Cole’s Hill
Cole's Hill is a National Historic Landmark containing the first cemetery used by the Mayflower Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The hill is located on Carver Street near the foot of Leyden Street and across the street from Plymouth Rock.Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tomb
- Description: historic cemetery and settlement site of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Coles Hill” and “Coles Hill Burial Ground”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plymouth Rock and Pilgrim Memorial State Park.
Plymouth Rock
Memorial
Plymouth Rock is a boulder in Plymouth, Massachusetts, which was claimed to have been at the site where the Mayflower Pilgrims landed to found Plymouth Colony in December 1620.
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Park
Photo: Raime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pilgrim Memorial State Park comprises two monuments — Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers — in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Closely related to these memorials is the Myles Standish Monument State Reservation which can be seen across the Plymouth Bay in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Brewster Gardens
Park
Brewster Gardens is a small 2.9 acres park located in the center of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The park name honors Mayflower settler Elder William Brewster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bradford–Union Street Historic District and Plymouth Village Historic District.
Bradford–Union Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bradford–Union Street Historic District encompasses a waterfront residential area of Plymouth, Massachusetts, developed in the mid-19th for workers in local maritime and other industries.
Plymouth Village Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Historical Perspective, Public domain.
The Plymouth Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing part of the area of earliest settlement of the Plymouth Colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
North Plymouth
Village
Photo: Raime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Plymouth is a census-designated place in the town of Plymouth in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Plymouth had a population of 3,983.
Cole’s Hill
- Categories: National Historic Landmark, cemetery, historic site, and burial
- Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.95735° or 41° 57′ 27″ northLongitude
-70.66247° or 70° 39′ 45″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
87HFX84Q+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 358280187OpenStreetMap feature
historic=tombWikidata ID
Q5142609
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Cole’s Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cole’s Hill”
- German: “Cole’s Hill”
- Portuguese: “Cole’s Hill”
- Spanish: “Cole’s Hill”
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