Pictures - Cemetery Cool Caches

19k · June 23, 2011

I started this in a cemetery cache thread, but then it occurred to me that this would make a great running thread, much like the Cool Cache Containers, Among The Ruins, and Hungry Tree threads. I'll get it started with a few that I had posted to that other thread:

These first two are from the Irish Hollow cemetery near Ontonagon, MI: http://coord.info/GCW1YB

Next three are from the Cliff Mine cemetery in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula: http://coord.info/GCRA6R

The next three come from Stockholm, WI: http://coord.info/GC1PFEP

This one was particularly touching, even though it wasn't nearly as old as some of the others:

Edited June 23, 2011 by knowschad

June 23, 2011

exactly why I love cemetery caches. I got choked up seeing the rock.

6.1k · June 23, 2011

Picture of a dog's gravestone illegally placed in a state forest. I also noticed that the stone had the name of a WW2 vet printed on the other side, as it was also illegally obtained from the veteran's administration.

June 23, 2011

Here are some nice photos of Pleasant View Cemetery in Mason, New Hampshire:

5.7k · June 23, 2011

Cool. Looks just like Waymarking.

19k · June 23, 2011

Cool. Looks just like Waymarking.

Let's try to keep that sort of comment out of here, OK? Thank you.

1.7k · June 23, 2011

Found it at a waycache. Or was it a geomark?

10.2k · June 23, 2011

A rare Zinc Headstone I noticed in rural central Ohio, for a child who died at age 1 in the late 1800's. I actually DNF'd the cache. Zinc headstones, when you can find them, really stand the test of time. They were manufactured only from the Mid 1870's ==> 1912. I go out of my way to look for them every single time I'm caching in a cemetery.

1.7k · June 23, 2011

KnowsChad, you can't even begin to imagine how upset you've made me. I had forgotten about it, but a cache brought me to this cemetary nearby. It was from the 1800 and woodland all around it, this one tombstone had a tree fallen over on it, but the tombstone was still standing. The picture had a small pond in the background, and a beautiful view of the sunset, which came by just as I was leaving the GZ.

This picture is now lost forever, and I've been searching too...

AGGGHHHH.

Edited June 23, 2011 by Coldgears

1.7k · June 23, 2011

I've checked 5 USB drives, painstakingly went through 50 - 100 Emails with an image attachment, looked through two old phones just in case I texted it, looked in 4 different image hosting sites, looked in old folder's on facebook which I no longer allow anyone but me to see (which is a pain to get too, and I have a lot of them, all my bad photo's go into non-public ones.) I checked all my geocaching logs.

The photo is gone, and the local Boy Scouts cleaned up the cemetery so the tree is gone.

I'm so upset.

1.5k · June 23, 2011

This was going to be my first cache hide, but the reviewer said I had to get permission from the cemetery. I didn't pursue that. This is the grave of the person who started rail mail. It's in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Edited June 23, 2011 by GrateBear

19k · June 23, 2011

A rare Zinc Headstone I noticed in rural central Ohio, for a child who died at age 1 in the late 1800's. I actually DNF'd the cache. Zinc headstones, when you can find them, really stand the test of time. They were manufactured only from the Mid 1870's ==> 1912. I go out of my way to look for them every single time I'm caching in a cemetery.

Zinc! Of course!! I recently discovered an old cemetery (no cache nearby) that had two of those, but I didn't realize that is what they were. Next time I get out that way, I will take some pictures and post them.

June 23, 2011

What beautiful iron work in some of those photos. I don't see markers like that. I love the cross in your (original poster) third shot. Here's one from a cemetery that had a cache hidden nearby. This tree seems to be taking over this plot.

7.7k · June 23, 2011

Not a great photo, but I don't want to give away information on how to complete the multi without visiting this site. The gravesite of Professor Hidesaburo Ueno and his loyal dog Hachiko in Aoyama Cemetery in Minato, Tokyo.

