Graves Chapel and Cemetery, Stanley

Name: Graves Chapel and Cemetery
Address: Stanley, United States

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Graves Chapel and Cemetery, also known as Graves Church, is a historic Methodist church located at Stanley, Page County, Virginia. It was built in 1856, and is a simple one-story, frame church building. It was enlarged about 1870. The center entry and flanking windows on the front gable end have Gothic Revival lancet arches and the gable roof is topped by and open belfry. Also on the property are the contributing church cemetery with burials dating to 1860, and the parsonage, a two-story frame residence built about 1893. ()

Built: 1856 (168 years ago)Coordinates: 38°34'36"N, 78°29'17"W

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Stanley United States

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Graves Chapel and Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nakedtop, Hawksbill Mountain, Big Meadows Site, Big Meadows.

4.6 miE
Mountain
Nakedtop, Shenandoah National Park
117 min walk • Nakedtop is a summit in Page County, Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,734 feet, Nakedtop is the 157th highest mountain in Virginia. Nakedtop was so called because its peak has no trees. Nakedtop is visible from the Appalachian Trail.
5.2 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Hawksbill Mountain, Shenandoah National Park
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5.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Big Meadows Site, Shenandoah National Park
132 min walk • The Big Meadows Site is an archaeological site on the National Register of Historic Places near Luray, Virginia. It is located in Shenandoah National Park.
4.3 miSE
Archaeological site
Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park
111 min walk • Big Meadows is a recreational area of the Shenandoah National Park in Madison County and Page County, in the US state of Virginia. The meadow is located on the Skyline Drive at Milepost 51 and contains the park's Harry F. Byrd Visitor Center, a lodge, camp store, and camping area.
5.5 miSE
Archaeological site
Gentle Site, Shenandoah National Park
142 min walk • The Gentle Site is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Madison County, Virginia, United States.
5.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Cliff Kill Site, Shenandoah National Park
134 min walk • The Cliff Kill Site is an archaeological site in Shenandoah National Park, in Madison County, Virginia, United States. Its name derives from the discoverers' supposition that it was originally used as a buffalo jump.
4.6 miSE
Mountain pass, Nature
Fishers Gap, Shenandoah National Park
118 min walk • Fishers Gap is a wind gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains located on the border of Madison County and Page County in Virginia in the Shenandoah National Park. Both Skyline Drive and the Appalachian Trail pass across the gap.