About Fort Lyon National Cemetery
Fort Lyon National Cemetery is a national cemetery near Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado. It lies about 5.2 mi west of Las Animas. The grounds sit at about 3,871 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 195525. The nearest other listed cemetery is Las Animas Cemetery, about 5.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Horber Funeral Chapel in Las Animas, about 5.2 mi away. It is one of 10 cemeteries we list in Bent County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Las Animas. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.08472, -103.12936
What Fort Lyon National 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 Fort Lyon National Cemetery
- Horber Funeral Chapel5.2 miFuneral chapel · Las Animas · (719) 456-1339
- Peacock-Larsen Funeral Home23 miFuneral home · La Junta · (719) 384-8777
- Johnson-Romero Funeral Home24 miFuneral home · La Junta · (719) 384-8200
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