Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit

#339 among attractions in Detroit

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Facts and practical information

Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery at 17100 Van Dyke Avenue in the city of Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan. It opened in 1888 and is owned and operated by the Mount Elliott Cemetery Association, a not-for-profit Catholic organization. At 320 acres, it is the largest cemetery in Detroit, although it no longer promotes itself publicly as a Roman Catholic institution. ()

Coordinates: 42°25'12"N, 83°1'25"W

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Osborn (Mount Olivet)Detroit United States

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Mount Olivet Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Highland Heights–Stevens' Subdivision Historic District, Packard Automotive Plant, Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit, St. Florian Church.

3.6 miSW
Neighbourhood
Highland Heights–Stevens' Subdivision Historic District, Detroit
92 min walk • Highland Heights–Stevens' Subdivision Historic District is a residential historic district located in Highland Park, Michigan along five east-west streets: Farrand Park, McLean Street, Colorado Street, Rhode Island Street, and Massachusetts Street, between Woodward Avenue on the west and Oakland Avenue on the east.
2.9 miS
Ruins
Packard Automotive Plant, Detroit
76 min walk • The Packard Automotive Plant is a former automobile-manufacturing factory in Detroit, Michigan, where luxury cars were made by the Packard Motor Car Company and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
2.1 miSW
Museum, History museum
Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit, Detroit
54 min walk • The Ukrainian American Archives and Museum of Detroit, founded 1958, is a museum focused on Ukrainian immigration to the Detroit area, and Ukrainian culture, art, and contributions to the United States. The collections include Ukrainian art, crafts, musical instruments, textiles and photographs.
2.6 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St. Florian Church, Detroit
67 min walk • St. Florian Church is a Roman Catholic Church at 2626 Poland Street in Hamtramck, Michigan. The church was designed by Ralph Adams Cram of the firm Cram and Ferguson.
3.1 miSE
42°23'41"N • 82°58'28"W
Wayne County Family Aquatic Center, Detroit
78 min walk • Watersports, Water park, Sport complex
2.2 miE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Detroit
57 min walk • The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church is a church located at 13770 Gratiot Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is commonly known as the Assumption Grotto Church. The church was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1990 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
2.4 miSW
City, Area
Hamtramck, Detroit
61 min walk • Hamtramck is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,433. Hamtramck is surrounded by the city of Detroit except for a small portion of the western border that touches the similarly surrounded city of Highland Park.
3.1 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Concert hall
Harpos Concert Theatre, Detroit
80 min walk • Harpos Concert Theatre is a music venue located at 14238 Harper Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. It is known as a venue for heavy metal and industrial rock.
3.5 miSW
Neighbourhood
Russell Industrial Center, Detroit
90 min walk • The Russell Industrial Center is an industrial factory turned to commercial complex of studios and shops that is located at 1600 Clay Street in Detroit, Michigan.
1.1 miW
Church
Church of the Transfiguration Historic District, Detroit
28 min walk • The Church of the Transfiguration Historic District is a group of buildings associated with what was the Church of the Transfiguration Roman Catholic parish, located at 5830 Simon K in Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.
2 miSW
Public art
Hamtramck Disneyland, Detroit
51 min walk • Hamtramck Disneyland is a yard art folk art located in Hamtramck, Michigan begun by a man named Dmytro Szylak. Hamtramck Disneyland was started in 1992 and came to be finished in 1999. It is built on a 30-foot backyard on top of two adjacent garages. Dmytro was born in Ukraine, and also once lived in Germany.

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How to get to Mount Olivet Cemetery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Mount Olivet Cemetery:

Bus

Van Dyke / McNichols • Lines: 05 (1 min walk)