Ascension Cemetery

Ascension Cemetery is a cemetery in Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland. Ascension Cemetery is situated nearby to the museum Bowie Railroad Buildings, as well as near the village Glenn Dale.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bowie Railroad Buildings and Bowie State station.

Bowie Railroad Buildings

Museum

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

The Bowie Railroad Buildings comprise three small frame structures at the former Bowie train station, located at the junction of what is now the Northeast Corridor and the Pope's Creek Subdivision in the town center of Bowie, Maryland. Bowie Railroad Buildings is situated 2,100 feet east of Ascension Cemetery.

Bowie State station

Railway station

Photo: Woogers, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowie State station is a regional rail station on the Northeast Corridor, located adjacent to the campus of Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland. It is served by MARC Penn Line commuter rail trains. Bowie State station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Ascension Cemetery.

Reid Temple A.M.E. Church

Church

The Reid Temple A.M.E. Church is an African Methodist Episcopal megachurch located in Glenn Dale, Maryland, USA to the northeast of Washington, DC. In 2008, Outreach Magazine reported that attendance was 7,500, making it the 88th largest church in the US at that time. Reid Temple A.M.E. Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Ascension Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bowie and Glenn Dale.

Bowie

Photo: J1729, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S. Per the 2020 census, the population was 58,329. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County; it is also the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Glenn Dale

Village

Photo: Firsttoscore, Public domain.

Glenn Dale is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 14,698 at the 2020 census. Glenn Dale is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ascension Cemetery.

Collington

Neighborhood

Collington was a settlement in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, dating from colonial times. Collington has been subsumed by the city of Bowie. Collington is situated 3 miles southeast of Ascension Cemetery.

Ascension Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Prince George’s County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.0065° or 39° 0′ 23″ north

Longitude

-76.78636° or 76° 47′ 11″ west

Elevation

161 feet (49 metres)

Open location code

87F52647+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358253234

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

GeoNames ID

4347502

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