About Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near San Diego, San Diego County, California. It lies about 2.4 mi south of San Diego. The grounds sit at about 276 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Cave Johnson Couts, Juana Ridington and Julian Ames. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2773319. The nearest other listed cemetery is El Campo Santo, about 1.0 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is San Diego Cremation Service in San Diego, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in San Diego County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 71 listings in San Diego County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, San Diego. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Calvary Cemetery
- Cave Johnson Couts1821-1874US military officer and judge
- Juana Ridington1814-1901Early San Diego pioneer, nurse, quiltmaker
- Julian Ames1807-1866President of the San Diego Board of Trustees
- Felipa Osuna1809-1889Early San Diego pioneer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Calvary Cemetery 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.
Map
32.74867, -117.17705
What Calvary 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.
Nearby cemeteries
- El Campo SantoSan Diego, CACatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Presidio Hill CemeterySan Diego, CACemetery1.3 mi
- First United Methodist Church ColumbariumSan Diego, CAMethodist cemetery2.4 mi
- All Souls Episcopal Church ColumbariumSan Diego, CAEpiscopal cemetery4.0 mi
- Home of Peace CemeteryNational City, CACemetery4.7 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryNational City, CACemetery4.7 mi
- Beth Israel CemeteryNational City, CAJewish cemetery4.7 mi
- Cypress View MausoleumNational City, CACemetery5.0 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryNational City, CACemetery5.1 mi
- Greenwood CemeteryNational City, CACemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Calvary Cemetery
- San Diego Cremation Service0.7 miCremation provider · San Diego · (619) 923-1439
- Cortez Cremations And Funeral Services1.8 miCremation provider · San Diego · (619) 240-7620
- Telophase Cremation Society2.1 miCremation provider · San Diego · (619) 299-0805
- Williams San Diego Memorial Chapel2.3 miFuneral chapel · San Diego · (619) 692-3090
- Thresholds Home and Family-Directed Funerals3.1 miFuneral home · San Diego · (619) 719-1156
- San Diego Burial At Sea3.4 miFuneral home · San Diego · (619) 987-0663
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