Massachusetts
Middlesex
City of Watertown Town

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery, located in and , is the first rural or garden cemetery in the United States. It is the burial site of many prominent Boston Brahmins, and is a National Historic Landmark.
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts
  • Also known as: “Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge, Massachusetts)”, “Stone’s Farm”, and “Sweet Auburn”
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bigelow Chapel and Harvard College Observatory.

Chapel
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is situated 1,200 feet north of Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Observatory
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The is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Hospital
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is a community hospital with a patient capacity of about 200 beds in . Its main campus is located at 330 Mount Auburn St, in the neighborhood of West Cambridge. is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strawberry Hill and Huron Village.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Area 13, is a neighborhood in . It is bounded by the town of on the west, on the south, Aberdeen Avenue on the east, and on the north.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district encompassing a residential neighborhood of that dates to colonial times.

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Latitude
42.37056° or 42° 22′ 14″ north
Longitude
-71.14584° or 71° 8′ 45″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
87JC9VC3+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 101309650
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
4944559
Wiki­data ID
Q1950363
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mount Auburn Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقبرة ماونت أوبورن”
  • Armenian: “Մաունթ Օբերն գերեզմանատուն”
  • Belarusian: “могілкі Маўнт-Оберн”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri del Mount Auburn”
  • Chinese: “奥本山公墓”
  • Chinese: “奧本山公墓”
  • Czech: “Hřbitov Mount Auburn”
  • Danish: “Mount Auburn Cemetery”
  • Dutch: “Mount Auburn-begraafplaats”
  • Esperanto: “tombejo Mount Auburn”
  • French: “cimetière de Mount Auburn”
  • French: “Cimetière de Mount Auburn”
  • Galician: “cemiterio de Mount Auburn”
  • Georgian: “მაუნტ-ობერნის სასაფლაო”
  • German: “Mount Auburn Cemetery”
  • Greek: “κοιμητήριο Μάουντ Όμπορν”
  • Greek: “νεκροταφείο Μάουντ Όμπορν”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות מאונט אובורן”
  • Irish: “Reilig Mount Auburn”
  • Italian: “Cimitero di Mount Auburn”
  • Japanese: “Mount Auburn 墓地”
  • Japanese: “マウント・オーバーン墓地”
  • Latin: “Coemeterium Montis Alburni”
  • Manx: “Ruillick Mount Auburn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Auburn Cemetery”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “cementèri del Mont Auburn”
  • Persian: “آرامستان ماونت اوبرن”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério de Mount Auburn”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul de pe Muntele Auburn”
  • Russian: “кладбище Маунт-Оберн”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Auburn Cemetery”
  • Slovenian: “pokopališče Mount Auburn”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio Monte Auburn”
  • Swedish: “Mount Auburn Cemetery”
  • Tatar: “Маунт-Оберн зираты”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунт Оберн”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунт-Оберн”
  • Ukrainian: “цвинтар Маунт Оберн”
  • Ukrainian: “Цвинтар Маунт Оберн”
  • Vietnamese: “Nghĩa trang Mount Auburn”
  • Welsh: “Mynwent Mount Auburn”

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