Beautiful historic 90 acre cemetery full of interesting headstones, statues and mausoleums. Many notable people buried here including Andrew Carnegie, Walter Chrysler, Elizabeth Arden, Leona Helmsley, Harry Helmsley and of course, Washington Irving. The Old Dutch Church is not technically part of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery but they are right next to each other so you will want to take a look at that. We were also able to go inside. Highly recommend going on one of the tours offered. Our tour guide was very entertaining and knowledgable about the cemetery. Some fun trivia: Parts of the 1970 movie "House of Dark Shadows" were filmed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Came here around Halloween with just about everyone else in the tri-state area. It was very crowded, but so worth it. Tons of old headstones and mausoleums to look at. Just have to be careful since the roads inside the cemetary are pretty narrow and can barely fit two vehicles across.You can take a guided tour or just explore by yourself. Definitely print out a map online before you go so you can easily find out where some of the more notable "residents" reside in the cemetary.
A scenic, hilly walk through a cemetery that starts at about 1700 and is active to day and see the architecture of grave stones as they change through the centuries. There is the fenced in enclave of Washington Irving and his family that helped start this cemetery as well as other famous people like Chrysler and the Rockefellers. Maps are available for guidance.
We went on the Classic Tour (different themed tours are available) on a chilly fall afternoon. Our tour guide Ro was wonderful! She was friendly and knowledgeable, and she clearly loves her work. If you are interested in history, you should enjoy this tour. Because we went in mid-November after the Halloween rush, we were a small group and so we made a couple stops to points of interest not usually on this particular tour. It was great to learn stuff about our own hometown (or county as the case may be).
Sleepy Hollow is a tiny, quaint town, probably most famous for its large historic cemetary where Washington Irving is buried. The Halloween Cemetary Tours are really excellent, with a number of themes you can choose from. They are led by experienced guides and are in the dark, with hand-held lamps providing the only light. We went with a fairly large group, some of whom were children, and it proved a fascinating and quite lovely 2 hour tour. I think someone interested in the cemetary would get far more from it with an experienced guide than on their own....the stories were quite fascinating and we really did learn a ton about the people who are buried there, as well as the reasons for certains styles of masoleums and headstones. if you come for the tours, give yourself PLENTY of time to drive there as the town is flooded with people on Halloween night. Signage is not really clear either, so we got a bit lost and were panicking about possibly missing our tour! As it was, we were a half hour late, but they held it for us as so many other people got confused, lost or were simply stuck in traffic. Next time we will leave a much bigger window for travel time.
We went on a bus trip over the 10/24/14 weekend and one of the stops was a tour in this cemetery. We had a private tour of the cemetery which, as expected, a lot of the history was about Washington Irving and the Headless Horseman. Our guide gave us so many interesting tidbits regarding how the characters of the story were created. PLUS -- she also explained some of the different tombstone designs and also brought Barnabus Collins from "Dark Shadows" into the mix. There is a fee for a tour and, I believe, there are different types of tours, so you should visit their website. Also, around Halloween, we returned to this cemetery to hear a storyteller tell the Headless Horseman story. This was done in the Old Dutch Church there in the cemetery. This is also a must-see if you get a chance. Again, there is a fee for this.All in all this was a great time and I highly recommend this.
The idea of giving a 1, 2 or 3 star rating to this American treasure seems like lunacy. Kind of in the category of, if you look for something to complain about in a place you'll find it. So let's look for some things to complain about.....There are way too many dead people in this cemetery. Thousands. Way too many famous and historically significant people. Hundreds. The trees are a little too beautiful, seriously what are you feeding them? It's way too peaceful. Why does it look so nice in every season? Is it trying to make other cemeteries self conscious? The folks at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery run a cemetery and a major tourism spot in one and they do it with real professionalism. The site is more than worthy of a visit for more reasons than you can list and they are worthy of your patronage. The town is lovely. The parking could be better. Go see it. And if you come back to tripadvisor to leave a sh^^% review for a cemetery, you've obviously reached the point in your life where you will complain about anything.
What a great place to spend an October afternoon. There is such a feel of history here. After visiting Washington Irving's home we came to visit his grave and then walked around a bit. Also saw Andrew Carnegie's monument with its beautiful Celtic cross. No visit to Sleepy Hollow is complete without seeing this cemetery.
The area of Sleepy Hollow has a vast number of attraction to visit like Washington Irvington House where the headless horseman was wrote.
I can't believe I"m rating a cemetery, but this place was so cool to see. Not only is it really old, its really big too! Me and my husband just took a drive to see what it was all about, and we found ourselves really enjoying the drive through. We went yesterday (11/9/14) and the colors of the tree's were absolutely beautiful. You drive up and down hills, pass by a little river, go over the headless horseman bridge. Along the drive you will see famous people's tomb's. I didn't realize how many famous people were buried at this cemetery also. Rockefeller, Washington Irving, Elizabeth Arden, Harry & Leona Helmsley, and more. Definitely worth checking out!