Haunted Places in Canyon Lake, Texas



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    Stage Stop Ranch

    Fischer, Texas

    6.4 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Guests and people driving by have reported seeing a shadowy figure hanging from a tree near the front of the ranch, as well as a wagon that drives past by itself late at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Devil's Backbone

    Canyon Lake, Texas

    This beautiful scenic spot in Texas hill country is said to be haunted by a Native American cattle herder named Drago, a fatally injured miner's widow, and the spirit of a wolf. Other spirits seen here include Confederate soldiers, Spanish monks, and an apparition that appears on the hoods of ...


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    Adobe Verde

    New Braunfels, Texas

    13.4 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Once a 1920s electric cotton gin and now a Tex-Mex restaurant, Adobe Verde is the home of Frank, a ghost who likes to play pranks. According to local legend, Frank was a groundskeeper and a victim of unrequited love--he hanged himself from the rafters, and his spirit never left the ...


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    Faust Hotel

    New Braunfels, Texas

    14.6 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    There have been newspaper articles written about this hotel's ghost. It has been seen drifting in the hallways on an upper floor, floating through closed doors, and turning the water and electricity on an off, among other things.


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    Thompson Island Bridge

    San Marcos, Texas

    19.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Thompson Island Bridge is said to be a favorite spot for the spirit of a Confederate soldier. His apparition, with his rifle, is said to appear more often before or during times of war. According to legend, the man lived in a nearby cabin and had made a promise with ...


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    Comanche Lookout Park

    San Antonio, Texas

    21.2 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Built by a local man long ago who wanted his home to look like a castle, this property is now owned by the city of San Antonio.  It is said that strange lights are often seen coming out of the tower.


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    Woman Hollering Creek

    Schertz, Texas

    26.6 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    This creek was most probably named after the La Llorona myth. La Larona (the Weeping Woman) is the hispanic boogey-woman. She appears everywhere and the story is always the same: a woman drowns her child in a river/lake/ocean/pond/drainage ditch/bathtub and then spends all eternity wailing for her ...


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    Texas Lutheran University

    Seguin, Texas

    26.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The Wupperman Theatre is said to house the ghost of a small girl wearing a blue dress, and she seems to want to play hide-and-seek. Lights flicker and the trap door opens by itself at times. In the Trinity Building dorm, lights can be seen to flicker on and off, ...


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    Milam Street

    Seguin, Texas

    27.5 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Milam Street is haunted, locals say, by a headless ghost. Although the ghost's identity is unknown, his pattern is unwavering: He walks from Riverside Cemetery due north. He's thought to be a Confederate soldier who lost his head to a cannonball.


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    Victoria's Black Swan Inn

    San Antonio, Texas

    28.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    A variety of ghostly activity has been claimed at this current wedding venue. Full-body apparitions, dolls moving location, eerie music, cold spots, doors opening and closing under their own volition and other haunted happenings.


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    North Star Mall

    San Antonio, Texas

    28.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Allegedly haunted by "shadows" that brush past you and whisper your name.


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    Spanish Main Apartments

    San Antonio, Texas

    28.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Numerous sightings of a little boy in period clothing roaming the apartment complex. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Country Spirit - La Mansion

    Boerne, Texas

    28.6 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    La Mansion Mexican restaurant, formerly El Chaparral and before that, Country Spirit, is said to be haunted by three ghosts named David, Augustine and Fred. David is the spirit of a teen who, according to local lore, drowned in the upstairs bathroom's claw-foot tub and he still haunts that room. ...


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    Boerne Emporium

    Boerne, Texas

    28.6 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The 1908 antique store is haunted by a young boy in old-fashioned clothing. Running footsteps and ghostly laughter have also been reported here. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Dienger Building - Boerne Public Library

    Boerne, Texas

    28.7 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Dienger Building or Boerne Public Library was built by Joseph and Ida Dienger in 1887. It was originally a dry-goods grocery store with the family living quarters upstairs. When the city purchased the building in 1991, ghost stories began to be told. Locals saw lights going on and off in ...


