Wagon Wheel Cemetery in Vinalhaven, Maine

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Get directions Vinalhaven, Maine, USA

Coordinates: 44.07813, -68.80646
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Located on Wagon Wheel Road AKA Steep Rock Road off of Poor Farm Road in Vinalhaven. There is a 15 ft. obelisk that can be seen from around.

If heading west on Poor Farm Rd, take a right onto Wagon Wheel Road AKA Steep Rock Road. Continue a short ways before you see an old burned down shack on your left. The obelisk is quite visible right across the street on your right, and is just off the side of the road in a clearing. If you head north on Wagon Wheel Steep Rock Rd from Poor Farm Rd, it is hard to miss. The Vinalhaven historical society may be of further assistance, or contact the memorial manager for the four individuals interned at the Cemetery.

There are only two monuments in the little graveyard. The first burial was that of David Smith in 1874. His daughter Maria (Smith) Oakes followed in November of that year, as did his wife Margaret Smith in 1875. Elisha Oakes (Maria's husband and the son-in-law to David Smith) was the last burial here when he died in 1891. Elisha is listed on the obelisk like the other three burials, however he also has a smaller black stone to himself.