{"id":98880237,"date":"2015-10-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/3-spooky-national-forests\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:50:19","slug":"3-spooky-national-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/3-spooky-national-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Spooky National Forests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are few places spookier than a forest at dusk, especially as Halloween approaches. As it turns out, there are quite a few U.S. national forests with creepy history and ambiance galore. Here are three to add to your list.<\/div>\n
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Olympic National Park<\/strong> — Port Angeles, Washington<\/h2>\n

\"OlympicTwilight fans will probably recognize this eerie natural setting from the films. However, Olympic National Park\u2019s<\/a> creepy status was well cemented before becoming the backdrop for one of the world\u2019s most famous film series. It has long been recognized as the site of several Sasquatch sightings. All this to say, who knows who you\u2019ll encounter as you stroll through this misty, grey Washington<\/a> wonderland. There are many miles of hiking trails to explore, and some of the park\u2019s campgrounds are open year round (so you can stay and experience the spookiness all night long).<\/p>\n

Ocala National Forest<\/strong> — Silver Springs, Florida<\/h2>\n

\"OcalaSure, Ocala National Forest<\/a> is an idyllic place to canoe or kayak\u2026 it\u2019s also a great place to get a major chill down your spine. It\u2019s rumored that former Ku Klux Klan members and their victims haunt Ocala, since their bodies were taken to Mud Lake, located within the park\u2019s borders \u2013 talk about a terrifying reminder of a horrible period in history. As if that weren\u2019t scary enough, this Florida<\/a> forest is also home to Kerr City, a 19th century ghost town that\u2019s famous for being the site of murders and unsolved mysteries (for a super spooky experience, you can even rent out one of the buildings and stay overnight!). All this to say, visit at your own risk!<\/p>\n

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve — <\/strong>Copper Center,\u00a0Alaska<\/h2>\n

\"Wrangell-St.Haunted national forests aren\u2019t only in the lower 48 \u2013 Alaska<\/a> has quite a few spooky spots of its own. One of the best known is Wrangell- St. Elias National Park and Preserve<\/a>, the state\u2019s largest national park and site of the abandoned town of Kennecott. The town was built in the early 1900s to house the nearly six-hundred employees of the Kennecott Copper Corporation that mined nearly $200 million worth of copper over three decades. The former residents of Kennecott are said to haunt this area, especially near the old railroad tracks. Kennecott is challenging to get to, but more than worth the trip. The natural beauty that surrounds this spooky spot is nothing short of breathtaking, and the historical tours of the town and rehabilitated mines will make you feel like you\u2019ve stepped back in time. If you\u2019re lucky, you\u2019ll even encounter a ghost or two.<\/p>\n

Have you visited one of these spooky spots? Or have you been to a place even scarier? Let us know in the comments section below!<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are few places spookier than a forest at dusk, especially as Halloween approaches. As it turns out, there are quite a few U.S. national forests with creepy history and ambiance galore. Here are three to add to your list. Olympic National Park — Port Angeles, Washington Twilight fans will probably recognize this eerie natural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98924756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880237"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98924750,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880237\/revisions\/98924750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98924756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}