Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum in Altadena, California

Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum is a cemetery in Altadena, Los Angeles County, California. It was established in 1931. The grounds sit at about 1,175 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 147 notable people buried here, including Richard Feynman, Thomas Hunt Morgan and Charles Francis Richter. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 246301. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mountain View Mausoleum, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Foothill Funeral & Cremation in Altadena, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Los Angeles County dates to 1860. 20 of the 101 listings in Los Angeles County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 18 actors, 17 writers, 16 scientists, 8 artists, 8 inventors and engineers, 7 US representatives, 5 musicians, 4 architects.

• Richard Feynman1918-1988
  American theoretical physicist
• Thomas Hunt Morgan1866-1945
  American biologist and professor from Kentucky
• Charles Francis Richter1900-1985
  American seismologist
• Max Delbrück1906-1981
  Biophysicist
• Robert H. Grubbs1942-2021
  Nobel prize winning American chemist
• Octavia E. Butler1947-2006
  American science fiction writer
• William Morris Davis1850-1934
  American geographer
• George Reeves1914-1959
  American actor
• Seth Barnes Nicholson1891-1963
  American astronomer
• Johnny Otis1921-2012
  American musical entertainer
• Thomas Xenakis1875-1942
  Greek gymnast
• Eldridge Cleaver1935-1998
  American activist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Mountain View Mausoleum

  2300 North Marengo Avenue, Altadena, CA · est. 1931
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• San Gabriel Cemetery

  San Marino, CA
  Cemetery

  5.5 mi
• Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery

  535 East Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CA
  Church cemetery

  6.3 mi
• San Gabriel Mission Cemetery

  San Gabriel, CA
  Catholic cemetery

  6.5 mi
• Campo Santo

  San Gabriel, CA
  Catholic cemetery

  6.6 mi
• Forest Lawn Memorial Park

  1712 Glendale Avenue, Glendale, CA · est. 1906
  Memorial park

  7.0 mi
• Brand Family Gravesite

  Burbank, CA
  Cemetery

  7.3 mi
• Grand View Memorial Park

  Burbank, CA
  Memorial park

  7.7 mi
• Savannah Memorial Park

  Rosemead, CA
  Memorial park

  8.6 mi
• Verdugo Hills Cemetery

  La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
  Cemetery

  9.4 mi

• Foothill Funeral & Cremation

  Cremation provider · Altadena · (888) 701-7779
  0.2 mi
• Arnold Family Funeral Services - Hillside Chapel

  Funeral home · Altadena · (626) 791-9124
  0.3 mi
• Woods Valentine Mortuary

  Mortuary · Pasadena · (626) 798-8941
  1.1 mi
• Memorials by Adolfo

  Monument dealer · Pasadena · (626) 429-1528
  2.0 mi
• Avalon Pasadena Funeral Home & Cremation

  Funeral home · Pasadena · (626) 449-2121
  2.0 mi
• Legacy Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pasadena · (626) 314-1488
  2.2 mi

Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.