10 Haunted Ghost Tours in Washington State (2026 Dates, Tickets & Guide)

Reader’s note: supernatural accounts are presented as folklore and reported experiences, not established fact.

Some haunted places you visit. Others, you let a guide walk you through after dark. Washington has both — and this is the after-dark list. Every tour below is a real, operating ghost tour we verified in October 2026: real companies, real schedules, real booking links. No “coming soon,” no dead Facebook pages.

One honest note up front: ghost tours are seasonal creatures. Five of these run year-round; the rest cluster around fall and October. If you’re reading this in October, you’re in the sweet spot — maximum availability. We’ve marked every seasonal tour clearly.

1. Haunted Seattle Booze and Boos Ghost Walking Tour — Seattle (year-round)

Run by Nightly Spirits, this is the haunted pub crawl of the bunch: 2.5 hours through Pike Place Market with a costumed guide, max 12 guests, starting at The Taproom at Pike Place and ending at Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub — the 1903-mortuary-basement pub we covered in our historic landmarks guide. Stops include the Market itself, the Gum Wall, and Pike Brewing Company.

Good to know: Nightly, year-round, rain or shine. From $29.95 per person (drinks not included); 21+ with photo ID. There’s also an all-ages family ghost walk from $25 if the pub crawl isn’t your speed.

Book: nightlyspirits.com/seattle-ghost-tours

2. Spooked in Seattle Ghost Tour — Seattle (year-round)

The connoisseur’s pick. Spooked in Seattle was founded in 2004 by ghost hunter Ross Allison, and the guides are working paranormal investigators — no costumes, no theatrics. They walk Pioneer Square for 90 minutes with tablets showing photos and EVP recordings from their own investigations: Merchant’s Cafe & Saloon (the city’s oldest restaurant), the Pioneer Square Hotel, Smith Tower. Note this is explicitly not an underground tour — it’s all about the haunted square above.

Good to know: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7 PM, year-round, rain or shine. $20 per person (discounts for military, students, and seniors). Meets outside Merchant’s Café at 109 Yesler Way; tours need a minimum of 4 guests or they may cancel, so book ahead.

Book: spookedinseattle.com

3. Tacoma Terrors Ghost Tour — Tacoma (year-round)

US Ghost Adventures runs this one-mile, one-hour walk through downtown Tacoma’s haunted core: Whiskey Row, the Theater District, and Old City Hall — with stops at the Hotel Olympus Apartments, the Pantages Theatre, the Spanish Steps, and the site of the 1900 streetcar disaster. Expect serial-killer history, haunted hotels, and unsolved murders across six or more locations. All ages.

Good to know: Tours at 7 PM and 8 PM, advertised as running 365 days a year. Pricing isn’t published on the tour page (typically around $30 for this operator) — confirm at booking. Meets at the Spanish Steps by McMenamins Elks Temple.

Book: usghostadventures.com/tacoma-ghost-tour

4. Downtown Ghost Tour — Tacoma (year-round)

Yes, Tacoma gets two entries — it earns them. Pretty Gritty Tours is a local independent company (a TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice for 2026), and their downtown walk covers 4–5 blocks of historic Whiskey Row in about 90 minutes, ending at a local brewery. True crime and ghost stories, almost entirely outdoors — a grittier, more local-feeling alternative to the national-chain tour above.

Good to know: Runs all year. $30 per person (beer not included). The same company also runs ghost tours in Olympia (below) and Richland.

Book: prettygrittytours.com/downtown-ghost-tour.html

5. Port Gamble Ghost Walk — Port Gamble (year-round)

If one Washington town was built for a ghost walk, it’s Port Gamble — the 1853 mill town we featured in our landmarks guide. The walk is run by Pete Orbea (“Paranormal Pete”), who is also the town-site manager and curator of the Walker-Ames House, so the history comes from the person who keeps it. It’s a roughly three-hour evening walk through the historic downtown, Buena Vista Cemetery, and the Walker-Ames House area, including interiors of some active buildings. This is the longest and most in-depth tour on the list.

Good to know: Year-round with themed seasonal series; the 2026–2027 series is bookable now through April 2027. $35 per person on the operator’s site ($39.19 on Eventbrite with fees). 16+ only. Departs from the Port Gamble Historic Museum, 32400 North Rainier Ave, at 7 PM.

