National Monument · New York · est. 2006

African Burial Ground National Monument

The African Burial Ground stands as the oldest and largest known excavated burial site in North America for both free and enslaved Africans. It offers a profound testament to the enduring legacy of African communities whose labor, resilience, and cultural contributions were fundamental in shaping the development of New York.

About under an hour from New York by car.

Free to enter Hours vary 1 visitor center

Photos: National Park Service

Fees & passes

Free. No entrance fee here.

Hours

INDOOR VISITOR CENTER AND MUSEUM	Varies by day ▾ monday Closed tuesday Closed wednesday 10:00AM - 4:00PM thursday 10:00AM - 4:00PM friday 10:00AM - 4:00PM saturday 10:00AM - 4:00PM sunday 10:00AM - 4:00PM
OUTDOOR MEMORIAL	Varies by day ▾ monday Closed tuesday Closed wednesday 10:00AM - 4:00PM thursday 10:00AM - 4:00PM friday 10:00AM - 4:00PM saturday 10:00AM - 4:00PM sunday 10:00AM - 4:00PM

INDOOR VISITOR CENTER AND MUSEUM, OUTDOOR MEMORIAL: hours by date. Standard hours apply on every date not listed.

Dates	Hours
Standard hoursNow	sun 10:00AM - 4:00PM mon Closed tue Closed wed 10:00AM - 4:00PM thu 10:00AM - 4:00PM fri 10:00AM - 4:00PM sat 10:00AM - 4:00PM
Nov 26, 2026Thanksgiving Holiday Closure	Closed
Dec 25, 2026Christmas Holiday Closure	Closed
Jan 1, 2027New Year's Day Closure	Closed

When to go

Month by month, 1979 to 2025 →

June draws the most visits here and January the fewest, averaged over 2021 to 2025.

Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at New York Cntrl Pk Twr, 5 miles from the park's reference point at 130 feet, station USW00094728 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

See every month and year since 1979.

Visitor centers

African Burial Ground National Monument Visitor CenterPassport stamp
The visitor center is located at 290 Broadway, mid-block on Broadway between Duane and Reade Streets. It contains a self-guided museum, a theater that plays the 20-minute park film "Our Time At Last," restrooms, a gift store, a water fountain, and a staffed information desk.

Limited data for this unit

No campgrounds, no webcams or things to do in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.

At a glance

Established: Feb 27, 2006
States: New York
Designation: National Monument
Coordinates: 40.7145° N, 74.0045° W
Visitor centers: 1
Visitors (2025): 32,465
Phone: (212) 238-4373

Cell signal

Verizon: 5G (fast)
AT&T: 5G (fast)
T-Mobile: 5G (fast)

Outdoor coverage as modeled by carriers in FCC filings as of 2025-12-31, at the park's reference point and its campgrounds. Terrain and trees change everything. This product uses FCC APIs and/or Data but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.

Official links

All 10 links

Sister site

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Explore

Films

AFBG30th Commemoration: Teaser for Day 1 - Rediscovery · 3.2 min · on NPS.gov ↗

Happy Birthday, National Park Service! · 4.3 min · on NPS.gov ↗

National Park Service productions, public domain.

Events

Open House New York10/16
10:30 AM · runs through Oct 18 · registration required
290 Broadway at the entrance between Duane and Reade Street facing Broadway.

News

National Park Service Selects Amy Sebring to Lead Manhattan Sites ↗2026-06-10
The National Park Service has selected Amy Sebring as the next superintendent of Manhattan Sites, a collection of nine national parks related to the American journey.

Map

Interactive map by the National Park Service

Historic landmarks nearby

All New York landmarks on Register Atlas →

National Historic Landmark · 1 mi

101 Spring Street

New York

National Historic Landmark · 1 mi

Ambrose (lightship)

New YorkOpen to visit

National Historic Landmark · 1 mi

Lettie G. Howard (schooner)

New YorkOpen to visit

National Historic Landmark · 3 mi

USS Edson (DD-946)

New YorkOpen to visit

Public land nearby

All of it on Wilderness Atlas →

Wilderness · 22.4 mi

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness

FWS3,660 acres

National Wildlife Refuge · 22.8 mi

Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

FWS7,858 acres

National Wildlife Refuge · 27.8 mi

Congressman Lester Wolff Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge

FWS3,382 acres

National Wildlife Refuge · 33 mi

Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

FWS78 acres

Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.

Guidebooks for the Mid-Atlantic

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Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail
Matt Willen, 2016
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Rail-trails mid-Atlantic
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 2015
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Scenic Routes and Byways Middle Atlantic
Randi Minetor and Nic Minetor, 2015
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Reference

Activities

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Weather & climate

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=New+York&state=NY&site=OKX&lat=40.7198&lon=-73.993#.Vqj8OvkrJlZ

Questions people ask

Does African Burial Ground charge an entrance fee?

No. African Burial Ground is free to enter.

Source: National Park Service

What are the hours at African Burial Ground?

Standard hours are 10:00AM - 4:00PM on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and it is closed on Monday and Tuesday. Dated exceptions are listed under Hours.

Source: National Park Service

How busy is African Burial Ground?

32,465 recreation visits in 2025, number 297 of 387 units that report visitation.

Source: Most visited parks

Is there cell service at African Burial Ground?

At the park's reference point, FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G. Coverage inside the park varies by location.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

When was African Burial Ground established?

2006.

Source: Wikipedia

What is the weather like at African Burial Ground?

Http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=New+York&state=NY&site=OKX&lat=40.7198&lon=-73.993#.Vqj8OvkrJlZ

Source: Weather & climate

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