About Timpas Cemetery
Timpas Cemetery is a cemetery near La Junta, Otero County, Colorado. It lies about 17 mi northeast of La Junta. The grounds sit at about 4,501 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2485965. The nearest other listed cemetery is Otero County Cemetery, about 15 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Johnson-Romero Funeral Home in La Junta, about 17 mi away. It is one of 14 cemeteries we list in Otero County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, La Junta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.80805, -103.76805
What Timpas 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
Funeral homes near Timpas Cemetery
- Johnson-Romero Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · La Junta · (719) 384-8200
- Bellwood Ustick Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Rocky Ford · (719) 254-3434
- Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · La Junta · (719) 384-8777
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