At Rest At His Master’s Feet

Edited June 23, 2011 by Chrysalides

15.4k · June 23, 2011

I don't take many photos, but here are a couple I took at a cache at the entrance of a cemetery:

7.3k · June 23, 2011

I have tons of pictures from cemetery caches, I love cemeteries. I'll post a few, here and there, when I get around to it.

These two were taken while our family was caching with ODragon and Rachelhead in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia:

nom nom by Ambrosia_apples, on Flickr

watching over by Ambrosia_apples, on Flickr

Edited June 23, 2011 by Ambrosia

8.6k · June 23, 2011

Three we took in Ireland recently while searching for a cache in a wood:

MrsB

June 23, 2011

I really love cemetery caches, the older the cemetery the better. I always seem to feel a sort of connection with the past looking at how the different generations chose to memorialize their loved ones.

I have a cache in a cemetery that was abandoned by it's owner (the cemetery, not the cache!) and taken over by the city. For the longest time it was in disrepair, until several volunteer organizations took it upon themselves to clean up the site. There are markers from the Civil War, including a Civil War Naval section - Bay City, Michigan was known for it's shipyards.

I can't seem to get pics to post, but the cache is Gone and (almost) Forgotten GC1AD1E.

June 23, 2011

OK, I can't resist posting this even though it was taken not in the course of geocaching but of another hobby beginning with "ge". This is the gravestone of my great great great great grandmother Jane Aldrich (not that you can read it probably), in White Store, NY. It was evening when I took the picture but nowhere near as dark as it looks from the photo, and I didn't notice the spiders until I had the film processed and saw the picture. Just posting a link for the protection of the arachnophobic.

June 23, 2011

This is a virtual in my area. Don't want to give away who it's for but the story is seriously touching. Here's a link to the cache listing...

7.3k · June 23, 2011

This is a virtual in my area. Don't want to give away who it's for but the story is seriously touching. Here's a link to the cache listing...

That was on my list of caches to do when we were up there in 2009. Unfortunately, we were never able to get to it.

June 23, 2011

Here's a few of mine cut n pasted from the other page. I think I have a few more somewhere...

In my mind this guy's name was Dewey but everyone just called him Dew. He was listed in the phone book as Mountain Dew.

Overgrown cemetery in western Wisconsin.

Lonely tire swing.

June 23, 2011

Here's one of a Civil War veteran. The picture didn't turn out so well. There was also a marker nearby for someone born during the Revolutionary War but I could not get a good picture of that one as the stone was really worn down.

I really like this thread. I need to remember to carry my camera when doing cemetery caches so I can post more photos here.

19k · June 23, 2011

Tree stump headstones were very popular in my area toward the end of the 19th century. I found some information about them on this site:

Tree-Stump Tombstones
Tree-stump tombstones depict a lifelike tree and is traditionally carved out of limestone or marble. This tombstone first appeared in the 1870's and was popular for approximately sixty years. Seen in Europe and the United States, these carvings qualify as folk art. The tree-stump design shows a living tree that has been cut down, suggesting that the individual was also cut down in the prime of life. Branches are also seen to be cut-off close to the stump, symbolising other family members who have died before their time. In some instances the initials of these family members appear to be carved into these cut-off limbs.

Inscriptions are cut into the "wood" where the bark has been cut away, or more often, a scroll appears to nailed to the stump, or suspended from a rope hanger. Various flowers and ivy are often carved as offerings at the base, or growing around the stump. An assortment of items are often seen on top of the stump, ranging from a cross, bible, anchor, flowers, or even the name and dates for the individual buried.

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The one below is from http://coord.info/GC1FVNH

The rest of these were taken in Wisconsin at http://coord.info/GC1HCJC

6.8k · June 23, 2011

I started this in a cemetery cache thread, but then it occurred to me that this would make a great running thread, much like the Cool Cache Containers, Among The Ruins, and Hungry Tree threads.

I

Your pictures are nice and I'd like to visit these cemetaries. I wonder, however, where the cache containers are hidden. I cannot recognize a container. I certainly do not want anyone to post spoiler pictures, but as long as no caches are shown, I guess the topic is rather nice cemetary locations which have been visited while geocaching, isn't it?

