Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery

I love this cemetery. It’s a beautiful walk with huge trees and lots of great history. If you’re already enjoying the big old beautiful houses on McDonald Avenue, keep going and enjoy the rural cemetery.

I didn’t realize you could review a cemetery! This is a really cool place. I love cemeteries– especially old ones like this– because of all the history. There’s a lot of Santa Rosa history in this cemetery! You will probably recognize lots of names if you know Santa Rosa streets, because the streets were named after some of the people in the cemetery! Sometimes they have tours of the cemetery (I think they’re done by the Santa Rosa Historical Society, but I’m not sure) and those are really interesting. They tell you about the people who are buried there, and events that happened there like the tree where they hanged a black person in the 1920s. I think that was the last hanging in Santa Rosa, but I’m not sure.
If you’re a Santa Rosa native like I am, this is a great place to go. I think every Santa Rosa resident should go at least once. It’s also a great place for visitors. I took my French friend here and she loved it!

Call me morbid, but I love this place. History in my back yard.

decided to check out the cemetery since I don’t live too far from it, enjoyed looking at the memorial to the vets was rad, so much history here, I’ll be walking around here more often. only thing I didn’t like was the crunchy unkempt grass, that needs to be fixed.

My very first time visiting here, and if you are a history buff and want to gain a lot of knowledge about Santa Rosa this is a must trip. Many of the tours are free to the public, some are a modest fee but in all cases be sure to take advantage of them.

Beautiful surroundings, lots of oak trees, and there are some old headstones that are really interesting to look at. Great place to take your dog and great place for photo takers.
There is a self guided tour that tells you about Santa Rosa history (very interesting). If you are into geo-​caching, there are lots of caches in this rural cemetery.
I always come back here!

this is a decent place to take photographs– mostly because the lighting when i was there (about 330 today) was spectacular. if you are a cemetery buff, the graves aren’t stand out, but the scenery is pretty awesome, and it’s a nice, rural (!) walk.
warning: do not bring your dog if you expect people to follow the numerous posted signs about keeping dogs on leash. i saw many dogs and not one was on leash. i think i counted five. i’m glad i left my guy in the car, as we would not have enjoyed ourselves.

Been here to take some photos and it is a nice place to get away and walk around. Some of the graves here are so old that they almost don’t exist.

I came here for the first time this morning for a walk after breakfast. I had my camera with me and thought it’d be a good opportunity to take some interesting photos (I posted a few here). It might not be the most ideal place to hike but it is very peaceful for a leisurely stroll and it really gives you an interesting peek into the rich history of the area. I found out after I left that my grandfather is actually buried here. I’m looking forward to my next visit so I might find some of my own history here.

I came this weekend for the guided tour — amazing. I knew a little about SR history (not being from here — I guess I know more than most people) but now, i can say I know a ton, and it was amazing.
The 3^rd weekend in Sept for $ 30-​$ 60 depending on the tour, you can take a night time tour, with lots of extra special perks, for the History buff, this would be well worth it (and all the $ goes to keeping it up!)
BTW — the creek running on the back side? rodgers creek fault. which is kinda interesting to go and check out as well.
The headstones in the odd fellows part, are some of the most elaborate and amazing (not on the tour) and worth going and paying your respects and admiring as well.

Good place to go for a nice shady zombie walk. (Zombies not included)
I bring my dog and my friend usually brings her baby. There are lots of old old old headstones to look at, lots of pretty trees, neat narrow paths to walk up and down… and dead people. Good combo.
My favorite part is that my dog is allowed here.
Oh yah and they have a self guided tour you can take. There is a little sign that has a box with little pamphlets in it… take one and open it up and follow the arrows all around the cemetery and read about certain grave sites. Nice little Santa Rosa history lesson. I can’t wait for the lantern tours in September!