Sacred Grove historic site

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historic site religious site wooded area

The Sacred Grove historic site is a wooded area near Palmyra, New York, revered by Latter-day Saints as the place where Joseph Smith experienced his foundational vision that led to the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sacred Grove (LDS) near Palmyra	1
Sacred Grove historic site canonical	1
Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10112026 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sacred Grove historic site
Context triple: [First Vision, associatedPlace, Sacred Grove historic site]

A. Patriarch Grove
Patriarch Grove is a high-elevation stand of ancient bristlecone pines in California’s White Mountains, renowned for containing some of the oldest known trees on Earth.
B. Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park
Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park is a historic riverside site in Prince George’s County, Maryland, featuring Native American, colonial, and early American archaeological remains and interpretive exhibits.
C. Greenmead Historical Park
Greenmead Historical Park is a preserved historical village and farm complex in Livonia, Michigan, featuring restored buildings and exhibits that showcase the area’s 19th- and early 20th-century heritage.
D. Cathedral Grove
Cathedral Grove is an old-growth temperate rainforest on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, renowned for its towering ancient Douglas fir and red cedar trees.
E. Sonohyan-utaki sacred grove
Sonohyan-utaki sacred grove is a revered Ryukyuan religious site in Naha, Okinawa, traditionally used by the Ryukyu Kingdom’s kings for prayers and rituals and now recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sacred Grove historic site
Target entity description: The Sacred Grove historic site is a wooded area near Palmyra, New York, revered by Latter-day Saints as the place where Joseph Smith experienced his foundational vision that led to the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A. Patriarch Grove
Patriarch Grove is a high-elevation stand of ancient bristlecone pines in California’s White Mountains, renowned for containing some of the oldest known trees on Earth.
B. Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park
Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park is a historic riverside site in Prince George’s County, Maryland, featuring Native American, colonial, and early American archaeological remains and interpretive exhibits.
C. Greenmead Historical Park
Greenmead Historical Park is a preserved historical village and farm complex in Livonia, Michigan, featuring restored buildings and exhibits that showcase the area’s 19th- and early 20th-century heritage.
D. Cathedral Grove
Cathedral Grove is an old-growth temperate rainforest on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, renowned for its towering ancient Douglas fir and red cedar trees.
E. Sonohyan-utaki sacred grove
Sonohyan-utaki sacred grove is a revered Ryukyuan religious site in Naha, Okinawa, traditionally used by the Ryukyu Kingdom’s kings for prayers and rituals and now recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic site ⓘ religious site ⓘ wooded area ⓘ
associatedEvent	First Vision ⓘ
associatedWith	First Vision ⓘ Joseph Smith ⓘ Palmyra, New York, early LDS history ⓘ Restoration movement (LDS) ⓘ linked to: Restorationism
category	Forests of New York (state) ⓘ linked to: New York Forest Preserve Latter Day Saint historic sites ⓘ Religious buildings and structures in New York (state) ⓘ
commemoratedBy	artworks depicting the First Vision ⓘ
commemoratedOn	LDS Church publications ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eventDateApproximate	spring 1820 ⓘ
foundationalFor	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
hasAccess	public ⓘ
hasConservationStatus	preserved woodland ⓘ
hasDenominationAssociation	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
hasFeature	forest ⓘ interpretive signage ⓘ walking paths ⓘ
hasInterpretiveCenterNearby	Smith Family Farm visitor center ⓘ linked to: Smith Family Farm
hasLanguageOfInterpretation	English ⓘ
hasName	Sacred Grove ⓘ
linkedToDoctrine	LDS belief in modern revelation ⓘ LDS doctrine of God the Father and Jesus Christ as separate beings ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario County, New York ⓘ Palmyra, New York ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
maintainedBy	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
near	Hill Cumorah ⓘ Palmyra Temple ⓘ linked to: Palmyrene temples Palmyra, New York ⓘ Smith Family Farm ⓘ
openTo	visitors ⓘ
ownedBy	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ownedSince	20th century ⓘ
partOf	LDS Church historic sites in New York ⓘ
pilgrimageSiteFor	members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ linked to: Latter-day Saint movement churches
significanceFor	Latter-day Saints ⓘ linked to: Latter Day Saint
timePeriodOfKeyEvent	Second Great Awakening ⓘ
tourismType	religious tourism ⓘ
usedFor	meditation ⓘ prayer ⓘ religious pilgrimage ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Vision → associatedPlace → Sacred Grove historic site ⓘ

Palmyra, New York → nearbySite → Sacred Grove (LDS) near Palmyra ⓘ

linked to: Sacred Grove historic site

Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning → associatedLocation → Sacred Grove near Palmyra, New York ⓘ

subject linked to: Latter-day Saint hymn “Oh, How Lovely Was the Morning” (also known as “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer”)