The HauntBound Trail · Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Haunted Trail
Pennsylvania carries more documented haunted history than any other state in this network, split between Philadelphia's grand hotels and prison ruins, Amish country's roadside legends, and the mining and steel towns across its rural middle. Well over two hundred locations qualify here, a mix of working restaurants with resident ghosts, preserved battlefields, and cemeteries tied to some of the state's oldest and hardest chapters. Not every flagged site made the cut; a few places where the invitation itself would cause harm were held back. The featured northeastern loop threads Scranton's anthracite downtown into a weekend built around walkable stops and a short overnight list.
The state of the state
241 Verified stops
30 Regions
101 Wheelchair accessible
Every stop verified by HauntBound.
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The curated weekend cut
HauntBound's editors picked 7 daytime stops and 4 overnight inns from the 241 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
Eastern
74 stops MUS 1810 Gettysburg Academy Gettysburg HSE Betsy Ross House Philadelphia Fam HSE Bishop White House Philadelphia Fam MUS Black Horse Inn Flourtown Fam OUT Boiling Springs Lake Boiling Springs Fam OUT Bordentown Road Tullytown MIL Brandywine Battlefield Park Chadds Ford HSE Bright Hope Baptist Church Philadelphia Fam HSE Brinton Lodge Douglassville HSE Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr OTH Bucks County Community College Newtown Fam MIL Camp Security York MUS Carpenters' Hall Philadelphia Fam INN Cashtown Inn Orrtanna Fam CEM Christ Church Burial Ground Philadelphia Fam HSE Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House) Philadelphia Fam PRS Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia MUS Elfreth's Alley Philadelphia Fam MUS Fonthill Castle Doylestown Fam MIL Fort Mifflin Philadelphia MUS Gettysburg Heritage Center (former National Civil War Wax Museum) Gettysburg Fam TUR Ghost City Tours — Philadelphia Philadelphia TUR Ghost Tour of Philadelphia Philadelphia Fam MUS Growden Mansion Bensalem Fam HSE Grumblethorpe Philadelphia BAR Hanoverville Roadhouse Bethlehem Fam OUT Hansell Road Buckingham Fam OUT Haycock Mountain Nockamixon OUT Hexenkopf Rock Williams Township MUS Hill-Physick House Philadelphia Fam TUR Historic Bethlehem Spirited Tales Pub Tour Bethlehem INN Historic Hotel Bethlehem Bethlehem Fam OUT Holicong Road Buckingham Fam MUS Independence Hall Philadelphia Fam BAR Inn 422 (Now Misago Bistro) Lebanon Fam OUT Janesville Pike Tyrone OTH Keystone College — Ward Hall La Plume Fam BAR King George II Inn Bristol MUS Kutztown Area Historical Society Kutztown Fam CEM Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia Fam MUS Lehigh University — Linderman Library Bethlehem Fam MUS Lemon House Gallitzin Fam OUT Lewis Lake Uniondale OTH Lock Haven University — Sloan Fine Arts Building Lock Haven INN Logan Inn New Hope Fam HSE Lynnewood Hall Elkins Park BAR Mike's York Road Tavern Warminster OUT Mondale Bridge Lancaster Fam CEM Moonshine Church & Cemetery at Indiantown Gap Jonestown MUS Moravian University Bethlehem Fam BAR Moshulu Philadelphia Fam CEM Mount Bethel Cemetery Columbia Fam MUS Neshaminy Manor Center Doylestown MUS Newlin Grist Mill Glen Mills Fam BAR Old Village Inn Morgantown Fam ASY Pennhurst Asylum Spring City OUT Pine Grove Furnace State Park Gardners HSE Powel House Philadelphia Fam CRM Rhoads Opera House Fire site Boyertown MIL Sachs Covered Bridge Gettysburg Fam INN