Parks Department
NORTH BURIAL GROUND
The North Burial Ground dates from 1700 and is the largest municipal cemetery in the region at 109 acres with more than 35,000 gravestones. The cemetery is owned and operated by the Parks Department and it contains an eclectic collection of funerary sculpture ranging from simple slate markers to elaborate mausoleum structures. An active cemetery, about 225 burials a year take place at North Burial Ground.
PARKS DEPARTMENT KEY PHONE NUMBERS
Superintendents Office 785-9450
Forestry Division 785-9450, ext. 270
North Burial Ground 331-0177
Park Maintenance Division 785-9450, ext. 230
Roger Williams Park Casino 785-9450, ext. 240
Roger Williams Park Museum & Planetarium 785-9450, ext. 221
Roger Williams Park Zoo 785-3510
Triggs Memorial Golf Course 521-8460
