About Green Mountain Cemetery
Green Mountain Cemetery is a cemetery near Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado. It lies about 1.4 mi north of Boulder. The grounds sit at about 5,476 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including George Gamow, Sydney Chapman and Anselm Hollo. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 181220. The nearest other listed cemetery is Columbia Cemetery, about 1.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Greenwood & Myers Mortuary in Boulder, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 20 cemeteries we list in Boulder County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Boulder. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Green Mountain Cemetery
Among them: 4 writers, 2 artists, 2 scientists, 2 US representatives, 1 football player, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Supreme Court justice.
- George Gamow1904-1968Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist
- Sydney Chapman1888-1970British mathematician and geophysicist
- Anselm Hollo1934-2013Finnish poet
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi1924-2014American writer and activist, Jewish Renewal movement pioneer
- Wiley Rutledge1894-1949American Supreme Court justice
- Ed Dorn1929-1999American writer
- Charles O'Connor1878-1940American politician from Oklahoma
- Donald G. Brotzman1922-2004American politician
- Frank Potts1903-1990American pole vaulter
- Josephine Hemenway Kenyon1880-1965American pediatrician and health educator
- Samuel Harrison Thomson1895-1975American medievalist
- Luman Aldrich1852-1916American football player and coach
Show all 24 notable burials
- Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden1907-2007American textile designer & botanical illustrator
- Arthur Robinson1914-2000American pediatrician and geneticist
- Charles G. Buckingham1846-1940American banker
- Charles H. Southwick1928-2015American primatologist
- Edith Farrington Johnston1888-1974American botanical illustrator
- Elberta Craig1896-1961American zoologist, scientific illustrator, author, museum curator
- Julius London1917-2009Ph.D. New York University 1951
- Louis Brewer Hall1917-2011Professor of English
- Mary Cane Robinson1910-2003American artist
- Robert D. Heidenreich1916-1995American metallurgist
- Robert Martin Burns1890-1976American chemical engineer
- W. F. Dyde1890-1973Canadian academic adminstrator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Green Mountain 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
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What Green Mountain 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
- Columbia CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery1.3 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery3.2 mi
- Sacred Heart of Mary CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery3.8 mi
- Valmont CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery4.0 mi
- Eldorado Springs CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery4.2 mi
- Superior CemeterySuperior, COCemetery6.6 mi
- Sunshine CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery6.9 mi
- Salina CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery7.3 mi
- Louisville CemeteryLouisville, COCemetery8.5 mi
- Gold Hill CemeteryBoulder, COCemetery8.7 mi
Funeral homes near Green Mountain Cemetery
- Greenwood & Myers Mortuary0.9 miMortuary · Boulder · (303) 440-3960
- Murphy & Associates Licensed Funeral Director1.2 miFuneral home · Boulder · (303) 622-5584
- Crist Mortuary & Cremation and Mountain View Memorial Park3.2 miCremation provider · Boulder · (303) 442-4411
- M.P. Murphy & Associates Funeral Directors4.9 miFuneral home · Boulder · (303) 530-4111
- Shannon & Malone Chapel Of Peace Funeral Home And Cremation Services7.8 miFuneral chapel · Superior · (720) 872-9000
- Darrell Howe Mortuary8.1 miMortuary · Lafayette · (303) 665-5518
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.