BTW I once did a night cache that led to a mystic area with old family tombs. I do not have pictures of the area, but some can be found in the gallery

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gallery.aspx?guid=a7c9835e-10db-4240-90e0-0bbbfb1a6951

Cezanne

Edited June 23, 2011 by cezanne

19k · June 23, 2011

I started this in a cemetery cache thread, but then it occurred to me that this would make a great running thread, much like the Cool Cache Containers, Among The Ruins, and Hungry Tree threads.

I

Your pictures are nice and I'd like to visit these cemetaries. I wonder, however, where the cache containers are hidden. I cannot recognize a container. I certainly do not want anyone to post spoiler pictures, but as long as no caches are shown, I guess the topic is rather nice cemetary locations which have been visited while geocaching, isn't it?

BTW I once did a night cache that led to a mystic area with old family tombs. I do not have pictures of the area, but some can be found in the gallery

http://www.geocachin...e0-0bbbfb1a6951

Cezanne

Very few of those that I've posted actually have the container hidden in the cemetery, and none were anywhere near the headstones. These are the things that you get to see when a cemetery cache brings you there. I have personally only seen one cemetery cache that was hidden close to a stone, and that was by a caching team that was well known for putting out poorly thought-out hides.

June 23, 2011

Very few of those that I've posted actually have the container hidden in the cemetery, and none were anywhere near the headstones. These are the things that you get to see when a cemetery cache brings you there. I have personally only seen one cemetery cache that was hidden close to a stone, and that was by a caching team that was well known for putting out poorly thought-out hides.

Almost all of the ones in my area are either virtuals / puzzles, or they're well away from anything near a headstone which is good because you won't have some idiot trampling a stone to find tupperware.

6.8k · June 23, 2011

Very few of those that I've posted actually have the container hidden in the cemetery, and none were anywhere near the headstones.

Good to hear. I enjoy this type of cemetary caches, but do not enjoy those with hideouts on stones.

This cache leads through the largest cemetary of Graz

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=14515ae9-5e4c-41c4-ba00-b1e2fb8508e3

but is hidden outside. It is done in a very respectful manner. A few photographs can be seen in the gallery.

I do not have made any pictures of my own.

Cezanne

June 23, 2011

I started this in a cemetery cache thread, but then it occurred to me that this would make a great running thread, much like the Cool Cache Containers, Among The Ruins, and Hungry Tree threads.

I

Your pictures are nice and I'd like to visit these cemetaries. I wonder, however, where the cache containers are hidden. I cannot recognize a container. I certainly do not want anyone to post spoiler pictures, but as long as no caches are shown, I guess the topic is rather nice cemetary locations which have been visited while geocaching, isn't it?

BTW I once did a night cache that led to a mystic area with old family tombs. I do not have pictures of the area, but some can be found in the gallery

http://www.geocachin...e0-0bbbfb1a6951

Cezanne

Very few of those that I've posted actually have the container hidden in the cemetery, and none were anywhere near the headstones. These are the things that you get to see when a cemetery cache brings you there. I have personally only seen one cemetery cache that was hidden close to a stone, and that was by a caching team that was well known for putting out poorly thought-out hides.

Were their initials "H&S"? (teeth grinding and blood pressure rising)

There is a really sweet tree stump marker in Hudson, WI. It is easily the most impressive and coolest marker I've ever seen. It stands at least 10' tall and looks like a real tree from a distance.

Edited for spelling...

Edited June 23, 2011 by Team Dennis

19k · June 23, 2011

I started this in a cemetery cache thread, but then it occurred to me that this would make a great running thread, much like the Cool Cache Containers, Among The Ruins, and Hungry Tree threads.

I

Your pictures are nice and I'd like to visit these cemetaries. I wonder, however, where the cache containers are hidden. I cannot recognize a container. I certainly do not want anyone to post spoiler pictures, but as long as no caches are shown, I guess the topic is rather nice cemetary locations which have been visited while geocaching, isn't it?

