Haunted Hotels in and near Philadelphia: 5 Haunted Places to Stay
Philadelphia’s most famous haunts are a prison and a fort you can tour but not sleep in. For a haunted night in a real bed, head an hour up the Delaware to Bucks County, where colonial inns have been collecting ghost stories since the 1720s.
Philadelphia has more ghost stories than almost any city in America, but most of them live in places you visit rather than stay: Eastern State Penitentiary, Independence Hall and Fort Mifflin on the Delaware, where Haunted Rooms runs after-dark ghost hunts. The city’s big downtown hotels have little to offer ghost seekers, and its best-known haunted hotel, the Mint House suites in the Divine Lorraine, closed in 2025. So this guide looks just north of the city to Bucks County, where the Delaware River towns of New Hope, Lumberville and Lahaska have the region’s oldest inns and its strongest ghost stories, all within about an hour of Center City. 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. For the city’s prisons, forts and historic sites, see our guide to haunted places in Philadelphia.
$$$ · Over $300Haunted room bookableGhost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghostsNo pets
Address 10 West Ferry Street, New Hope, PA 18938
Where to look Room 6 (Emily's room), the bathroom mirrors, the cellar, the stairs and the original hallways
Reported ghosts Emily, a man in the mirror, two crying children, Revolutionary War soldiers and a little girl
Booking the haunted room Room 6 is in the original 18th century building. Book direct and ask for it by number; requests are not guaranteed.
The Logan Inn has stood at the corner of Main and Ferry Streets in New Hope since the 1720s. John Wells built it as the Ferry Tavern beside his Delaware River crossing, it was taking guests by 1727 and it was renamed in 1828 for the Lenape leader known as Chief Logan. Landmark Hospitality bought it in 2014, added a new wing and reopened it in 2021 with 38 rooms, a restaurant, bars and a whiskey lounge.
The ghost stories center on Room 6, known as Emily’s room. Guests describe a man appearing behind them in the bathroom mirror, a pressure on the chest at night, crying children and pillows tugged from under their heads, often with a smell of lavender. The inn’s general manager told 6abc in 2022 that Emily’s bed and portrait are still in the building.
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask for Room 6 in the original inn, not a room in the 2021 wing, if you want the ghost stories.
Where to look The Canal Bar and Hans's corner, the old morgue room off the bar, the upstairs halls and guest suites
Reported ghosts Hans, the innkeeper stabbed in the early 1800s, grieving canal workers and a Woman in White with a pearl-handled revolver
The Black Bass Hotel has stood on River Road in Lumberville, beside the Delaware River and the Delaware Canal, since about 1745. It has been Wall’s Tavern, the Lumberville Hotel, the Temple Bar and the Rising Sun, and the hotel says its Revolutionary-era innkeeper was a Tory who would not give George Washington a bed. Jack Thompson bought it at auction in 2008 and restored it, turning the old upstairs rooms into nine suites with river views.
The hotel tells its own ghost stories. Hans, an innkeeper in the canal-building years, is said to have been stabbed to death in a dispute with a canal worker, and a large man is still seen in the corner of the Canal Bar, where his barstool survives. Guests also describe cold spots and sobbing in a room once used as a makeshift morgue for canal workers, and a Woman in White said to appear in a guest room holding a pearl-handled revolver, announced by the smell of lavender.
Haunted Rooms tip: Have a drink in the Canal Bar before bed, then ask for an upstairs suite in the original 1740s building.
$$ · $150 to $300Haunted room bookableHotel embraces its ghosts
Address 5886 Lower York Road, New Hope (Lahaska), PA 18938
Where to look Room 202 and the second-floor hallway, the lobby, Room 123 and the Cock 'n Bull restaurant next door
Reported ghosts Thomas Betts, Lahaska's first postmaster, a dark male figure outside Room 202, a little girl and a woman in colonial dress
Booking the haunted room Room 202 is a guest room on the second floor. Ask for it by number when you book; requests are not guaranteed.
The Golden Plough Inn is the hotel at Peddler’s Village, the 42-acre village of shops and restaurants that Earl Jamison built from an old chicken farm in Lahaska in 1962. Its main building began as a two-story stone tavern in the mid-1800s, a stagecoach stop on the road between New York and Philadelphia. The inn opened in 1987 with ten rooms and now has 67 rooms and suites in the Main Inn and around the village.
Peddler’s Village publishes its own ghost stories. Staff say Thomas Betts, Lahaska’s first postmaster, still walks his rounds through the lobby; a night auditor found coffee stirrers laid in a line to the front desk; and the front desk gets calls from empty rooms. The best-known story is Room 202, where guests report a dark figure in the hall outside and staff say a deep voice asked them, “What do you want?”
