El Campo Santo Cemetery - San Diego, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 32° 45.088 W 117° 11.597
11S E 481893 N 3623751
This old cemetery in San Diego's Old Town has the gravesites of 477 notables and unknowns..and is a California State Landmark. Several of the graves have been relocated and others are now under the street.
Waymark Code: WMNTN2
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
Views: 8

This website (visit link) provides the info:

"El Campo Santo cemetery has a long and unfortunate history. After the rise of New San Diego and the decline of Old Town, the cemetery was no longer maintained. Just two years after the last body was buried there, a streetcar line was built through the cemetery over some existing graves. Preservationsists began their campaign in 1937 by restoring some of the gravemarkers and building a short wall around a small portion of the cemetery. At some point the streetcar line was converted into San Diego avenue, and paved over in the 1940s. The city was repeatedly petitioned to aknowlege that their were desecrated graves under the street. In 1993 the city sent a team with ground piercing radar to the sight and discovered at least 18 bodies buried beneath the street. The city first painted white crosses on the street to mark the graves, and eventually installed simple brass markers.

Ghost Stories


The most widely seen apparitions in El Campo Santo cemetery are an Indian or Hispanic man in 19th century clothing, and a woman also dressed in period. The man is said to float above the ground. Other times it is said that cars which are parked upon the graves have their alarms sometimes go on, even though no one is in sight of the vehicle."
Public access?:
I believe this area is open to the public 24/7.


Visting hours:
24/7


Website about the location and/or story: [Web Link]

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