Visitors

The cemetery is located at 5 East Cemetery Drive, Burkittsville MD 21718.

You may also wish to visit the Town of Burkittsville website (http://www.burkittsville-md.gov/) to learn more about our lovely town and the surrounding area.  

We welcome all visitors and ask that you respect the hallowed ground and follow these guidelines when visiting. The cemetery is open from sunrise to sunset.

·      All boisterous laughter and irreverent mirth and conversation, running, or otherwise acting in an unbecoming manner is forbidden, and anyone offending shall be required to leave the grounds forthwith.

·      Dogs may be walked on leash on roadways. Please keep dogs off graves and grass, and please pick up after your dog.

·      Do not remove any part of the cemetery, including but not limited to, grass, dirt, plants, decorations, markers, headstones, or pieces of markers or headstones.

·      Do not sit or lean on headstones.

·      All persons on the premises will be held responsible for any damage done by them.

·      Children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

·      No food or drink allowed.

·      Planting must be done under the supervision of the Board of Directors; no perennials, trees, shrubs or similar may be planted.

·      Decorations, flowers, or similar shall not impede mowing.

·      Outhouses shall be used only during burials.

·      Photographs shall not be used for commercial purposes.

·      Automobiles shall remain under 10 mph, shall remain on roadways, and shall not park inside the cemetery for more than 30 minutes.

·      Firearms will not be permitted except at military funerals.

·      Any and all further regulations that the board may determine are in the organization’s best interest.

Tour Groups (7 or more people):

·      Should your tour group wish to enter the cemetery proper, a docent must be in attendance.

·      If you are requesting a docent, sufficient notice must be given in order to make arrangements of the same.

·      If you do not timely request a docent, or do not request a docent at all, your group cannot enter the cemetery proper and must remain outside the fence portion of the cemetery.

Blair Witch movie fans:

·      You may notice that there are not any graves in the cemetery with the Blair name as the movie portrayed a fictional story.

·      If you are a fan of the movie, you are welcome to visit the cemetery between sunrise and sunset. We simply ask that you respect the grounds as our loved ones and fallen soldiers are buried here.

·      If you are interested in volunteering time or services to the cemetery, please contact us!