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Cave Hill Cemetery's Baxter and Broadway entrance is currently under construction. Please use caution while entering the gate. Our Grinstead Drive entrance is fully accessible, located at 2395 Grinstead Drive (across from Louisville Collegiate School). For assistance, please call our office at 502.451.5630.

Help Protect the Legacy

The purpose of the Cave Hill Heritage Foundation is to secure funding for the long-term preservation of this unique cemetery.

Walking Through Grief

A service of the Cave Hill Heritage Foundation offering a series of programs designed to serve families that have recently experienced a loss.

  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Horticulture Wagon Tour
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Sports Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Bourbon Barons of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Civil War History at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Annual Memorial Day Service
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Historical Twilight Walking Tour
  • Angels Among Us: Angel Statuary at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Notable Louisville Women and the Suffrage Movement Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Military Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Spousal-Partner Grief Walking Group
  • Esteemed Louisville Lawyers, Judges & Politicians Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Angels Among Us: Angel Statuary at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Cave Hill Cemetery Photography Contest Ends
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Bourbon Barons of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Military Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Interpreting Cemetery Symbolism Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Literary Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Twilight Walking Tour
  • Notable Louisville Women and the Suffrage Movement Golf Cart Tour
  • The Revival of the Cemetery as an Outdoor Sculpture Gallery Tour
  • Heroes of the River: Steamboat Captains and River Pilots of Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Interpreting Cemetery Symbolism Golf Cart Tour
  • Civil War History at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Literary Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Angels Among Us: Angel Statuary at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Spousal-Partner Grief Walking Group
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • The Revival of the Cemetery as an Outdoor Sculpture Gallery Tour
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Military Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Angels Among Us: Angel Statuary at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Sports Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Twilight Wagon Tour
  • Civil War History at Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Bourbon Barons of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Notable Louisville Women and the Suffrage Movement Golf Cart Tour
  • Esteemed Louisville Lawyers, Judges & Politicians Golf Cart Tour
  • Horticulture Wagon Tour
  • Heroes of the River: Steamboat Captains and River Pilots of Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Spousal-Partner Grief Walking Group
  • Literary Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Military Figures of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Twilight Wagon Tour
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Through The Lens: Capturing Beauty in Stone and Memory Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Golf Cart Tour
  • Historical Walking Tour
  • Notable Louisville Women and the Suffrage Movement Golf Cart Tour
  • Bourbon Barons of Cave Hill Golf Cart Tour
  • Cave Hill Holiday Remembrance Service

Latest News and Updates

Download the Cave Hill Cemetery App

Cave Hill Cemetery is pleased to announce that we have a FREE app available for download directly from our website. Simply click Download Our App from your mobile device on our website to use this wonderful navigational and information tool for Cave Hill Cemetery. You can even take a tour of various points of interest by using the Tours link!

Chartered by the General Assembly of Kentucky on February 5, 1848 for the purpose of operating a rural cemetery. Cave Hill was dedicated in July of that year and the transition of Cave Hill Farm into a beautiful and historic cemetery began.

Like any pioneer, when William Johnston decided to build a brick house in the countryside of the fledging town of Louisville, he first searched for a good spring. He found one that helped feed Beargrass Creek, emanating from a large cave that kept it well protected.

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