Sayre Mansion Bethlehem Fam HSE Solitude House (The Solitude Mansion) Philadelphia Fam TUR Spirits of '76 Ghost Tour Philadelphia Fam CEM St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery Philadelphia Fam INN The Bellevue Hotel (Bellevue-Stratford) Philadelphia Fam INN The Hotel Hershey Hershey Fam HSE The Inn at Phillips Mill New Hope Fam INN The Inn at Saint Peter's Village Saint Peters BAR The Narrows (Former Indian Rock Inn) Upper Black Eddy Fam BAR Trum Tavern Trumbauersville TUR US Ghost Adventures Philadelphia Philadelphia MIL Valley Forge National Historical Park King of Prussia Fam CEM Washington Square Philadelphia Fam BAR Yellow House Hotel Douglassville
Western
63 stops CEM Allegheny Cemetery Pittsburgh Fam OTH Allen's Haunted Hayrides Smock HSE Anderson Manor Pittsburgh MUS Baker Mansion Altoona OTH Brackenridge-Heights Country Club Natrona Heights OUT Braddock's Run Bridge Farmington CEM Brady's Bend Cemetery East Brady Fam OUT Brighton Township Beaver BAR Brush Creek Inn Warrendale MIL Bushy Run Battlefield Harrison City PRS Cambria County Jail Ebensburg MUS Captain William Vicary Mansion Freedom Fam MUS Cathedral of Learning Pittsburgh Fam HSE Clayton — The Frick Pittsburgh Mansion Pittsburgh Fam ASY Cresson Sanatorium and Prison Cresson INN Days Inn Meadville Conference Center Meadville Fam MUS Eagle Hotel Waterford Fam MIL Edgar Thomson Steel Works Braddock Fam CEM Erie Cemetery Erie MIL Fort Necessity National Battlefield Farmington Fam MUS Fort Pitt Museum at Point State Park Pittsburgh Fam MUS Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Hall Johnstown Fam BAR Grand Concourse at Station Square (former P&LE Railroad Station) Pittsburgh Fam INN Grand Midway Hotel Windber CEM Grandview Cemetery — Plot of the Unknown Johnstown Fam OTH Greene County Almshouse (Greene County Historical Society Museum) Waynesburg INN Haunted Grand Midway Hotel Windber THT Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts Pittsburgh Fam ASY Hill View Manor New Castle OUT Hillsville Road — Zombie Land Hillsville INN Hotel Conneaut Conneaut Lake INN Jean Bonnet Tavern Bedford CEM John T. Anderson Cemetery Independence Fam CRM Johnstown Stone Bridge Johnstown Fam CEM Livermore Cemetery Saltsburg CEM Madonna Cemetery New Castle Fam MUS Mars Railroad Station Mars Fam OTH McCandless Town Hall McCandless Fam OUT McConnells Mill State Park Portersville THT Miller Auditorium Slippery Rock Fam OUT Misery Bay (Presque Isle State Park) Erie Fam THT Mishler Theatre Altoona Fam MUS National Aviary (Western Penitentiary Site) Pittsburgh Fam MUS Nemacolin Castle Brownsville CEM Noblestown Road Oakdale OUT North Fork Dam Johnstown HSE North Hall Slippery Rock Fam PRS Old Allegheny County Jail Pittsburgh CEM Old Brush Creek Cemetery North Huntingdon Township INN Omni Bedford Springs Resort Bedford Fam INN Omni William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh Fam MUS Presque Isle Lighthouse Erie HSE Reliquarian House Kane OUT Rolling Mill Mine Site Johnstown MUS Saint Vincent Archabbey, Basilica and College Latrobe Fam MUS Senator John Heinz History Center Pittsburgh Fam CEM Snyder Cemetery Portersville Fam OUT Summit Cut Bridge Beaver Falls BAR The Brewerie at Union Station Erie Fam INN The Century Inn Scenery Hill Fam BAR The Church Brew Works Pittsburgh Fam BAR The Harmony Inn Harmony OTH The Knickerbocker Hotel Linesville
Northeastern
