Bonaventure Cemetery: Savannah’s Most Beautifully Haunting Walk -

I wouldn’t usually recommend visiting a cemetery but Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia is the most beautiful cemetery I have ever walked around.

Overlooking the Wilmington River, the 160-acre cemetery grounds are hauntingly beautiful. Everywhere you look are live oak trees dripping with moss over tombstones and statues that have been around for over a hundred years.

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Parking at Cemetery

There is a parking lot near the Wilmington River. To park you take your first left on Sheftall Way. Then take your first right on Greenwich all the way down until you see water, parking is on the right.

You have great views of the Wilmington River from the cemetery.

The cemetery is huge so it is easy to get turned around if you’re taking a DIY tour. There are wooden signs throughout. However, many of the most popular gravesites are a short walk from the parking area. For example, the oldest gravesite, the Mercers, Corrine Lawton, and Little Gracie are nearby.

Corrine Lawton Grave

From the parking lot take a right so that you’re overlooking the river on Greenwich. Take your second left and the Lawton’s grave is on your right. The young woman passed away right before her wedding day. The statue was created in Italy.

Gracie at Bonaventure Cemetery

Little Gracie is probably one of the most famous gravesites in the cemetery and it is not too far from the parking. Make a left on Greenwich out of the parking lot and then make your first left on Walz Way to view her gravesite. There is a wrought iron fence around her grave. She was just six when she died and was the only child of the

M. Barclay Taliaferro

Shell Girl – George Baldwin Plot

statue in bonaventurine cemetery in Savannah GA

If you are a fan of the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and you’re looking for the famous Bird Girl statue you won’t find it in the cemetery. It was moved and the famous statue is now at the Telfair Museum in Savannah.

Where is Bonaventure Cemetery

The cemetery is 3-miles from downtown Savannah.

Tours of Bonaventure Cemetery

You can visit the cemetery on your own, but if you want a guide there are several tours of Bonaventure Cemetery.

There is an app you can download to tour the cemetery. For more information visit the Bonaventure Cemetery Historical Society . The group offers tours a couple times a month.

You can also take a guided tour of the Bonaventure Cemetery.