The HauntBound Trail · Tennessee
The Tennessee Haunted Trail
Tennessee's haunted map runs east to west across three distinct regions, from Smoky Mountains resort towns and Knoxville's river bridges to Nashville's music-row bars and hotels, out to Mississippi River battlefields near Memphis. Old county jails and courthouses carry much of the state's ghost-story weight, alongside railroad hotels that are working businesses today, not abandoned ruins. More than 140 venues make up the network, with the East Tennessee mountain corridor the densest cluster and Middle Tennessee close behind. The featured weekend loop stays inside Middle Tennessee's Civil War corridor, from Columbia to Franklin to Nashville, a tight regional cut that leaves the mountains and the river for another trip.
The state of the state
144 Verified stops
15 Regions
74 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 144 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
East
54 stops INN 1880 Newbury House at Historic Rugby Rugby Fam HSE Allandale Mansion Kingsport BAR Baker-Peters House (Finn's Restaurant and Tavern) Knoxville CEM Bethesda Church and Cemetery Morristown Fam THT Bijou Theatre Knoxville OUT Bristol Haunted Hollow Chinqapin Fam PRS Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary Petros INN Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel (former Terminal Station) Chattanooga Fam MUS Chester Inn State Historic Site Jonesborough Fam MIL Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP — Missionary Ridge Unit Chattanooga Fam HSE Christopher Taylor House Jonesborough Fam CEM Citizens Cemetery Chattanooga MUS Dickson-Williams Mansion Greeneville Fam OUT Doe Mountain Recreation Area Mountain City MUS East Tennessee History Center (Old Customs House) Knoxville Fam OTH East Tennessee State University — Lucille-Clement Hall and Gilbreath Hall Johnson City Fam OUT Gay Street Bridge Knoxville Fam INN General Morgan Inn and Conference Center Greeneville TUR Ghost City Tours — Chattanooga Chattanooga TUR Ghost City Tours — Gatlinburg Gatlinburg OUT Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gatlinburg Fam OUT Hales Bar Dam & Marina Guild INN Hampton Inn Gatlinburg Historic Nature Trail Gatlinburg Fam INN Hawley House Bed and Breakfast Jonesborough Fam INN Historic Eureka Inn Jonesborough Fam PRS Historic Scott County Jail Huntsville MUS Historic Southern Railway Station Knoxville MIL Holston River Battle Site (Battle of Kingsport) Kingsport MUS Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga Fam OTH John Sevier Center (Former John Sevier Hotel) Johnson City HSE Kingstone Lisle Rugby Fam CEM Knoxville College Freedmen's Mission Historic Cemetery Knoxville ASY Lakeshore Mental Health Institute (Lakeshore Park) Knoxville Fam INN LeConte Lodge Sevierville OUT Lookout Mountain Natural Bridge — Southern Spiritualists Association Site Chattanooga OTH Maryville College — Wilson Chapel / Former Theatre Maryville Fam OUT Netherland Inn Road Kingsport Fam CEM Nina Craigmiles Mausoleum Cleveland Fam CEM Old Gray Cemetery Knoxville Fam ASY Old Historic Harriman Hospital Harriman CEM Old Jonesborough Cemetery Jonesborough Fam BAR Patrick Sullivan's Saloon Knoxville CEM Red Ash Cemetery (Turley Cemetery) Caryville OUT Ruby Falls Chattanooga OUT Sensabaugh Tunnel Kingsport MUS Sevier County Courthouse Sevierville OUT Siam Steel Bridge Site (Watauga River, Elizabethton) Elizabethton INN Tennessee Mountain Inn (Now Red Roof Inn Dandridge) Dandridge Fam THT Tennessee Theatre Knoxville Fam BAR The Greenbrier Restaurant Gatlinburg MUS The Lost Sea Adventure Sweetwater Fam INN The Read House Hotel Chattanooga Fam HSE Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site Johnson City THT Tivoli Theatre Chattanooga Fam
