About La Posta Cemetery
La Posta Cemetery is a cemetery near Durango, La Plata County, Colorado. It lies about 11 mi north of Durango. The grounds sit at about 6,165 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2780651. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elco Cemetery, about 3.9 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Williams Funeral Home & JWN Crematory in Durango, about 8.2 mi away. It is one of 19 cemeteries we list in La Plata County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Durango. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.12304, -107.89509
What La Posta 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
- Elco CemeteryDurango, COCemetery3.9 mi
- Crestview Memorial GardenDurango, COMemorial park9.1 mi
- Greenmount CemeteryDurango, COCemetery11 mi
- Green Mountain CemeteryDurango, COCemetery11 mi
- Florida CemeteryDurango, COCemetery11 mi
- Animas City CemeteryDurango, COMunicipal cemetery12 mi
- Marvel CemeteryDurango, COCemetery12 mi
- Hesperus CemeteryDurango, COCemetery13 mi
- Kline CemeteryDurango, COCemetery13 mi
- Cedar Hill CemeteryAztec, NMCemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near La Posta Cemetery
- Williams Funeral Home & JWN Crematory8.2 miCremation provider · Durango · (970) 259-4287
- Family Craft Memorials10 miMonument dealer · Durango · (970) 247-4571
- Hood Mortuary11 miMortuary · Durango · (970) 247-2312
- Cope Memorial Chapel-Aztec22 miFuneral chapel · Aztec · (505) 334-9332
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