Haunted Hotels in Gettysburg, PA: 7 Most Haunted Places to Stay
Almost every old building in Gettysburg was a hospital, a headquarters or a sniper’s nest in July 1863. These are the ones you can still sleep in, and the stories guests tell about them.
In 1863 Gettysburg was a market town of about 2,400 people. Over three days in July, some 160,000 soldiers fought around it, and when the armies left, more than 50,000 men had been killed, wounded, captured or gone missing. Homes, churches, schools and taverns all became field hospitals. That is why so many of the town’s inns come with a ghost story, and why Gettysburg is one of the most popular haunted destinations in the country. Every hotel below is open to guests, has a ghost story told by staff, guests or local historians, and has been checked against current sources. Several have full guides of their own, and Haunted Rooms runs ghost hunts at two of them, the Cashtown Inn and the Gettysburg Academy. For the battlefield, the orphanage and the rest of the town’s haunts, see our guide to haunted places in Gettysburg.
$$ · $150 to $300Haunted room bookableGhost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghosts
Address 401 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Where to look The Garret, the cellar, the Sara Black Room, Jeremy's Room and the hall between the tavern and kitchen
Reported ghosts Jeremy, Mary the midwife, the Garret sharpshooter, the woman on the cellar stairs and an old matron
Booking the haunted room All 12 rooms are named and can be booked direct, including the Sara Black Room and Jeremy's Room in the original house.
The Farnsworth House Inn on Baltimore Street is Gettysburg’s most famous haunted inn. Its 1833 brick wall still carries more than 100 bullet holes from the battle, and tradition holds that a Confederate sharpshooter in its attic fired the shot that killed Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed at Gettysburg. The family-run inn has 12 rooms, two restaurants, a tavern and a full program of ghost tours.
The inn says as many as 16 spirits have been counted here. The best known are Jeremy, a playful boy in the cellar; Mary, a midwife said to tuck guests in at night in the Sara Black Room; and a young sharpshooter whose footsteps and harp are heard in the Garret. Book the Sara Black Room or Jeremy’s Room direct, then take one of the evening tours of the attic and cellar.
Haunted Rooms tip: Book the Sara Black Room or Jeremy’s Room direct with the inn, then join an evening tour of the Garret and cellar.
$$ · $150 to $300Haunted room bookableGhost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghostsNo petsHaunted Rooms ghost hunts
Address 1325 Old Route 30, Orrtanna, PA 17353 (Cashtown village, 8 miles west of Gettysburg)
Where to look The A.P. Hill Room, the Heth Room, the General Lee Suite, the cellar and the front porch
Reported ghosts A young Confederate soldier, a woman in old-fashioned dress, phantom horses and unseen pipe smokers
Booking the haunted room Every room is named, so you can book the A.P. Hill Room directly with the inn. On Haunted Rooms ghost hunt nights each room is sold as an Overnight VIP ticket.
The Cashtown Inn has stood on the old Chambersburg Pike, eight miles west of Gettysburg, since 1797. In late June 1863 it became headquarters for Confederate generals A.P. Hill, Henry Heth and John D. Imboden, and its cellar was used as a field hospital once the fighting began. Today it is a small country inn with seven rooms and suites named for Confederate generals, a tavern and a restaurant.
Guests describe heavy footsteps in empty halls, knocking on doors with nobody outside and the smell of pipe tobacco in rooms where no one smokes. The A.P. Hill Room is the one people ask for: guests say its rocking chair moves by itself and that they have felt someone sit on the bed. Ghost Hunters investigated the inn in 2008, and Haunted Rooms now runs ghost hunt sleepovers here with the whole inn booked.
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask for the A.P. Hill Room, or join a Haunted Rooms ghost hunt sleepover, when the whole inn is booked for the night.
$$ · $150 to $300Haunted room bookableGhost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghostsHaunted Rooms ghost hunts
Address 66 West High Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Where to look The historic bedrooms, the front portico and the side yard
Reported ghosts Wounded soldiers from the 1863 field hospital, reported by investigators
Booking the haunted room On Haunted Rooms ghost hunt nights the five historic bedrooms are sold as Overnight VIP tickets, which include the hunt and breakfast.
