Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee

Name: Calvary Cemetery
Address: Milwaukee, United States

#88 among attractions in Milwaukee

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Calvary Cemetery is the oldest existing Catholic cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Owned by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, it is the final resting place for many of the city's early influential figures. The cemetery was designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1981. ()

Coordinates: 43°2'2"N, 87°58'55"W

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Story HillMilwaukee United States

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Calvary Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: American Family Field, Ward Memorial Hall, Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Hart Park.

0.7 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
American Family Field, Milwaukee
18 min walk • American Family Field, formerly known as Miller Park, stands as a testament to Milwaukee's love for baseball and the great outdoors. This modern stadium, with its unique fan-shaped retractable roof, ensures that the Milwaukee Brewers can play ball come rain or shine.
0.7 miSE
Theater, Victorian architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Ward Memorial Hall, Milwaukee
17 min walk • Ward Memorial Hall is an 1880s theater building within the Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
0.6 miSE
Victorian architecture
Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Milwaukee
16 min walk • Milwaukee Soldiers Home is one of three Soldiers homes which have survived in the United States. It was built for the rehabilitation of Civil War soldiers. The building recognized as a National Historic Landmark District property.
1.4 miNW
Park
Hart Park, Wauwatosa
35 min walk • Hart Park is a 19.5-acre park on the Menomonee River in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Created in 1921 and originally known as City Park, the park has a football/soccer field, baseball diamond, field house, several tennis courts, a skate park, and nature trails.
0.6 miS
Cemetery
Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee
15 min walk • Wood National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is one of two National Cemeteries in Wisconsin. It encompasses 50.1 acres, and as of 2021, it had over 40,000 interments. It is closed to new interments.
0.6 miSE
Rock, Nature, Natural attraction
Soldiers' Home Reef, Milwaukee
15 min walk • Soldiers' Home Reef, also known as Rocky Point, National Military Asylum Reef, or Veterans' Hill is a fossilized coral reef rock formation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The reef formation was discovered by geologist Increase A. Lapham in the 1830s.
1.1 miN
43°2'58"N • 87°58'51"W
Square One Art Glass, Milwaukee
28 min walk • Museum, Classes and workshops
0.8 miW
Sacred and religious sites
Archdiocesan Marian Shrine, Milwaukee
21 min walk • The Archdiocesan Marian Shrine, formerly known as the Milwaukee Fatima Shrine and the National Shrine to Our Lady of Fatima, is of the Roman Catholic Church and a shrine to the Virgin Mary.
1.2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Martin Drive, Milwaukee
32 min walk • The Martin Drive neighborhood of Milwaukee is a residential district on the west side of the city. It is named for the local 19th-century politician Morgan Lewis Martin. Housing development started in the 1920s around two breweries.
1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Schoonmaker Reef, Milwaukee
28 min walk • Schoonmaker Reef, also known as Wauwatosa Reef, Schoonmaker Quarry, Raphu Station or Francey Reef is a 425 million year-old fossilized reef in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. It was discovered in 1844 by Increase A. Lapham and Fisk Day on the site of a quarry owned by the Schoonmaker family. Geologist James Hall declared its significance in 1862.
0.5 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Baseball
Helfaer Field, Milwaukee
13 min walk • Helfaer Field, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a Little League baseball field located next to American Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers. Costing $3.1 million to construct, the field seats up to 722 people. Built near the infield of the former Milwaukee County Stadium, it retains the old foul poles from that field.

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Which popular attractions are close to Calvary Cemetery?

Nearby attractions include Soldiers' Home Reef, Milwaukee (15 min walk), Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee (15 min walk), Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Milwaukee (16 min walk), Ward Memorial Hall, Milwaukee (17 min walk).