Cemetery Island

Cemetery Island is a heavily forested island located in the Wachusett Reservoir in Clinton, Massachusetts. The island's name came from its being part of an old burial ground that was flooded by the creation of the reservoir; 3,816 bodies were removed and reinterred in St.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Icon Museum and Study Center and Strand Theatre.

Icon Museum and Study Center

Museum

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The Icon Museum and Study Center is a non-profit art museum located in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States. The Icon Museum and Study Center holds the most comprehensive collection of icons and Eastern Christian art in the U.S. with special galleries and collections dedicated to Russian, Greek, Veneto-Cretan, and Ethiopian icons, spanning nearly two thousand years of art. Icon Museum and Study Center is situated 2 miles northeast of Cemetery Island.

Strand Theatre

Movie theater

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Strand Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Cemetery Island.

Woodlawn Cemetery

Cemetery

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Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Woodlawn Street in Clinton, Massachusetts. The oldest portion was laid out in 1853 by Joshua Thissell in the rural cemetery style popular at the time, and was one of the first municipal projects following the town's incorporation. Woodlawn Cemetery is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cemetery Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clinton and Lancaster.

Clinton

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Clinton is in Massachusetts. This is a large town in Worcester County with a number of small settlements in the area, including Berlin, Lancaster, Boylston, Bolton and Sterling.

Lancaster

Village

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Clinton is in Massachusetts. This is a large town in Worcester County with a number of small settlements in the area, including Berlin, Lancaster, Boylston, Bolton and Sterling. Lancaster is situated 3½ miles northeast of Cemetery Island.

South Lancaster

Suburb

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South Lancaster is a census-designated place in the town of Lancaster and close to the Town of Clinton in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2020 census. South Lancaster is situated 3½ miles northeast of Cemetery Island.

Cemetery Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in the Wachusett Reservoir in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Categories: island, locality, and landform
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.4003° or 42° 24′ 1″ north

Longitude

-71.71303° or 71° 42′ 47″ west

Elevation

417 feet (127 metres)

Open location code

87JCC72P+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29762187

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4932538

Wikidata ID

Q16858627

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Dutch—“Cemetery Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Cemetery Island”
Dutch: “Cemetery Island”

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