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask for Room 202 on the second floor of the Main Inn, then walk over to the Cock ‘n Bull, the village’s other haunted building, for dinner.
$$ · $150 to $300Haunted room bookableGhost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghostsPet friendly
Address 80 West Bridge Street, New Hope, PA 18938
Where to look The second-floor halls, the stairs and the Federalist Room
Reported ghosts Aaron Burr himself, said to tug at guests' sleeves
Booking the haunted room Rooms are named; ask for the second-floor Federalist Room, said to be Burr's.
This Victorian bed and breakfast sits on Bridge Street, a block from the center of New Hope. Local history says Aaron Burr fled to Bucks County after killing Alexander Hamilton in their 1804 duel and sheltered with friends who owned the property. The rooms are named for figures of the era, including the Hamilton Room, and the second-floor Federalist Room is said to be the one Burr used. The story is a local tradition rather than a documented fact, but it gives the house its name.
The ghost is Burr himself. Visit Bucks County says his spirit is said to wander the second-floor halls and tug at guests’ clothing on the stairs, and Visit Philly describes him as anxious, as if he is still being followed. Guests have been known to plead, half joking, “Mr. Burr, please let me leave.”
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask for the Federalist Room, said to be Burr’s own, and walk two minutes to the Logan Inn for a drink.
$$ · $150 to $300Ghost tours or eventsHotel embraces its ghosts
Address 111 West Bridge Street, New Hope, PA 18938
Where to look The main house and the underground stone room
Reported ghosts Sarah, a 12-year-old girl, and the painter Joseph Pickett
The Wedgwood Inn is a Wedgwood-blue Victorian house built in 1870 on a colonial-era stone foundation. The site was known as “The Fort” when it served as a headquarters house in the Revolution, and Washington’s troops are said to have camped on the grounds. The house was later a stop on the Quaker Underground Railroad, and an underground stone room was found during renovations in 1999. Carl and Dinie Glassman have run it since 1982, with 18 rooms across the Wedgwood House and the 1833 Umpleby House.
The inn’s best-known ghost is Sarah, a 12-year-old servant girl who is said to appear mostly to children. Guests also report scratching sounds, and the New Hope folk painter Joseph Pickett is said to drop in. Visit Bucks County ties Sarah’s story to the house’s Underground Railroad past, describing her as a former enslaved girl who found refuge here.
Haunted Rooms tip: Ask the innkeepers about the stone room found in 1999; it is the clearest link to the house’s Underground Railroad story.
Not in this guide: The Mint House suites at the Divine Lorraine on North Broad Street, where staff and tenants reported a woman in a pink nightgown and music in Father Divine’s old penthouse, closed in January 2025 and the building has returned to apartments. We also left out inns we could not confirm still take overnight guests.
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The Logan Inn in New Hope, about an hour north of Center City, is the one named most often. It has been taking guests since about 1727, and its Room 6, known as Emily’s room, is linked to a figure in the bathroom mirror, crying children and pillows pulled from under guests’ heads.
Are there haunted hotels in Philadelphia itself?
Not many you can book. The best-known, the Mint House suites in the Divine Lorraine on North Broad Street, closed in 2025 and the building is apartments again. For a haunted overnight stay, Bucks County, 35 to 45 miles north, has the region’s oldest inns and strongest ghost stories.
Which haunted hotels near Philadelphia have a room you can request?
Room 6 at the Logan Inn and Room 202 at the Golden Plough Inn. At the Aaron Burr House, ask for the Federalist Room, and at the Wedgwood Inn ask for a room in the 1870 main house. Requests are never guaranteed, so ask when you book.
Which hotels near Philadelphia talk about their own ghosts?
The Black Bass Hotel tells the stories of Hans the innkeeper, the canal workers’ morgue and the Woman in White on its own history page, and Peddler’s Village publishes the ghost stories of the Golden Plough Inn. The Logan Inn’s manager has talked about Emily on local TV.
Can you stay overnight at Fort Mifflin or Eastern State Penitentiary?
No. Neither offers overnight stays. Eastern State runs tours and seasonal events, and Haunted Rooms runs after-dark ghost hunts at Fort Mifflin, which end in the early hours. Book a room in New Hope or Lahaska if you want to sleep somewhere haunted afterwards.
How far are these hotels from Philadelphia?
Lahaska and New Hope are about 35 to 40 miles north of Center City, roughly an hour by car. Lumberville, home of the Black Bass Hotel, is about 10 minutes further up the river.
Does Haunted Rooms run ghost hunts near Philadelphia?
Yes. We run ghost hunts at Fort Mifflin, the Revolutionary War fort on the Delaware River in South Philadelphia, as well as overnight events at the Gettysburg Academy and the Cashtown Inn near Gettysburg.
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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