Amherst West Cemetery, Amherst

Name: Amherst West Cemetery
Address: 3942 Ridge Road, Amherst, United States

#13 among attractions in Amherst

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Amherst West Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Triangle Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 4 acres cemetery was first laid out in 1730, when the voters of Hadley elected to establish a new burying ground in its eastern precinct. When the area was separated as Amherst in 1786, the property was taken over by the newly established town. In addition to being the burial site of many of Amherst's early settlers and American Civil War veterans, it is also the burial site of members of the Dickinson family, most notably the poet Emily Dickinson. Their family plot is set off from the rest of the cemetery by a wrought iron fence. ()

Built: 1737 (287 years ago)Coordinates: 42°22'45"N, 72°31'5"W

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3942 Ridge RoadAmherst United States

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Amherst West Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mullins Center, Emily Dickinson Museum, Mead Art Museum, University Museum of Contemporary Art.

1.1 miNW
Convention center, Basketball, Hockey
Mullins Center, Amherst
27 min walk • The William D. Mullins Memorial Center, also known as the Mullins Center, is a 9,493-seat multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
~1510 ftSE
Emily Dickinson, Museum, Historical place
Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
8 min walk • The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death.
0.6 miS
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Mead Art Museum, Amherst
15 min walk • Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. His wife, Olga Kilyeni Mead, left her entire estate to Amherst College.
0.7 miNW
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst
19 min walk • The University Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The UMCA has been housed in the university's Fine Arts Center since 1975, after the university began collecting works in 1962.
0.5 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst
14 min walk • The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors.
0.6 miS
Church
Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Amherst
16 min walk • The Goodwin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a historic church on Woodside Avenue in Amherst, Massachusetts.
0.6 miNW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Fine Arts Center, Amherst
16 min walk • The Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an arts center located just north of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts and contains a concert hall and a contemporary art gallery.
0.6 miS
Emily Dickinson, Universities and schools
Amherst College, Amherst
16 min walk • Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher education in Massachusetts.
~1610 ftSW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Strong House, Amherst
8 min walk • The Strong House is a historic house at 67 Amity Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. Built about 1744, it is one of Amherst's oldest surviving houses, and a fine example of mid-18th century Connecticut River Valley architecture.
0.8 miNW
Art gallery, Museum, Universities and schools
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst
22 min walk • The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
~1330 ftSW
Library
Jones Library, Amherst
7 min walk • The Jones Library of Amherst, Massachusetts is a public library with three locations, the main building and two branches. The library was established in 1919 by a fund set up in the will of lumberman Samuel Minot Jones.

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Which popular attractions are close to Amherst West Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Amherst Central Business District, Amherst (5 min walk), Dickinson Historic District, Amherst (7 min walk), Jones Library, Amherst (7 min walk), Amity Street, Amherst (7 min walk).