Calvary Cemetery

Take a walk.

I like walking in cemetries, especially in autumn when the trees are at peak foliage. There was a section of dozens of small slab stones marking the graves of nuns, which isn't something you see every...

Beautiful Eternal Place of Rest Near the Fore River

This large cemetery was busy with funerals and burials on my visit to pay respects at relatives’ gravesites. The cemetery’s nearly 47,000 burials were divided between an older section and a newer sect...

A South Portland landmark

Calvary Cemetery is huge. You could spend a whole day strolling the cemetery and looking at tombstones. The more recent graves (1900s, 2000s) have sections devoted to Italians and Irish, and some of t...

Peaceful

Free parking Free admission Easy to find via GPS Wheel chair and child stroller accessible Open sunrise to sunset everyday of the year No pets allowed This cemetery was recommended on TripAdvi...

Fascinating, but in danger of deteriorating

I love this old cemetery and have relatives buried there. There are beautiful historic gravestones; some very poignant of immigrants from the"old country". The river is a great place for bird and tu...