Book: portgambleparanormal.com

6. Olympia History and Haunted Tour — Olympia (fall dates)

Pretty Gritty’s second entry on this list, and the most historically literate: the guide is published author and historian Ira Wesley Kitmacher. It’s a 90-minute outdoor walk through about ten blocks of historic downtown Olympia — founding legends, the mosquito fleet, shipwrecks, shanghaiing, the old red-light district, ghosts, and even cryptids. Meets on the boardwalk between the Olympia Oyster House and the “Kissing Statue.”

Good to know: The 2026 public dates cluster in fall (Friday evenings, 6–7:30 PM, late September through mid-October). $30 per person. In its fourth year — check the operator’s calendar for the current schedule.

Book: prettygrittytours.com/olympia-history-and-haunted-tour.html

7. Haunted History Walking Tour — Vancouver, WA (September–October only)

This one’s run by the Clark County Historical Museum itself — museum staff and guides walking you a mile down Main Street through downtown Vancouver, mixing documented research with the stories and personal experiences they’ve collected about the darker side of Clark County history. Groups up to 25, ages 10 and up.

Good to know: Strictly seasonal: select Friday and Saturday nights, September through October only (in 2026, September 4 through October 31, 7–8:30 PM). $20 per person, $15 for museum members. Rain or shine — and at the time of writing, dates this very week were still bookable.

Book: cchmuseum.org (events calendar)

8. “Strange Shadows: Uncanny Tales of PT” — Port Townsend (October only)

The Jefferson County Historical Society’s offering: 90 minutes and three-quarters of a mile through downtown Port Townsend — ghostly encounters, unexplained disappearances, UFO sightings, sea mysteries — ending with a tour of the historic jail spaces inside the 1892 City Hall building. Flat and ADA-accessible, which is rarer than it should be for ghost walks.

Good to know: Public tours run in October only (2026 dates: October 27–31 plus November 1). $28 for non-members, $21 for members — and they sell out, so pre-register. Private group tours ($240) are available year-round if you miss the window.

Book: jchsmuseum.org/walking-tours

9. Gore and Lore Tours — Bellingham (May–October)

Bellinghistory with the Good Time Girls runs two routes — downtown Bellingham (meeting near Hotel Leo) and the Fairhaven historic district (meeting at the Village Green) — with costumed guides covering the city’s creepy past: hauntings, strange happenings, and horrific true crimes. Fair warning, stated plainly on their site: the content includes violence and death. It’s 1 to 1.5 hours, under a mile, and the 21+ crowd gets drink specials at local spots after.

Good to know: Weekly tours May through September, featured tours in October, private tours year-round. $25 per person (with discounts off-season, on weekdays, and for groups of 4+).

Book: bellinghistory.com/gore-and-lore-tours

10. Spokane Ghost Story Tours — Spokane (October-heavy)

The east-side anchor: local historian Chet Caskey’s Two Dog City Tours, theatrical costumed storytelling through Riverfront Park and downtown Spokane — the Davenport Hotel’s Ellen McNamara, the Pearl on Adams apartments, cemetery lore. Walking tours run about two hours and five blocks; bus tours cover the Ghosts of South Hill, Browne’s Addition, and haunted cemetery routes.

Good to know: October-heavy scheduling — the City of Spokane’s own calendar lists Ghost Story Tours on October 9, 16, 23, and 31, 2026, at 6 PM in Riverfront Park. Walking tours otherwise run nearly year-round (except the August heat and icy winter). Walking tours run about $15 per person, but that figure comes from a 2023 report — confirm current pricing when booking.

Book: City of Spokane event calendar

Know before you go

• October is the sweet spot — book early anyway. Five of these tours run year-round, but the seasonal ones (Vancouver, Port Townsend, Olympia’s fall dates) sell out. Halloween week is the busiest stretch of the year.
• Check the age limits. They vary more than you’d expect: 21+ for the Seattle pub crawl, 16+ at Port Gamble, 10+ recommended in Vancouver, all ages for Tacoma Terrors. Don’t assume the kids can come.
• Dress for a Washington night. Nearly every tour on this list runs rain or shine and is mostly outdoors — waterproof jacket, comfortable walking shoes, and layers. You’ll be standing still listening to stories in the cold parts.
• Prices and schedules change. Everything above was verified in October 2026, but tour operators adjust dates and pricing — always confirm on the booking page before you drive.
• These are stories, not séances. The good tours (and the ones on this list are the good ones) are history-first entertainment. Go for the stories; the chills are a bonus.