Cave Hill Cemetery, Victorian cemetery in Louisville, United States
Cave Hill Cemetery is a cemetery and botanical garden in Louisville that covers 296 acres and holds more than 500 species of trees and shrubs. Winding paths lead through rolling terrain with small lakes in the valleys and dense tree groupings along the slopes.
The Kentucky legislature granted permission in 1848 to convert Cave Hill Farm into a public burial ground. Over the decades more than 127,000 memorials have been established and the grounds have grown into an important element of urban landscape architecture.
The site takes its name from a limestone cave within the hills that once supplied water to the original farm. Today the grounds hold the resting places of a world champion boxer and the founders of several regional businesses, whose graves draw visitors from around the world.
The main gate sits on Baxter Avenue and a second entrance opens onto Grinstead Drive. Visitors should bring comfortable shoes because many paths run over hills and some sections remain unpaved.
The middle fork of Beargrass Creek flows through the grounds and feeds the small lakes in the lowlands. In the 19th century the original farm family used this watercourse for irrigation and daily household needs.
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