29 stops BAR Andy Gavin's Eatery & Pub Scranton Fam MUS Asa Packer Mansion Museum Jim Thorpe BAR AV Restaurant & Lounge Scranton Fam MUS Carbondale City Hall Carbondale MUS Catlin House (Lackawanna Historical Society) Scranton CEM Charles Baber Cemetery Pottsville MUS Eckley Miners' Village Weatherly MUS Everhart Museum Scranton Fam CEM Forest Hill Cemetery Dunmore OUT Gordon Mountain (Broad Mountain) Gordon INN Harry Packer Mansion Jim Thorpe Fam TUR Haunted History Walking Tour of Pottsville Pottsville CEM Hollenback Cemetery Wilkes-Barre OTH Katy's Church (Immanuel Lutheran) Millville HSE Kirby Hall (Wilkes University) Wilkes-Barre Fam MUS Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour Scranton Fam MUS Mauch Chunk Museum and Cultural Center Jim Thorpe THT Mauch Chunk Opera House Jim Thorpe Fam MUS Old Mill Village Museum New Milford Fam THT Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple Scranton Fam MUS Scranton Public Library (Albright Memorial Library) Scranton Fam INN The Inn at Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe Fam INN The Inn at Montrose Montrose Fam PRS The Old Jail Museum (Old Carbon County Prison) Jim Thorpe THT The Ritz Theater (formerly The Poli) Scranton Fam INN Tom Quick Inn Milford TUR US Ghost Adventures Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe CEM Weatherly Union Cemetery Weatherly Fam ASY White Haven Sanatorium Ruins (behind Powerhouse Eatery) White Haven
Central
23 stops MUS Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum Altoona BAR Bube's Brewery Mount Joy Fam OUT Bunkers of Alvira (State Game Lands 252) Allenwood OUT Centralia Centralia INN Farnsworth House Inn Gettysburg MIL Fort Roberdeau Historic Site Altoona Fam THT Fulton Opera House Lancaster OTH Gettysburg College (Stevens Hall and Former Theta Chi House) Gettysburg OTH Hersheypark Hershey Fam HSE Historic Rock Ford Lancaster MUS HUB-Robeson Center (Old Coaly) — Penn State University State College Fam CEM Lancaster Cemetery Lancaster MUS Lancaster Central Market Lancaster Fam MUS Milton Public Library Milton Fam MUS Old Botany Building — Penn State University State College Fam INN Old Turkey Hill Inn Bloomsburg Fam THT Penn State University - Schwab Auditorium State College Fam MUS Thomas T. Taber Museum Williamsport Fam MIL Triangular Field Gettysburg MUS Tuscarora Academy (Academia Girls' School) Academia INN U.S. Hotel Tavern Hollidaysburg OUT Wapsononock Mountain Altoona CEM Wildwood Cemetery Williamsport Fam
South Central
14 stops CEM Gettysburg National Cemetery Gettysburg Fam MIL Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg TUR Ghost City Tours — Gettysburg Gettysburg TUR Ghost Tour of Lancaster Lancaster Fam TUR Ghost Tour of Strasburg Strasburg Fam TUR Ghostly Images of Gettysburg Gettysburg CEM Hans Graf Cemetery Marietta Fam THT Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center (H-MAC) Harrisburg Fam TUR Haunted Gettysburg Tours Gettysburg INN Inn at Herr Ridge Gettysburg MUS Jennie Wade House Gettysburg PRS Lancaster County Prison Lancaster BAR The Pub & Restaurant Gettysburg TUR US Ghost Adventures Gettysburg Gettysburg
Pittsburgh Metro
4 stopsLehigh Valley
4 stopsNorthwest
3 stopsPittsburgh
2 stopsSoutheastern
2 stopsPhiladelphia Metro
2 stopsGreater Philadelphia
2 stopsPhiladelphia Pa
2 stopsYork Pa
1 stopsCambria Pa
1 stopsLaurel Highlands
1 stopsWestmoreland Pa
1 stopsNorth Central
1 stopsPhiladelphia
1 stopsMercer Pa
1 stopsNorthern
1 stopsLancaster Pa
1 stopsPittsburgh Pa
1 stopsHarrisburg Pa
1 stopsSoutheastern Pa
1 stopsSouthwest
1 stopsNorthwest Pa
1 stopsSouth Central Pa
1 stopsDutch Country
1 stopsSouthwestern
1 stopsEvery entry links to its full HauntBound page with sources, accessibility notes, and family ratings.