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    Ye Kendall Inn

    Boerne, Texas

    28.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    At Ye Kendall Inn, according to local lore, reside the spirits of Erastus and Sarah Reed, who bought the land on which the inn stands in 1859. The Old Reed House, as it was called back then, was a stagecoach stop. Reports say the spots most often visited by the ...


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    Buda Antique Mall

    Buda, Texas

    28.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The antiques mall is rumoured to be haunted by four spirits, including a ghostly cat and a female presence that is attached to an armoire located at the rear of the store. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Fort Sam Houston

    San Antonio, Texas

    29.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The Officer's Quarters are said to be haunted. People claim that items move around on their own volition and people claim to see lights when there is no one there.


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    Alamo Quarry Theatre

    San Antonio, Texas

    29.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Rumors abound that there was a body buried in the foundation of the theater. In addition, people claim there are cold spots and issues with the lights. Some people who claim to have worked there say they've seen the ghost of a child in the projection room.


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    McNay Art Museum

    San Antonio, Texas

    29.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The mistress of the home where the art museum is housed is said to haunt the west wing of the museum. Staff and visitors often claim to hear her humming and some claim to have seen her.


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    Caribbean Apartments - Willow Run Apartments

    San Antonio, Texas

    29.5 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Formerly a motel, these apartments have lingering spirits from their violent early days. Crying women, running children's footsteps, and loud thumps can be heard; lights and toilets will activate on their own; and children who reside here are said to occasionally see and play with children's spirits.


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    Brackenridge Villa Mansion - Fernridge

    Alamo Heights, Texas

    30.6 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    If you go to other websites, you'll see this stunning piece of haunting "evidence": There is proof that this place has been lived on for 7.000 years! Wow. And what does that have to do with it being haunted? We aren't sure, but other sites claim to find that ...


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    University of the Incarnate Word

    San Antonio, Texas

    30.7 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    In the main administration building, which was built in 1922, there is said to be a spirit of a little boy playing with a bouncng ball on the 3rd floor. The 4th floor was once used as a quarantine area for TB, and many spirits are said to linger from ...


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    Trinity University

    San Antonio, Texas

    31.4 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    At the Chapman Graduate Center, you may feel an intense desire to get out of the building. At the Holt Center, you may experience a similar feeling.


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    Christus Santa Rosa Hospital

    San Antonio, Texas

    31.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Allegedly haunted by a headless nun.


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    Bullis House Inn Bed and Breakfast

    San Antonio, Texas

    32.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The old inn was built in 1906 on the grounds of the site of an old prison, and inn staff and guests have seen the apparition of an American Indian chief roaming the second floor the inn. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Terrell Castle - Lambermont

    San Antonio, Texas

    32.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Haunted by the former owner who committed suicide there. In addition there are apparently ghostly children who play on the stairs.


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    Emily Morgan Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    33.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    This website strives to be a cut above other haunted websites. If you go to practically any other "ghost site" that all seem to have the same stock entries on 'haunted hotspots' you will find an entry like this under the Emily Morgan Hotel: "Floor nine is a very ...


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    Crowne Plaza

    San Antonio, Texas

    33.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The Crowne Plaza is allegedly haunted by ghostly footsteps, strange shadows and feelings of being watched or followed. Note: this hotel has been rebranded to "Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk."


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    St. Anthony Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    33.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    People have claimed to see strange moving shadows, full-body apparitions and other ghostly occurrences at the St. Anthony hotel. Supposedly the tenth floor has the most activity.


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    The Huebner-Onion House

    Leon Valley, Texas

    33.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Ghosts of former inhabitants are said to haunt the house. People claim to hear noises that indicate someone is climbing the stairs.


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    The Alamo

    San Antonio, Texas

    33.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Nearly 2,000 people died at the Battle of the Alamo. So much death and bloodshed and so much resulting restless spirit activity have led some people to claim that the Alamo is one of the most haunted places in America. Claims of the Alamo being haunted began mere weeks after ...


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    Camberley Gunter Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    33.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Although no body was ever found, a blood-soaked room indicated that something had gone seriously amiss at the Camberley Gunter Hotel. Legend has it that a woman was murdered there in the 1960's and an unsuspecting maid walked in on the murderer as he was escaping out the fire escape ...


