About Chama Cemetery
Chama Cemetery is a cemetery near San Luis, Costilla County, Colorado. It lies about 4.2 mi northwest of San Luis. The grounds sit at about 8,225 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 193032. The nearest other listed cemetery is San Pedro Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the northwest. It is one of 8 cemeteries we list in Costilla County, and 2 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, San Luis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
37.15612, -105.37250
What Chama 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.
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