Middle
37 stops TUR AmeriGhost Tours Nashville Nashville MUS Athenaeum Rectory Columbia Fam MUS Bell Witch Farm and Cave Adams MUS Carnton Franklin MUS Carter House Franklin OUT Chapel Hill Ghost Light Chapel Hill Fam MUS Cragfont (General James Winchester House) Castalian Springs Fam CEM Dyer Cemetery Eagleville / Rockvale THT Franklin Theatre Franklin Fam INN Gaylord Opryland Resort Nashville Fam TUR Ghost City Tours — Franklin Franklin TUR Ghost City Tours — Nashville Nashville TUR Ghosts of Gallatin Gallatin Fam HSE Loretta Lynn Ranch (Hurricane Mills Plantation) Hurricane Mills Fam MUS Lotz House Civil War Museum Franklin OTH Maury County Public Courthouse (Columbia Ghost Tour Anchor) Columbia Fam CEM McGavock Confederate Cemetery at Carnton Franklin PRS Moore County Old Jail Museum Lynchburg CEM Mount Olivet Cemetery Nashville Fam THT Murfreesboro Center for the Arts Murfreesboro Fam CEM Nashville City Cemetery Nashville Fam TUR Nightly Spirits Nashville Nashville HSE Oaklands Mansion (Oaklands Historic House Museum) Murfreesboro Fam HSE Rippavilla Plantation Spring Hill Fam HSE Rose Mont Gallatin MUS Rutherford County Historic Courthouse Murfreesboro THT Ryman Auditorium Nashville Fam HSE Sam Davis Home and Museum Smyrna Fam MIL Stones River National Battlefield Murfreesboro Fam INN The Hermitage Hotel Nashville Fam OTH Tuckaway Hall, University of the South Sewanee Fam THT Tullahoma Fine Arts Center (Baillet House) Tullahoma Fam HSE Two Rivers Mansion Nashville TUR US Ghost Adventures Franklin Franklin TUR US Ghost Adventures Gallatin Gallatin TUR US Ghost Adventures Nashville Nashville INN Walking Horse Hotel Wartrace
West
23 stops MUS Ames Plantation Grand Junction Fam MUS Cossitt Library Memphis Fam OUT Court Square (Hebe Fountain) Memphis Fam BAR Earnestine & Hazel's Memphis CEM Elmwood Cemetery Memphis Fam MIL Fort Donelson National Battlefield Dover Fam MUS Graceland Memphis Fam TUR Historical Haunts Memphis Memphis CEM Hollywood Cemetery Jackson CEM Hope Hill Cemetery Medina Fam INN Hotel Pontotoc Memphis HSE John Alexander Austin House Memphis Fam MUS Lorraine Motel (National Civil Rights Museum) Memphis HSE Magnolia Manor Bed and Breakfast Bolivar Fam MUS Mallory-Neely House Memphis Fam MUS Metal Museum (Former U.S. Marine Hospital) Memphis Fam BAR Mollie Fontaine Lounge Memphis THT Orpheum Theatre Memphis Fam MIL Salem Cemetery Battlefield Jackson MIL Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh Fam BAR The Green Beetle Memphis MUS The Pillars (Hardeman County Historic Site) Bolivar Fam MUS Woodruff-Fontaine House Memphis Fam
Knoxville Metro
10 stops MUS Blount Mansion Knoxville Fam MUS Craighead-Jackson House Knoxville Fam CEM First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Knoxville Fam CRM Harvey's Furniture (Richards Mansion Site) Oliver Springs TUR Haunted Knoxville Ghost Tours Knoxville HSE Historic Ramsey House Knoxville Fam MUS James White's Fort Knoxville Fam HSE Mabry-Hazen House Knoxville PRS Old Knox County Courthouse Knoxville Fam TUR US Ghost Adventures Knoxville Knoxville
Northern
5 stops MUS Austin Peay State University — Woodward Library Clarksville Fam HSE Emerald Hill Mansion (Austin Peay State University) Clarksville Fam CEM Greenwood Cemetery (Clarksville) Clarksville INN Riverview Inn (Historic Riverview Mansion / The Levee Lounge) Clarksville Fam HSE Smith-Trahern Mansion Clarksville Fam
Nashville
4 stopsCentral
3 stopsSmoky Mountains
1 stopsCumberland Plateau
1 stopsNortheastern
1 stopsTri Cities
1 stopsSoutheastern
1 stopsMemphis Metro
1 stopsMiddle Tennessee Cumberland
1 stopsChattanooga Metro
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