There is ample parking available and due to the size of the cemetery/park a shuttle bus is used. There is a $10 donation requested with children under 12 free.
Tours & Events
Apr 11, 2026
Gravestone Cleaning
Saturday
April 11
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
CRN# 10562
CFP 123-01
Fee: $35
Would you like to learn how to clean cemetery stones? Do you have a family plot with a stone that needs cleaning? Are you having a difficult time reading the worn lettering on a stone? Melody Howarth will show you cleaning and reading methods that work. Join Ms. Howarth at Vale Cemetery for this informative workshop. Students will be contacted prior to the class with meeting instructions. Students are asked to bring gloves, bottled water, and a bagged lunch. Register for Gravestone Cleaning.
Note: Materials fee paid to the instructor: $10.
This course will be taught at Vale Cemetery, located at 907 State St., Schenectady, NY 12307.
Apr 18, 2026
Come visit us at this year's Schenectady County History Faire held on April 18 at Proctors Theater in downtown Schenectady.
Vale Cemetery and Vale Preservation, Inc. will have a table highlighting our history through photos and other objects, including some rare funerary memorabilia. We'll also have information on this year's event season and volunteering at Vale.
Saturday, April 18 from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Proctors Theater, 432 State Street, Schenectady
FREE
Apr 24, 2026
Join Vale Cemetery and ReTree Schenectady for an Arbor Day tree planting ceremony at Vale.
The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m and will include the reading of an Arbor Day proclamation and the planting of a tulip tree.
Vale Cemetery (and the adjacent Vale Park) provide a welcome green space for our Schenectady neighbors. The combined Cemetery and Park includes a forest of over 60 different tree species, a diverse understory, and a variety of songbirds and other wildlife.
The ceremony is free, open to the public, and all are welcome to join us.
Additional details will be posted to our Facebook Event page.
Apr 25, 2026
We'll start at 10:00 am and will be picking up litter, raking, clearing fallen branches, and otherwise giving the Cemetery grounds a “spring cleaning.”
We hope to have a limited number of headstone cleaning supplies available as well; watch for details.
If possible, please bring work gloves, rakes (plastic only to protect the headstones), trash bags and handled grabbers, leaf blowers, plastic paint scrapers and spray bottles of water. We also welcome donations of supplies.
Don’t forget to dress for the weather, bring water, and wear appropriate footwear for working outdoors.
If you have any question or would like to participate, please message us via the Facebook page or send us an email at vale@valecemetery.org