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The record for Utah opens with Skinwalker Ranch, Spring Canyon and Grafton — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (17 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (8) and Haunting (3). Of its 41 sites, 27 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Fielding Garr Ranch, established 1848.

Localities:Helper4Magna2Park City2Salt Lake City2Enterprise2Nephi2Tooele2Delta2Price2
Counties:Carbon Co. 6Juab Co. 2
By filing type:Ghost towns10Sites7Ranches3
By phenomenon:apparitions17named ghost legends8hauntings3
Ranch
High confidence

Skinwalker Ranch

Ballard, Utah

Private ranch associated with UFO and paranormal claims.

6 claims · 1 legend→
Canyon
Medium

Spring Canyon

Helper, Utah

Former mining corridor with White Lady traditions.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Ghost Town
Medium

Grafton

Grafton, Utah

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Folklore Marker
Medium

Bear Lake Monster Legends & Lore Marker

Garden City, Utah

Marker documenting the regional lake-monster tradition.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Ghost Town
Medium

Silver Reef

Leeds, Utah

The only place silver was found in sandstone—the 1876 camp.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Saltair

Magna, Utah

The palace on the dead lake—three Saltairs, all burned or flooded.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Former Retreat
Medium

St. Ann's Retreat

Logan, Utah

The Logan Canyon retreat with the most debunked legend in Utah—the nuns who never were.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Island
Medium

Fremont Island

Hooper, Utah

The Great Salt Lake island where a grave-robber was exiled.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Concert Venue
Medium

The Great Saltair

Magna, Utah

Great Salt Lake venue with television-investigation claims.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Park City

Park City, Utah

The silver camp that became a ski town—the mines are still under Main Street.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Douglas

Salt Lake City, Utah

The 1862 fort built to watch the Mormons—the cemetery’s dead.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Timpanogos Cave

American Fork, Utah

The cave where the sleeping princess lies—the heart of the legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Mountain Meadows

Enterprise, Utah

September 11, 1857—the wagon train the Mormon militia destroyed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
District
Medium

25th Street Ogden

Ogden, Utah

The street that Al Capone reportedly used—where the tunnels run.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ranch
Medium

Blind Frog Ranch

Roosevelt, Utah

Television-featured ranch with unusual-light claims.

2 claims→
Ranch
Low

Fielding Garr Ranch

Syracuse, Utah

Antelope Island ranch associated with paranormal reports.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Mill
Medium

Benson Grist Mill

Stansbury Park, Utah

Historic mill with drowning-related ghost folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Jail
Medium

Juab Historical County Jail

Nephi, Utah

Former territorial jail with apparition reports.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Sego

Thompson, Utah

The coal town that drowned in its own water table—and kept its stone store.

1 claim · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Beehive House

Salt Lake City, Utah

Brigham Young’s 1854 home—the governor’s mansion of Deseret.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Geological Feature
Medium

Upheaval Dome

Moab, Utah

Unusual folded-rock structure in Canyonlands National Park.

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Frisco

Milford, Utah

The wildest camp in Utah—the Horn Silver Mine town.

1 claim→
Mansion
Medium

Whitmore Mansion

Nephi, Utah

Former institutional building with unexplained-experience reports.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Golden Spike National Historical Park

Promontory Summit, Utah

Where the rails met—May 10, 1869.

1 claim→
Natural
Medium

Goblin Valley

Green River, Utah

The goblin hoodoos—the valley of stone creatures.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Cove Fort

Cove Fort, Utah

The 1867 stone fort—the Mormon way station.

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Tooele / Mercur

Tooele, Utah

The gold camp that died twice—the cemetery on the hill.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Bingham Canyon

Bingham Canyon, Utah

The pit that ate a town—the largest excavation on Earth.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Topaz

Delta, Utah

The desert camp—11,000 in the Sevier basin.

1 claim→
Incarceration Site
Medium

Topaz Relocation Center

Delta, Utah

Historic camp remains northwest of Delta.

2 facts→
Massacre Memorial
Medium

Mountain Meadows Massacre Site

Enterprise, Utah

Southern Utah landscape of the 1857 emigrant massacre.

2 facts→
Cemetery
Medium

Castle Gate Cemetery

Helper, Utah

Cemetery associated with the 1924 mining disaster.

2 facts→
Ghost Town
Low

Ophir Historic District

Ophir, Utah

Partially inhabited former mining community.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Terrace

Terrace, Utah

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Medium

Joy Townsite

Joy, Utah

Foundation and equipment remains of a mining settlement.

1 fact→
Mine
Medium

Daly West Mine

Park City, Utah

Mining-disaster site with a restored headframe.

1 fact→
Former Hospital
Medium

Old Tooele Hospital

Tooele, Utah

Former hospital reused for medical-history exhibits and staged horror.

1 fact→
Former Mining Camp
Low

Clear Creek Mining Camp

Helper, Utah

Former coal camp reused for youth activities.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Coal City

Price, Utah

Abandoned coal settlement with surviving structures.

1 fact→
Ghost Town
Low

Harper

Price, Utah

Former settlement in Nine Mile Canyon.

1 fact→
Museum
Medium

Helper Museum

Helper, Utah

Museum interpreting mining labor and disasters.

1 fact→