Built around 1810 at the corner of West High and South Washington Streets, the Gettysburg Academy was the first home of both Gettysburg College and the Lutheran Seminary. In July 1863 it became an emergency field hospital, and a Confederate artillery shell is still lodged in the brickwork above the entrance. Tillie Pierce watched Union cavalry ride past its front portico on July 1. After 140 years as a private home it now opens to guests as a bed and breakfast.
With a field hospital in its past, the Academy has drawn paranormal investigators for years, and it is one of the Gettysburg venues where Haunted Rooms runs its own ghost hunts. On event nights you can investigate the building after dark and then sleep in one of its five historic bedrooms with an Overnight VIP ticket. We have not found a well-documented named ghost here, so treat it as a place to investigate rather than a house of famous stories.
Haunted Rooms tip: Book a Haunted Rooms Overnight VIP night to investigate the building and then sleep in one of its historic bedrooms.
$$ · $150 to $300Ghost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghostsNo pets
Address 301 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Where to look The staircases, the upstairs halls and the guest rooms
Reported ghosts Wounded soldiers, a cloaked man on the stairs, unseen children and a crying woman
This 1829 brick house on Baltimore Street was the home of the Pierce family, whose daughter Tillie was 15 when the battle reached Gettysburg in July 1863. She helped nurse the wounded and later wrote one of the best-known civilian accounts of the battle, At Gettysburg, or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle. After the fighting the house itself was used to care for wounded soldiers. It was restored to its 1860s look between 2005 and 2007 and is now a small bed and breakfast with six rooms.
Guests describe running footsteps, children laughing and the sound of dropped toys in the halls when no children are staying, along with a silent man in a long coat or cape on the staircase. Others report a woman crying upstairs, cold spots, blankets moved in the night and a chair that shifted while they slept. Paranormal investigators say they have recorded voices saying “Help him” and “Don’t leave me”.
Haunted Rooms tip: Stay on a summer weekend and walk two blocks to the Jennie Wade House and the Farnsworth House after dark.
Where to look Guest room hallways, the Grand Ballroom and the old bank vault
Reported ghosts Rachel the Civil War nurse, a Union soldier, a couple dancing in the ballroom
Booking the haunted room No haunted room or package, and no single room is linked to the stories. Ask for an upper-floor room overlooking Lincoln Square.
Hotel Gettysburg, still widely known as the Gettysburg Hotel, stands on Lincoln Square in the middle of town, on a corner where travelers have found a bed since a tavern opened here in 1797. Eisenhower’s staff and the White House press worked from the hotel during his presidency. It closed in 1964, burned in 1983 and was rebuilt with Gettysburg College’s backing in 1991; it took back its original name after a renovation in 2024.
The hotel does not promote its ghosts, but local guides do. The best known is Rachel, said to be a Civil War nurse, who opens dresser drawers and goes through guests’ luggage, and whose skirts are heard rustling along the halls at night. Guests also describe a Union soldier checking doors as if still on duty, and a couple seen dancing in the ballroom, which was once the town’s first bank.
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask for a room overlooking Lincoln Square, and look into the Grand Ballroom, the old 1814 bank, in the evening.
Where to look The upstairs rooms of the 1776 house, the stairs and the lower levels
Reported ghosts A woman in a blue gown, unseen children and a wounded soldier
The Reverend Alexander Dobbin built this fieldstone house in 1776 as his family home and a classical school. It is believed to have sheltered people escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad, and a hidden crawl space is shown to visitors. In 1863 it served as a field hospital. Today the house is a colonial tavern and restaurant, and overnight guests stay next door in the Gettystown Inn’s historic guest houses, with breakfast served in the tavern.
Staff and diners describe a woman in a blue gown upstairs, children laughing and running on the stairs, and a wounded soldier on the lower levels, where some staff dislike going to the basement alone. Candles blow out, dishes fall and doors open by themselves. Note that the guest rooms are in the neighboring Leister and Remembrance houses, not the 1776 tavern itself, so book a room here to eat, drink and explore the haunted building after dark.
