Lights over the old graves Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The Nevadan News wrote in 2025 that visitors claim to see glowing orbs and floating lights above the older graves, and that some say the ghost of an unfriendly old groundskeeper wanders the grounds. Source: The Nevadan News, 2025.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The historical marker at the site says that by 1867 community, religious and fraternal groups had set up the Silver Terrace collection of eleven cemeteries on 30 acres (Silver Terrace Cemeteries marker). The Nevadan News gives about 4,000 burials and about 1,300 headstones (The Nevadan News, 2025).
Sources differ: 2News reported in 2023 about 14 cemeteries on 31 acres (2News, 2023).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
Public access
Access unverified The cemetery foundation's director told 2News in 2023 that the gates are usually closed after dark (2News, 2023). The foundation's own site could not be loaded on the date checked. Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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