Burial Ground

Historical marker location:

4203 Ridge Road West, Gaines, New York

( Marker is on Ridge Road West (New York State Route 104) 0.1 miles east of Gaines Waterport Road (New York State Route 279), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1932

The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.