Haunted Rooms tip: Have dinner in the candlelit tavern, ask to see the Underground Railroad hiding place, then sleep next door in the Gettystown Inn.
Sleeping in a haunted hotel is one thing. Investigating one after dark is another. On a Haunted Rooms ghost hunt our team takes you through the building with professional ghost hunting equipment, runs EVP sessions and lets you explore on your own during free roam.
Where to look The Great Room, the bedrooms of the 1812 farmhouse, the terrace doors and the gazebo
Reported ghosts Geoffrey the amorous gentleman, a woman at the foot of the bed, soldiers on the grounds
Booking the haunted room There is no haunted room package. The historic 1812 rooms (Sadie Buschman, Tillie Pierce and Jennie Wade) are the oldest part of the house and can be booked by name.
The Baladerry Inn is a quiet country inn on Hospital Road, on the southern edge of the battlefield a few minutes from the visitor center and Little Round Top. Its oldest section was built in 1812 on the Bushman farm, and during the battle the house served as a Twelfth Corps field hospital for the Union Army of the Potomac. The main house and carriage house now hold eleven rooms and suites, around a terrace, hot tub and gazebo.
Former owners kept a binder of guests’ ghost stories. The most famous is Geoffrey, nicknamed Lover Boy, an amorous presence said to rub women’s feet and sing in their ears. Guests also describe a woman standing at the foot of the bed, vintage jewelry rearranged overnight, and soldiers seen near the gazebo. The rooms have been renamed recently, so the old Primrose and Marigold Rooms no longer exist under those names.
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask for one of the historic 1812 rooms, such as the Sadie Buschman or Tillie Pierce Room, and spend the evening in the Great Room.
What changed in this guide: We kept all seven hotels from our previous list. The Gettysburg Hotel now trades as Hotel Gettysburg (renamed in 2024). The Dobbin House’s overnight rooms are in the Gettystown Inn’s guest houses next door, not the 1776 tavern itself, so we now say so. We corrected the Gettysburg Academy’s address (66 West High Street) and added that Haunted Rooms runs ghost hunts there and at the Cashtown Inn. We dropped the claim that the Tillie Pierce House has a haunted Blue Room, which we could not confirm in current sources, and corrected Gettysburg’s 1863 population (about 2,400, not 2,000).
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The Farnsworth House Inn on Baltimore Street has the strongest reputation, with more than 100 bullet holes in its south wall and stories about the Garret sharpshooter, a boy called Jeremy and Mary the midwife. The Cashtown Inn, eight miles west, is a close second.
Can you stay overnight in a haunted room in Gettysburg?
Yes. The Farnsworth House rents its named rooms, including the Sara Black Room and Jeremy’s Room, and the Cashtown Inn rents the A.P. Hill Room. On Haunted Rooms event nights you can also book Overnight VIP rooms at the Cashtown Inn and the Gettysburg Academy, which include a ghost hunt.
Is Hotel Gettysburg haunted?
Staff and guests tell stories of Rachel, a Civil War nurse said to open drawers and move clothes, a Union soldier and a couple dancing in the ballroom. The hotel was known for years as the Gettysburg Hotel and was renamed Hotel Gettysburg in 2024.
Which Gettysburg hotels were Civil War hospitals?
The Cashtown Inn’s cellar, the Baladerry Inn (a Union Twelfth Corps hospital), the Gettysburg Academy, the Dobbin House and the Tillie Pierce House were all used to treat wounded soldiers during or after the battle.
Can you do a ghost hunt in a Gettysburg hotel?
Yes. Haunted Rooms runs ghost hunt sleepovers at the Cashtown Inn and the 1810 Gettysburg Academy, where you investigate after dark and then stay the night in one of the historic rooms.
When is the best time to book a haunted stay in Gettysburg?
The battle anniversary, July 1 to 3, and every weekend in October book up first. Midweek stays in spring and late fall are quieter and cheaper, and the ghost tours still run.
Sources and how we research
Every hotel in this guide is checked against the hotel’s own website, historic register listings and news coverage. Ghost stories are reported as the hotels, guests and local historians tell them; we note where a story can’t be confirmed. Read how we rate haunted hotels.
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