The Oak Hill Cemetery — Attraction in Washington

Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery on a hill along Rock Creek Park in Georgetown in NW DC. The cemetery itself is stunning. On roving green hills, the scenery with the gravestones is stunning. Many of the gravestones are monuments and striking.

There are a few larger burial areas on the premise as well as benches to sit and enjoy the scenery. There's a little garden as well as benches under a stone bridge. There's also a beautiful chapel designed by renowned James Renwick.

There are more strict rules at the cemetery. You can't take professional photos nor bring in pets, bikes, etc.

There are many famous DC icons buried here including Katharine Graham, the former publisher of The...

This is a DC hidden gem. One of the most beautiful cemetery’s I have seen, with rolling hills and pathways up and down them.

A notable grave is that of William Thos. Carroll. Lincoln’s 11y/o son, Willie, was temporarily laid there after he died in 1862. The president reportedly visited and even took the boy out of his casket there to mourn.

George Saunders wrote a book loosely based on this, called Lincoln in the Bardo.

Anyway, this gravestone is one that is closest to the river/highway in the back of the cemetery to the...

My folks were buried there in 1982. I grew up in DC, and of all the places I have ever been, anywhere, Oak Hill is the most lovely little world all unto itself, overlooking the Parkway. History, nature, architecture, gardens, statues, all the markers, with all their stories, and above all else, beauty and peace. Please respect this wonderful,...