The entrance to Birch Lane off Ridge Road in Bedminster (Google Maps)
According to a recent ranking by online travel guide SIXT, a quiet stretch of Birch Lane in Upper Bucks County is Pennsylvania’s “most haunted byway” and the 11th most haunted road in the United States.
But for those who actually live there, the claim seems more like ghostly fiction than local fact, according to the Bucks County Courier Times.
The guide describes the rural lane as a place where “shadowy figures” drift at twilight and “unexplained lights” flicker between old houses. It based its list on TikTok and Google Trends searches pairing road names with words like “ghost” or “haunted,” noting Birch Lane drew more than 60,000 such searches, per the report.
Yet longtime residents say the only glowing orbs they have seen belong to porch lights and Halloween decorations.
Nearby farmer Jack Rutherford echoed her disbelief, saying the road’s nearest cemetery is miles away.
“Maybe they’re wandering over here,” he joked.
Even Bedminster police are unconvinced. Cpl. James Brown said the department has never received a report of supernatural sightings.
