Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on Bedford Street near the center of Concord, Massachusetts. The cemetery is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States' greatest authors and thinkers, especially on a hill known as "Author's Ridge."…Photo: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District and The Old Manse.
Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District
Square
The Old Manse
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The Old Manse is a historic manse in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, notable for its literary associations. It is open to the public as a nonprofit museum owned and operated by the Trustees of Reservations. The Old Manse is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Ralph Waldo Emerson House
Museum
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The Ralph Waldo Emerson House is a house museum located at 18 Cambridge Turnpike, Concord, Massachusetts, and a National Historic Landmark for its associations with American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson House is situated 2,300 feet south of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Concord and West Concord.
Concord
West Concord
Village
Lincoln
Village
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Maybe you’ve never heard of sleepy Concord Massachusetts population 18,000, but your life has certainly been impacted by it. This is where "the shot heard round the world" was fired in the spring of 1775, setting off a chain of events that would eventually lead to the creation of the United States. Lincoln is situated 3½ miles southeast of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts
- Categories: rural cemetery and burial
- Location: Town of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.46392° or 42° 27′ 50″ northLongitude
-71.34381° or 71° 20′ 38″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Inception
1823Open location code
87JCFM74+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 318025506OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4951080Wikidata ID
Q2972565
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Sleepy Hollow Cemetery” goes by many names.
- French: “Cimetiere de Sleepy Hollow”
- French: “cimetière de Sleepy Hollow”
- French: “Cimetière de sleepy hollow”
- French: “Cimetière de Sleepy Hollow”
- French: “Cimetière De Sleepy Hollow”
- Italian: “cimitero di Sleepy Hollow”
- Italian: “Cimitero di Sleepy Hollow”
- Scottish Gaelic: “cladh Sleepy Hollow”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de Sleepy Hollow”
- Spanish: “Cementerio Sleepy Hollow”
- Swedish: “Sleepy Hollow Cemetery”
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