BTW I once did a night cache that led to a mystic area with old family tombs. I do not have pictures of the area, but some can be found in the gallery

http://www.geocachin...e0-0bbbfb1a6951

Cezanne

Very few of those that I've posted actually have the container hidden in the cemetery, and none were anywhere near the headstones. These are the things that you get to see when a cemetery cache brings you there. I have personally only seen one cemetery cache that was hidden close to a stone, and that was by a caching team that was well known for putting out poorly thought-out hides.

Were their initials "H&S"? (teeth grinding and blood presure rising)

There is a really sweet tree stump marker in Hudson, WI. It is easily the most impressive and coolest marker I've ever seen. It stands at least 10' tall and looks like a real tree from a distance.

Yup. That's them. And yes, I know the tree stump marker that you are referring to. Very impressive.

1.7k · June 23, 2011

These two were taken while our family was caching with ODragon and Rachelhead in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia:

One thing I don't get, why do Odragon and Rachelhead always geocache together?

5.7k · June 23, 2011

Cool. Looks just like Waymarking.

Let's try to keep that sort of comment out of here, OK? Thank you.

Waymarking has some great categorys for cemeterys. Check out this nice one of mine.http://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAE8A_Hagan_Cemetery_Dungannon_Va

June 23, 2011

We've visited many of those same cemeteries Knowschad shared, and being a storyteller, I couldn't resist taking a photo of the one he shared, the stone where all the stories were told.

One of the cachers in Wisconsin, known as marc_54140, had a really cool cemetery challenge. He would highlight some funerary custom, then in the days before ALRs were struck down, you would have to find another example and upload a photo with the location. Some were really tough. I have been told, after the fact, that I literally walked past one with a Circuit Rider designation two weeks ago. That was one of the tough ones. Many of us caching in the state have learned to really look for these pieces of history courtesy of that challenge.

There is also an EarthCache in the Green Bay area by peach107 that features the zinc headstones, and requires travel throughout one of the larger cemeteries in the area. I once saw a really, really unusual stone on a blog written by someone who is a dulcimer player AND geocacher. I was looking for dulcimer stuff at the time, but this stone was almost surreal. Computer crashed, lost my bookmark. I think it was in Ohio or Indiana. I was trying to track it down before my trip east this spring, but no luck.

June 23, 2011

In Central Ohio, cache is named Motorcycle Mania

June 24, 2011

Tree stump headstones were very popular in my area toward the end of the 19th century. I found some information about them on this site:

Tree-Stump Tombstones
Tree-stump tombstones depict a lifelike tree and is traditionally carved out of limestone or marble. This tombstone first appeared in the 1870's and was popular for approximately sixty years. Seen in Europe and the United States, these carvings qualify as folk art. The tree-stump design shows a living tree that has been cut down, suggesting that the individual was also cut down in the prime of life. Branches are also seen to be cut-off close to the stump, symbolising other family members who have died before their time. In some instances the initials of these family members appear to be carved into these cut-off limbs.

Inscriptions are cut into the "wood" where the bark has been cut away, or more often, a scroll appears to nailed to the stump, or suspended from a rope hanger. Various flowers and ivy are often carved as offerings at the base, or growing around the stump. An assortment of items are often seen on top of the stump, ranging from a cross, bible, anchor, flowers, or even the name and dates for the individual buried.

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The one below is from http://coord.info/GC1FVNH

That's interesting - They look like Woodmen of the World head stones that were used into the 1930's. These stone logs are labeled "Woodmen of the World" - otherwise I'd have no idea what they were.

June 24, 2011

I love the history that surrounds cemetery caches. This cemetery is located along to way to 3 different caches. The cemetery has many headstones from the mid 1800s and many more that time has worn away. This is one of those spots that I never would have known about if not for geocaching. A real hidden gem.

June 24, 2011

This is a cool site that I found a while back.

http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html

June 24, 2011

I found a cache in a cemetery today. As I walked towards the cache, I saw a man learning against a grave, clearly upset and in mourning. I'd never understood why some people are against graveyard geocaches, but this experience changed my mind a bit.

June 24, 2011

I found a cache in a cemetery today. As I walked towards the cache, I saw a man learning against a grave, clearly upset and in mourning. I'd never understood why some people are against graveyard geocaches, but this experience changed my mind a bit.

