About Canby Cemetery
Canby Cemetery is a cemetery near Alturas, Modoc County, California. It lies about 18 mi east of Alturas. The grounds sit at about 4,331 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2791975. The nearest mortuary we know of is Kerr Mortuary in Alturas, about 17 mi away. It is one of 17 cemeteries we list in Modoc County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Alturas. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.42174, -120.87263
What Canby Cemetery offers
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.
Funeral homes near Canby Cemetery
- Kerr Mortuary17 miMortuary · Alturas · (530) 233-3930
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