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You can find the cemetery location by searching here:
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic
When you get the search result, click on the cemetery name. This will bring you to a page with the GNIS co-ordinates and a little other information. At upper right is a selection of maps. I like the TerraServer DRG which shows roads and names, it is topological. You will have to zoom in to the 2nd notch from bottom to see where the cemetery is located.
It looks like there is access via a public highway or a private road, either way you have to walk up the hill. An inquiry at one of the houses on the public highway might give you information on who owns the land now.
If the cemetery is not maintained, here are some things to take along: a broad-brim hat (helps keep ticks out of hair), insect repellent, a rough-tooth saw and/or lopper, sturdy hiking boots that go up well over the ankles. If you plan to take photos, a tripod, a mirror to focus sunlight and a way to position the mirror such as coathanger wire and a piece of rerod about 3 to 5 feet long, a soft paintbrush or other type (soft bristles, please) to remove moss, spiderwebs, bird poop. Best times for photos are early to mid-morning, mid- to late afternoon, when sun is about at 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock so you get contrasting shadows, depending on position of markers.
Here are some great web sites for cemetery tips:
www.ShoeStringGenealogy.com - forms, presentations
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nhoga/misc_articles/photographing_gravestones.htm
http://www.genealogy.com/64_gravestones_print.html
http://www.savinggraves-us.org/
www.tufat.com/s_family_tree_builder.htm
Tips on reading old, deteriorated inscriptions
http://www.shotover.clara.net/mi.htm
More british tips
http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/graves/
US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs.
http://www.cem.va.gov:80/hm_hm.asp
http://www.cem.va.gov/cem/hm_hm.asp
National Center for Preservation Technology & Training (part of the US Department of the Interior)
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/Training/Videos/Resetting-a-Stone-Grave-Marker.aspx
http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/Training/Videos/Cleaning-a-Stone-Grave-Marker.aspx
Good hunting!
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