The HauntBound Trail · North Carolina
The North Carolina Haunted Trail
North Carolina's hauntings split between two very different landscapes: coastal towns where a churchyard buried-alive legend and old execution grounds anchor the ghost tours, and mountain hollows where Gilded Age mansions and Prohibition tunnels carry their own stories. Piedmont cities add antebellum courthouses and grand hotels to the mix. Close to two hundred stops span the state end to end. The Asheville-area loop below picks the mountain corridor's tightest cluster, a weekend that never asks you to drive more than an hour between stops.
The state of the state
175 Verified stops
20 Regions
98 Wheelchair accessible
Every stop verified by HauntBound.
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The curated weekend cut
HauntBound's editors picked 6 daytime stops and 4 overnight inns from the 175 places below and mapped them in driving order, with drive times, the full stories, and a printable field guide. Free by email.
Key MUS Museum / Historical SiteCEM Cemetery / Burial GroundTHT Theater / Performance VenueINN Haunted Hotel / InnBAR Haunted Dining / BarTUR Ghost Tour / Walking TourASY Asylum / HospitalPRS Prison / ReformatoryCRM True Crime SiteOUT Outdoor / Natural SiteHSE Haunted House / Historic HomeMIL Battlefield / Military SiteOTH Other Dark Tourism Site
Piedmont
34 stops HSE Blandwood Mansion Greensboro Fam INN The Historic Brookstown Inn Winston-Salem MUS Historic Cabarrus County Courthouse Concord Fam CEM Cabe Lands Cemetery Durham Fam THT Carolina Theatre Greensboro Fam OTH Clarksville Station Restaurant Roxboro Fam THT Dana Auditorium, Guilford College Greensboro MUS Davidson County Courthouse (Historical Museum) Lexington Fam INN Empire Hotel Salisbury Fam CEM Green Hill Cemetery Greensboro Fam MIL Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Greensboro Fam HSE Dr. Josephus Hall House Salisbury Fam OUT Lake Norman Submerged Battlefield and Ghost Towns Mooresville CRM Old Lincoln Academy Gastonia CRM Loray Mill Historic District Gastonia Fam BAR M'Coul's Public House Greensboro Fam THT Meroney Theatre Salisbury Fam OTH Mooresville High School Old Gymnasium Mooresville Fam TUR Nightly Spirits Charlotte Charlotte THT Old Courthouse Theatre Salisbury CEM Old Fourth Creek Burying Ground Statesville Fam PRS Old Iredell County Jail Statesville THT Paramount Theatre Burlington Fam MUS Reynolda House Museum of American Art Winston-Salem Fam CEM Salem God's Acre Cemetery Winston-Salem Fam MUS Salem Tavern Museum Winston-Salem Fam MUS Salem College — Babcock Dormitory Winston-Salem Fam MUS Single Brothers House Winston-Salem Fam PRS Southern Grace Prison Distillery Mt Pleasant BAR Spring House Restaurant (Bahnson House) Winston-Salem Fam TUR US Ghost Adventures Greensboro Greensboro TUR US Ghost Adventures Winston-Salem Winston-Salem INN Vance Hotel Statesville Fam BAR Zevely House (Bernardin's Restaurant) Winston-Salem Fam
Western
30 stops OTH Basilica of St. Lawrence Asheville Fam OUT Brown Mountain Lights (Blue Ridge Parkway Overlooks) near Morganton Fam CEM Broughton Hospital Cemetery Morganton Fam OUT Brown Mountain Morganton Fam OUT Chicken Alley Asheville Fam CRM Henderson County Curb Market — Former Execution Ground Hendersonville Fam HSE Flat Top Manor — Moses Cone Memorial Park Blowing Rock Fam INN Flatiron Building (Flat Iron Hotel) Asheville TUR Ghost City Tours — Asheville Asheville OUT Cowee Tunnel — Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Bryson City Fam OUT Hayesville Area — Cherokee County Haunts Hayesville Fam OUT Helen's Bridge (Zealandia Bridge) Asheville MUS Henderson County Courthouse & Heritage Museum Hendersonville Fam OUT Henry River Mill Village Hildebran MUS Lees-McRae College — Tate Hall Banner Elk Fam OUT Linville Gorge Linville Falls OUT Linville Gorge Wilderness Marion INN Mansouri Mansion (Woodfield Inn) Flat Rock Fam TUR Morganton Downtown Ghost Walk Morganton Fam OTH Battery Park Hotel Asheville TUR Old Fort Ghost Walk — McDowell Historical Society Old Fort Fam BAR Pack's Tavern Asheville CEM Riverside Cemetery Asheville Fam INN Skyland Hotel Hendersonville Fam HSE The Biltmore Estate Asheville Fam INN The Henderson Hendersonville Fam INN The Grove Park Inn Asheville Fam MUS Thomas Wolfe Memorial (Old Kentucky Home) Asheville Fam TUR US Ghost Adventures Asheville Asheville TUR Waynesville History and Haunts Tour Waynesville Fam