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    Menger Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    33.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    This hotel is apparently haunted by dozens of ghosts, including (allegedly) Teddy Roosevelt. As one of the oldest hotels in Texas, it is only natural that many people would have stayed and some would have died within its walls, which might lead to the absolute plethora of ghosts.


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    The Alamodome

    San Antonio, Texas

    34.2 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Legend says that the ghoulish figure of a woman haunts the parking lot. In addition a worker who was killed during the construction of the Alamodome is also said to haunt the halls.


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    Cadillac Bar

    San Antonio, Texas

    34.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Haunted by the former owner and a former employee. The malevolent activity is (of course) attributed to the female employee while the former owner is apparently benign and just prone to appearing in the storage area.


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    Marriott Plaza San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas

    34.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who lived on the property prior to it being a hotel.


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    Institute of Texas Cultures

    San Antonio, Texas

    34.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    You may experience the phantom smell of pipe smoke, and hear footsteps in the audiovisual room. There is an 1898 hearse that is said to open by itself, and books are sometimes rearranged in the library.


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    Austin Pizza Garden

    Austin, Texas

    34.7 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    People have reported seeing floating heads watching them in the pizza parlour. Staff and diners alike have also reported seeing weird apparitions roaming the empty lot behind the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    The San Marcos River Entity

    Luling, Texas

    34.7 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    An invisible presence haunts the banks of the San Marcos River. An ominous feeling and impressions in the grass mark the place where the invisible presence passes.


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    Alamo Street Theater - San Antone Cafe

    San Antonio, Texas

    34.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Allegedly haunted by a ghost in white that some believe is the spirit of a former actor named Margaret. As of 2013 the building is closed and listed for sale.


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    Our Lady of the Lake University

    San Antonio, Texas

    35.3 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Long dead nuns continue to roam the campus as well as the mischievous ghost that alums have taken to calling Jack. Jack is blamed for every prank and missing item in the dorms (which probably tickles live pranksters to no end).


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    Home Depot

    Austin, Texas

    35.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    This Home Depot is rumored to be haunted by a ghost employees call Fred. Actually, according to a report, the ghost is a craftsman named Herbert who passed away at age 74 in his workshop. He was cremated, and his ashes were let go in the outdoor garden section of ...


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    El Camaroncito - The Player's Club

    San Antonio, Texas

    35.9 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The Devil likes to dance! Who wouldn't really, but there is a widely spread and widely-believed story that the Devil himself actually paid a visit to the El Camaroncito dance hall back in the day. The story goes thus: A handsome man entered the bar and immediately enchanted a ...


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    Mission San José

    San Antonio, Texas

    37.8 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    The legend surrounding the mission's rose window starts with one of its builders, a stonemason whose beloved fell ill and passed away. The rose window was made in her memory, and the stonemason made a memorial surrounding it. Some folks say the woman's ghost can be seen looking out her ...


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    Stinson Field Ghost - San Jose Burial Park Cemetery

    San Antonio, Texas

    38.6 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Blue lights may appear over some of the graves here, and they may even be visible from the road as you drive past.


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    St. Edward's University

    Austin, Texas

    39 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    There are three popular spots with the haunts at St. Edward's University, according to student lore. One is Doyle Hall where a ghostly nun turns on the showers. Another is Mary Moody Northern Theatre, where the ghost of a young man who hanged himself using the sandbag ropes spooks witnesses. ...


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    Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital

    Luling, Texas

    39 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Mr. Davis himself is said to haunt this hospital. Staff have reported that doors open and close by themselves and medicine has been knocked to the ground before their eyes.


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    Devil's Bridge

    San Antonio, Texas

    39.1 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    It is said that the darkness inside is so dense that headlights can't penetrate it for more than a few feet. It is also said that someone or something will catch rocks thrown inside; the thrower will not hear the rock land.


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    Santikos Century Plaza 8 - Mayan Palace 14

    San Antonio, Texas

    39.1 miles from Canyon Lake, TX

    Now the Mayan Palace 14 theatre, rumor claims that at night you can hear banging on the ceiling and the sounds of chains being dragged. What precisely is supposed to be making "chain dragging noises" (Marley's ghost??) is unclear, but rumor claims it's true, therefore who are we to ...


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