Evergreen Cemetery

Oct 2020

I came to Evergreen Cemetery for the sole purpose of visiting the resting place of Sarah Winchester - heiress of the Winchester gun magnate fortune and creator of the Winchester Mystery House back in my home state of California! The cemetery grounds are absolutely massive and gorgeous! Very peaceful once you get inside...but outside of the cemetery the neighborhood is super sketchy! The entrance is easy to find right off a Main Street. The grave is a tad hard to find - I used the cemetery map and the instructions from Atlas Obscura as much as I could and eventually found it. Basically take a left (on Lake Ave I think???) at the first building you see once you enter and it's just up around the first curve on the right...I was able to find it by spotting the large memorial headstone recognized from the pictures. If you end up by the lake itself, that ain't it lol. The grounds were so serene and beautiful that I ended up driving around a little - lovely! Be aware though that the roads are pretty narrow.

Oct 2018

Visited this cemetery to locate the grave of Midnight Mary. It is a fascinating tale. The cemetery was very peaceful, quiet, and clean. The paths were labeled but we had a hard time finding the stone number markers. Mary Hart is located near marker 50 and 51 on the Winthrop Road side. The cemetery is large with a nice large fountain. The grounds were very well kept.