Help pick up sticks, rake, or trim around headstones! This is an open event, and you can come and go as you please. Bring water, gloves, and (if you have them) rakes, clippers, and/or weed trimmers. Bug spray and boots are recommended.
Nature is trying its' best to reclaim this historic cemetery! It is in a heavily wooded area on a hilltop overlooking the Little Sac River northeast of Springfield. In 1840 when the cemetery was established, the distance by wagon from the heart of the small village of Springfield was some six or seven miles. At present, it is only a very short distance from the Springfield city limits. It is a Greene County historic site.
The Union Campground Cemetery is located 500 ft north of Valley Water Mill Road at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 65 and Valley Water Mill Road. If you follow Highway 65 North from Springfield and go past (under) I-44, you need to take the first exit which is Valley Water Mill Road. You need to turn right and turn around, then you can park on the northside of Valley Water Mill Road headed west. Walk west down the ditch on the northside of Valley Water Mill Road. You will come to a cable across the path. Go under the cable, then follow the path down the hill (North) and up to the Southwest corner to enter the cemetery
