Union Cemetery

I love graveyards, yes I’m that creepy.
I come here because I have 3 friends planted here. One died when he jumped off a campus roof thinking he could fly, the other in a head on collision, in a 69 Camaro ss, with a tree on dark, deserted Rock Mill Rd and the last one of honest-​to-​goodness old age. I also take pictures of graveyard statuary and this is a good place for that.
This is a peaceful place to sit and reconnect with myself and bask in the gentle quiet of the dearly departed. I sometimes come here to write. There is something about graveyards that helps with introspection.
It is a gently sloping and profusely treed yard, very neat and ordered, and when the eveing sun slants throught the trees it is quite beautiful in a Phantasm kind of way. (wait…do I hear the whine of… THE BALL, muwahahahahaha…)

Nice old cemetery with mature trees, we were on the east side of olentangy. i like to look at old gravestones, and there are some very interesting ones here. i especially liked one that imitated a trees stump. the down sides are two, the lawn was not mowed for a while and the trash cans were not emptied. i would like to hope that people enjoy being remembered and don’t mind visitors. so a cemetery is an interesting peaceful place to contemplate the cosmos, or sit in the shade eating apple-​bees cause you have your dog with you and can’t eat in.

I’ve always found cemeteries to not be something creepy, but be something peaceful. Somewhere to find peace is a hard thing to do in a city like Columbus, but this is the place to do it.
I don’t think its disrespectful to spend time here, if that’s what you’re thinking. Memorials are put up so people can be remembered. Where better than a place of history and memories can you go to learn something about yourself. I love to walk along and look at the gorgeous relief carvings on the headstones, and read the occasional epitaph. I think there’s always positive perspective in realizing that you are not the center of the universe… that other people have lived long amazing lives before you and will after you.
The grounds are kept wonderfully and there are gorgeous old trees to sit with. Its a perfect place to paint, as well, because you don’t get anyone looking over your shoulder and mentioning to you that you happen to be painting. Plus gravestones are fascinating studies of the colors in grays that we miss.
Right behind it is the wetland reserve for OSU. (Drop in, explore. Its gorgeous.)
If you’re feeling conspicuous, bring flowers.

No locked gates, great location, plenty of silence and plenty of shade… to be fair I had no idea the cemetery was even here until I stumbled upon it looking for a place to read and eat my lunch outdoors on a lazy Friday afternoon.
Large enough to get away from the streetsounds and just think, plus a large number of old elaborate stones. The most striking thing? Just how many people loved the Buckeye state enough to immortalize it on their place of rest. OH–

This lovely, old cemetery is right by Ohio State University and the Olentangy River (and Dairy Queen). It’s not gated, so you can stroll around at your leisure, whenever the mood strikes. I think it’s still accepting new bodies but I enjoy looking at the old tombstones, wondering why people died young, and so forth. The people here are Buckeyes and you can’t beat the location. Woody Hayes (RIP) is here:
as well as Frederick Rankin Taylor, the former OSU basketball coach (he led them to a NCAA championship in 1960) and Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s. Woody Hayes — I am impressed.