Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum

Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum An active cemetery, serving over 1,600 families annually. A Dayton landmark since 1841. Patterson (NCR), George P. Loren M. Berry, Sr. (L. M. Co.).
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Conservator of Dayton history and the culture of its people

In the 1840s when Dayton outgrew its original graveyards at Third and Main Street and at Fifth Street, civic pioneer John Van Cleve chose a new forty-acre site, largely for its splendid hilltop views and remarkable variety of trees. Woodland’s place in history reaches far beyond Dayton, as its remarkable structures with unique interior features are of national significance. As one of a few 19th-century rural garden cemeteries in America, the site offers a distinctive historical, educational, and recreational resource for the southwestern Ohio region and the nation. Each year, thousands tour the grounds of Woodland to visit the grave-sites of Wilbur and Orville Wright, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, Governor James M. Cox, writer Erma Bombeck, Jeraldyne Blunden, founder of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, inventor Charles F. Kettering and his daughter-in-law, philanthropist Virginia Kettering, and entrepreneurs John H. Huffman (Huffy Bicycles), George Mead (Mead Paper Co.) Berry Co.), and Preserved Smith (Barney & Smith Mfg. Woodland is the conservator of Dayton history and the culture of its people. We are proud to be the final resting place of over 111,000 souls resting peacefully among our beautiful and timeless grounds.

Our Evening of Remembrance will be Friday, December 5th at 6pm. The event will take place in our Tiffany Chapel. To RSVP...
11/29/2025

Our Evening of Remembrance will be Friday, December 5th at 6pm. The event will take place in our Tiffany Chapel. To RSVP please call 937-228-3221 by December 4th.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving from all of us at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum.
11/27/2025

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving from all of us at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum.

Our 2026 Bird Walks are now posted on our website! We will kickoff the New Year on January 3rd so Bundle up, bring your ...
11/27/2025

Our 2026 Bird Walks are now posted on our website! We will kickoff the New Year on January 3rd so Bundle up, bring your binoculars, and come enjoy some nature! We’ll be looking for our year-round residents and winter visitors like Golden-crowned Kinglets and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers. The walk is slow-paced, and mostly stays on the road surface, but sometimes does venture “off-trail” into the grass. All ages welcome.

Your nature guide will be Amanda Lawson, an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist.

For more information and to reserve your spot, please click the link below:
https://woodlandcemetery.org/event/new-years-bird-walk-3/

Save the Date: is one week away! Have you considered giving a charitable contribution to Woodland Cemetery and Arboret...
11/26/2025

Save the Date: is one week away! Have you considered giving a charitable contribution to Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum?

This Giving Tuesday, help protect one of Dayton’s most peaceful and historic places. 🌿

The Woodland Arboretum Foundation supports the care of our landscapes, preservation of our heritage trees, restoration of monuments, and safeguarding of the stories entrusted to Woodland since 1841.

Every gift—large or small—makes a real difference.
👉 Give today and help keep Woodland beautiful for generations
https://woodlandcemetery.org/donate/

The Woodland Mausoleum will be closed Sunday, November 23rd for electrical work. It will reopen on Monday, November 24t...
11/23/2025

The Woodland Mausoleum will be closed Sunday, November 23rd for electrical work. It will reopen on Monday, November 24th. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

The Father of Modern Beekeeping is resting peacefully at Woodland. We continue our Bee Story with the background of Lore...
11/21/2025

The Father of Modern Beekeeping is resting peacefully at Woodland. We continue our Bee Story with the background of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth's invention. Click on the link below or copy and paste in your browser.
https://conta.cc/3fsVdHK

The Woodland Mausoleum will be closed this Sunday, November 23rd for electrical work. It will reopen on Monday, November...
11/20/2025

The Woodland Mausoleum will be closed this Sunday, November 23rd for electrical work. It will reopen on Monday, November 24th. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Honoring our heroes on Veterans Day and all who served. Thank you for your service. Today we honor the life of one of o...
11/12/2025

Honoring our heroes on Veterans Day and all who served. Thank you for your service. Today we honor the life of one of our Veterans resting peacefully at Woodland, Charles Goodwin Bickham (August 12, 1867, in Dayton, Ohio – December 14, 1944, in Dayton).

Bickham was a United States Army first lieutenant who received the Medal of Honor for "distinguished gallantry" on May 2, 1902, in the Battle of Bayang, during the Moro Rebellion. Lieutenant Bickham carried a wounded soldier across a "fire-swept field".

His medal was awarded by Theodore Roosevelt on April 28, 1904.

He served as a colonel on the staff of Ohio Governor William McKinley. During the Spanish–American War, he served as a corporal in Company G, Third Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and later a captain in the Ninth Regiment (Immunes), U.S. Volunteer Infantry. He served as a captain during the Philippine–American War in the Twenty-eighth Regiment, U.S. Volunteer Infantry, under Col. William E. Birkhimer. After receiving his commission in the regular army as a lieutenant, he served again in the Philippines with the Twenty-seventh U.S. Infantry under then-Captain John J. Pershing.

He was honorably discharged from the army in June 1910. Bickham died December 14, 1944, and is buried in section 101 at Woodland.

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Have you watched our mini documentary? Learn about our history, horticulture, preservation and our mission to commemorate the dead and preserve the heritage and wonder of Woodland in perpetuity…

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118 Woodland Avenue
Dayton, OH
45409

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

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+19372283221

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Conservator of Dayton history and the culture of its people

In the 1840s when Dayton outgrew its original graveyards at Third and Main Street and at Fifth Street, civic pioneer John Van Cleve chose a new forty-acre site, largely for its splendid hilltop views and remarkable variety of trees.

Woodland’s place in history reaches far beyond Dayton, as its remarkable structures with unique interior features are of national significance. As one of a few 19th-century rural garden cemeteries in America, the site offers a distinctive historical, educational, and recreational resource for the southwestern Ohio region and the nation.

Each year, thousands tour the grounds of Woodland to visit the grave-sites of Wilbur and Orville Wright, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, Governor James M. Cox, writer Erma Bombeck, Jeraldyne Blunden, founder of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, inventor Charles F. Kettering and his daughter-in-law, philanthropist Virginia Kettering, and entrepreneurs John H. Patterson (NCR), George P. Huffman (Huffy Bicycles), George Mead (Mead Paper Co.) Loren M. Berry, Sr. (L. M. Berry Co.), and Preserved Smith (Barney & Smith Mfg. Co.).

Woodland is the conservator of Dayton history and the culture of its people. We are proud to be the final resting place of over 110,000 souls resting peacefully among our beautiful and timeless grounds.