Coastal
27 stops MUS Attmore-Oliver House New Bern Fam HSE Bellamy Mansion Wilmington MUS Burgwin-Wright House Wilmington Fam CEM Cedar Grove Cemetery New Bern Fam CEM Christ Episcopal Church and Graveyard New Bern Fam BAR The Cotton Exchange Wilmington Fam MUS Currituck Beach Lighthouse Corolla MIL Fort Fisher State Historic Site Kure Beach Fam MIL Fort Macon State Park Atlantic Beach Fam TUR Ghosts of New Bern New Bern Fam INN Harvey Mansion Historic Inn New Bern Fam HSE Latimer House Museum Wilmington OUT Maco Light (Maco Station) Maco Fam MIL Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Havelock Fam BAR Michael's on the Waterfront Wilmington TUR New Bern Ghostwalk — New Bern Historical Society New Bern Fam MUS New Hanover County Public Library (Main Branch) Wilmington Fam MUS Ocracoke Light Ocracoke Fam BAR Orton Billiards and Pool Room Wilmington HSE Poplar Grove Plantation Wilmington MUS Wilmington Railroad Museum Wilmington Fam MUS Somerset Place State Historic Site Creswell OTH St. James Episcopal Church and Graveyard Wilmington THT Thalian Hall Wilmington Fam MUS Tryon Palace New Bern Fam MUS USS Battleship North Carolina Wilmington MUS USS North Carolina (BB-55) Wilmington
Eastern
14 stops PRS Chowan County Jail (1825) Edenton Fam MUS Chowan County Courthouse (1767) Edenton Fam MUS Cupola House Edenton Fam MUS CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center Kinston Fam CEM Evans Family Cemetery at Greenville Mall Greenville Fam MIL Goldsborough Bridge Battlefield Dudley OUT Gravity Hill (Old Maxton Road) Laurinburg Fam CEM Meadowbrook Cemetery Lumberton Fam MUS Pitt County Courthouse (Old) Greenville Fam HSE Solomon Weil House Goldsboro Fam HSE Stonewall Manor Rocky Mount CEM Stewartsville Cemetery Laurinburg Fam THT Turnage Theatre Washington Fam OTH Waynesborough House (former Hotel Goldsboro) Goldsboro Fam
Raleigh
10 stops MUS Andrew Johnson Birthplace Raleigh Fam BAR Death & Taxes Raleigh ASY Dorothea Dix Hospital (Dix Park) Raleigh Fam HSE Haywood Hall House and Gardens Raleigh Fam CEM Historic Oakwood Cemetery Raleigh HSE Mordecai House Raleigh HSE North Carolina Executive Mansion Raleigh Fam MUS North Carolina State Capitol Raleigh Fam BAR Pine State Creamery Building Raleigh THT Theatre in the Park (Ira David Wood III Pullen Park Theatre) Raleigh Fam
Charlotte
10 stops BAR Alexander Michael's (Crowell-Berryhill Store) Charlotte Fam THT Carolina Theatre (Charlotte) Charlotte Fam INN The Dunhill Hotel Charlotte CEM Elmwood / Pinewood Cemetery Charlotte HSE Historic Rosedale Charlotte HSE Latta Place Huntersville BAR McNinch House Restaurant Charlotte MUS Old Fire Station No. 4 Charlotte Fam CEM Old Settlers' Cemetery Charlotte Fam BAR Rí Rá Irish Pub Charlotte Fam
Foothills
8 stops OUT Caroleen Broad River Bridge Caroleen Fam OUT Caroleen Bridge (Second Broad River) Caroleen Fam OTH The Chapel of Rest Lenoir Fam OTH Gilboa Church and Cemetery Rutherfordton THT Hickory Community Theatre Hickory Fam HSE Lenoir-Rhyne University — Schaeffer Hall & Monroe Auditorium Hickory Fam CRM Old Jail Site (Daniel Keith's Shadow), Rutherfordton Rutherfordton OTH Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church Newton
Sandhills Nc
8 stops BAR Cool Spring Tavern Fayetteville Fam CEM Cross Creek Cemetery Fayetteville Fam MIL House in the Horseshoe State Historic Site Sanford Fam HSE Kyle House Fayetteville Fam CRM Oval Ballroom at Heritage Square (Ann Simpson Murder Site) Fayetteville Fam HSE Sandford House (Heritage Square) Fayetteville Fam THT Temple Theatre Sanford Fam OUT Vander Light (Old Vander Road Railroad Crossing) Vander Fam
Outer Banks
6 stopsCharlotte Metro
4 stopsCentral
4 stopsAsheville Metro
3 stopsMountains
3 stopsTriangle
2 stopsCoastal Plain
2 stopsCoast
2 stopsCharlotte Nc
1 stopsCrystal Coast
1 stopsRaleigh Metro
1 stopsCape Fear Coast
1 stopsElsewhere in North Carolina
4 stopsEvery entry links to its full HauntBound page with sources, accessibility notes, and family ratings.