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Woodlawn Cemetery: Jazz, Titans & Trailblazers
Cemeteries
Bronx

Woodlawn Cemetery: Jazz, Titans & Trailblazers

0.8 hours~4,120 steps · 1.9 miModerate

About This Tour

Woodlawn Cemetery opened in 1863, covers more than 400 acres in the Bronx and has more than 300,000 burials. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011. This walk visits the graves and mausoleums of fifteen people: entrepreneurs, journalists, songwriters, jazz musicians, a salsa singer, a suffragist, a frontier lawman turned sportswriter and a mayor. Several rest in private mausoleums, including a granite temple and an Egyptian Revival tomb guarded by sphinxes. The grounds are open daily from 8:30am to 4:30pm, and the cemetery asks visitors to call ahead in bad weather. Recreational activities are strictly limited out of respect for those buried here, and personal photography is allowed.

Tour Highlights

Visit a 400-acre National Historic Landmark cemetery that opened in 1863
Find the graves of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in the cemetery's jazz corner
See a granite temple mausoleum and an Egyptian Revival tomb guarded by sphinxes
Learn about women's rights and journalism through the graves of a suffragist, an undercover reporter and a publisher
Trace the careers of songwriters and performers from Broadway to salsa

Tour Route & Stops

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