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The Palmyra Temple, Located on The Western Slope of a Drumlin Hill
Patrons and visitors can find recluse among the trees out in back of the Palmyra Temple, where seats and trails are provided. Not many will recognize that they are on top of the remnant of a drumlin hill, a junior-sized Hill Cumorah. Might nearby drumlin hills of the area have played some kind of a role, in both Jaredite and Nephite times?

View of The New Palmyra Chapel From The Temple Grounds
This view of the new Palmyra Chapel was taken from the grounds of the Palmyra Temple. The road seen here, Temple Road, leads on the left, and then to the Smith Farm and Sacred Grove areas, a short distance away.

View Of The Drumlin Hill To The East Of Hill Cumorah
A view of the drumlin hill lying to the east of Hill Cumorah, as seen westward from Curran Road. This hill is about 40 feet less in elevation than Hill Cumorah. Like other similar drumlin hills around Hill Cumorah, they are privately owned and maintained as compliments to the backyards of the owners. As such they are private property that must be respected.

Drumlin Hill To The West Of The Hill Cumorah
A painting derived from a photograph of Hill Cumorah, dated in the 1920s. Located about 25 miles south of a Sea East (Lake Ontario), the Hill Cumorah (on Route 21) can be seen as the place where both the Jaredite and the Nephite armies fought their last battles. The Hill Cumorah can be seen as the starting place from which to identify the geography of The Book of Mormon.

View Of Hill Cumorah From Smith Road on the West
One might think that these privately owned fields were the site of last battles of the Nephites. They probably were, however they may also represent only a partial picture. Recall that the Nephites had pitched tents all around about Hill Cumorah. To see those last battles in perspective, might we need to take a closer look as the “other side of Cumorah”?