Calverton National Cemetery, Long Island

Name: Calverton National Cemetery
Address: Long Island, United States

#41 among attractions in Long Island

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Calverton National Cemetery, Long Island

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Calverton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island in New York. The cemetery's street address is in Calverton but the property is in the adjacent hamlet of Wading River. It encompasses 1,045 acres and as of the end of 2008 had 212,000 interments. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1978 (46 years ago)Coordinates: 40°55'52"N, 72°48'57"W

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Wading RiverLong Island United States

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Calverton National Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Splish Splash, Wardenclyffe Tower, Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, Wildwood State Park.

4.4 miE
Amusement park
Splish Splash, Riverhead
114 min walk • Splish Splash may refer to "Splish Splash" Splish...
4.5 miW
Science museum, Tower
Wardenclyffe Tower, Long Island
114 min walk • Wardenclyffe Tower, also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by Nikola Tesla on Long Island in 1901–1902, located in the village of Shoreham, New York.
4.5 miW
Museum
Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, Long Island
114 min walk • The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is a nonprofit organization established to develop a regional science and technology center, museum and makerspace at the site of Nikola Tesla's former Wardenclyffe laboratory on Long Island, New York. The center had raised money through crowdfunding to purchase the property.
2.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Wildwood State Park, Long Island
56 min walk • Wildwood State Park is a 767-acre state park located in Suffolk County, New York. The park is in the Town of Riverhead on the north shore of Long Island. The park includes a beach on Long Island Sound.
6.4 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture
Smith Estate, Long Island
163 min walk • Smith Estate, also known as Longwood Estate - Smith House, is a historic estate located at Ridge in Suffolk County, New York. It is preserved and maintained by the Town of Brookhaven. The Longwood Estate is part of a huge parcel of land originally purchased by William "Tangier" Smith in the 17th century, which he called Manor St. George.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Brookhaven State Park, Long Island
71 min walk • Brookhaven State Park is a 1,638-acre state park in Wading River and Ridge, New York, approximately 74 miles east of New York City. Established in 1971, the park land was formerly the property of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Protecting a large amount of the Long Island Pine Barrens, the park also contains scattered wetlands.
4.5 miSW
National park
Long Island Central Pine Barrens
115 min walk • Visitors to the Central Pine Barrens can explore a network of scenic hiking trails that wind through the lush pine forests, providing opportunities to spot native wildlife such as deer, foxes, and a variety of bird species.