That's where discretion and common sense come into play. You can always come back to grab the cache later after the person has left.

4.1k · June 24, 2011

This is a picture of a very unique headstone. It is in a cemetery overlooking Littlefield, AZ. and the cache is just outside the fence surrounding the small lot of headstones.

Since we love benchmark hunting and are rockhounders, this definitely caught my eye.

And the other tiny cemetery is at House Rock, AZ. - along Highway 89A going towards the North Rim of the Grand Canyon from Lees Ferry.

Lonely%20Graves.jpg

The one old wooden marker states

"Here lies Moon Mullens

Died 1918

House Rock Valley

Arizona"

Lonely%20Graves%202.jpg

The other old wooden headstone is easy to see as someone has filled in with either chalk or paint.

Lonely%20Graves%203.jpg

We heard the story that these two were scouts for the army when they met their end.

Shirley~

2.4k · June 24, 2011

Our old local church cemetery looks beautiful in the spring when it is carpeted with lilies. The graveyard is still in use, but the old church is no longer used. Don't have any pics, but will see if I can find a link.

link

Edited June 24, 2011 by popokiiti

7.3k · June 24, 2011

These two were taken while our family was caching with ODragon and Rachelhead in Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia:

One thing I don't get, why do Odragon and Rachelhead always geocache together?

Because they love each other? :unsure:

July 11, 2011

Abandoned cemeteries, all found while caching, near St. Louis.

July 12, 2011

I've found a few cemetery caches, but this one is my favourite ( GC13RX6 ):

3.1k · July 12, 2011

A still-active cemetery near me with stones at least as old as Michigan's statehood. Most of it is normal-looking, but you'll find some mostly-buried stones peaking through the grass. This cache is there.

Another nearby cemetery, almost as old. The stones are in sad shape -- some are reinforced by metal, some pieced back together with concrete, and some half missing. This cache is there.

Not a cemetery exactly, but an odd find on the way to a cache

Edited July 12, 2011 by Dinoprophet

5.7k · July 12, 2011

Tree stump headstones were very popular in my area toward the end of the 19th century. I found some information about them on this site:

Tree-Stump Tombstones
Tree-stump tombstones depict a lifelike tree and is traditionally carved out of limestone or marble. This tombstone first appeared in the 1870's and was popular for approximately sixty years. Seen in Europe and the United States, these carvings qualify as folk art. The tree-stump design shows a living tree that has been cut down, suggesting that the individual was also cut down in the prime of life. Branches are also seen to be cut-off close to the stump, symbolising other family members who have died before their time. In some instances the initials of these family members appear to be carved into these cut-off limbs.

Inscriptions are cut into the "wood" where the bark has been cut away, or more often, a scroll appears to nailed to the stump, or suspended from a rope hanger. Various flowers and ivy are often carved as offerings at the base, or growing around the stump. An assortment of items are often seen on top of the stump, ranging from a cross, bible, anchor, flowers, or even the name and dates for the individual buried.

.

The one below is from http://coord.info/GC1FVNH

The rest of these were taken in Wisconsin at http://coord.info/GC1HCJC

Those are Woodsmen of the World headstones......... Waymarking has a category for them.

July 12, 2011

Here's a link to one of my favorite caches "Stewart Homestead" http://coord.info/GC153A7

There is a small two grave cemetery at the site with a plaque.

1.8k · July 12, 2011

My picture of a cemetery section devoted to some British lads who died in training far from home. Cache (now archived) was hidden along the right side of the photo.

Tensions ran high in the years after the Civil War. Proof in this quiet location in North Texas.

July 13, 2011

Found these in Watkins Glen after GWIX

The cache page said they couldn't see their pictures once they got home.

Spooky Tombstone

Watkins Glen Famous #1

Apparently this was someone on the Titanic. I didn't watch the movie since I knew how it ended.

Edited July 13, 2011 by hallycat

July 13, 2011

Sleepy Hollow, NY

Edited July 13, 2011 by hallycat

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