_Wolf_Creek_Inn_(30849282877).jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/wolf-creek-inn/hero.jpg
- Geiser Grand Hotel Ambercarben, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geiser_Grand_Hotel,_Front_Corner.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/geiser-grand-hotel/hero.jpg
- Heceta Head Lighthouse Ian Sane, CC BY 2.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_Light_At_Heceta_Head_(27770099658).jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/heceta-head-lighthouse/hero.jpg
- McMenamins Edgefield Josh Ward, CC BY 2.0, via https://www.flickr.com/photos/shward/235603828/ hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/mcmenamins-edgefield/hero.jpg
- Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lone_Fir_Cemetery,_MacLeay_Mausoleum,_Portland,_Oregon.JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/lone-fir-cemetery/hero.jpg
- Todd Hall, Western Oregon University 77duda77, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WOU-Todd-Hall.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/west-oregon-university/hero.jpg
- Pittock Mansion Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pittock_Mansion,_2017_-_5.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/pittock-mansion/hero.jpg
- Captain George Flavel House Museum Another Believer (Wikimedia user), 2011, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flavel_House_in_Astoria%2C_OR_2011.JPG hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/astoria-flavel-house-museum/hero.jpg
- Columbia Gorge Hotel Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbia_Gorge_Hotel_-_Hood_River_Oregon.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/oregon/columbia-gorge-hotel/hero.jpg
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Superlatives
- Oldest documented site: Astoria Underground (Shanghai Tunnels) Documented since 1811.
- Most documented: McMenamins Edgefield 8 distinct published accounts.
- Top haunted stay: Wolf Creek Inn Overnight stays bookable.
- Most family-friendly: Yaquina Bay Lighthouse Family Comfort rating: High.
Methodology
For purposes of the HauntBound Index, "most haunted" means the location with the strongest documented record of reported haunting phenomena. We evaluate the quantity, independence, persistence, and documentary quality of published reports. We do not attempt to determine whether paranormal phenomena are real, and we never count a source that only establishes a building's history as evidence of haunting claims. Repetitive coverage is subject to diminishing returns, so a story retold many times does not outrank a story independently documented. Rankings never consider commercial relationships.
The 2026 Index reflects sources identified and classified as of September 15, 2026.
Updated September 29, 2026: documented totals now exclude the private homes, operating hospitals and venues with nothing left to visit that were withdrawn on September 25 and 26. The ranked ten are unchanged.
Updated October 19, 2026: listings that could not be sourced, or that are private or have no public access, were withdrawn after an October review, so some of the state's town counts are lower. The documented total stays as published until the November update.
Updated October 23, 2026: more listings were withdrawn after a dignity and sourcing review, so some of the state's town counts are lower. The documented total stays as published until the November update.
This is a documentation ranking, not a visitation guide; sites not open to visitors are marked on their entries.