Prospect Hill Cemetery

Welcome

"If you stroll the cemetery roads and paths and scrutinize the names on the stones, you will find material and to spare for the ancestral roll call of the island." These were words written by Florence Bennett Anderson in Through the Hawse-Hole the True Story of a Nantucket Whaling Captain, the biography of her great great grandfather Captain Seth Pinkham interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery.

Prospect Hill Cemetery is located in the center of Nantucket Island. We welcome you as you visit our island and while you are here take a stroll through Prospect Hill Cemetery. You will find it a place of peace and tranquility. There are places to sit and reflect on its past. You may also see names from your history books on the headstones at Prospect Hill. Nantucket is a special and unique experience. We invite you to explore Nantucket's past at historic
Prospect Hill Cemetery.

March 7, 2012 - Prospect Hill Cemetery Association announces our book Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts has arrived on island!

To purchase Tuck’t In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts please click on the link highlighted below and fill out the order form. Mail to: Theresa Davis, President, Prospect Hill Cemetery c/o Tresses & The Day Spa, 117 Pleasant Street, Nantucket, MA 02554. Or call Tresses at (508) 228-0024 to place a book order. Tuck't In can also be purchased at Mitchell's Book Corner, Nantucket Bookworks, The Hub, the Nantucket Historical Association Museum Shop, the Maria Mitchell Association or by contacting Prospect Hill Cemtery.

The Prospect Hill Cemetery Association is pleased to announce the publication of our book Tuck't In: A Walking Tour of Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery Nantucket, Massachusetts. To place an order please click on this link.

Tuck't In is a who's who of Nantucket history!

Learn about Nantucketers and the lives they led, from the simple to the extraordinary. The chronicles include whaling captains, mariners lost at sea, merchants, writers, artists, educators, Civil War veterans and prisoners. Nantucket notables such as a congressman, distinguished astronomer and Nobel Prize recipient are all buried at Prospect Hill.