About Sheep Island Cemetery
Sheep Island Cemetery is a cemetery near Trenton, Hancock County, Maine. It lies about 5.6 mi northwest of Trenton. The grounds sit at about 20 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2736329. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brookside Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes in Mt-desert, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 268 cemeteries we list in Hancock County, and 110 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Trenton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
44.36453, -68.32546
What Sheep Island 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
- Brookside CemeteryTrenton, MECemetery0.6 mi
- Sound CemeteryBar Harbor, MECemetery1.1 mi
- Oak Hill Road CemeteryTrenton, MECemetery1.8 mi
- Brown CemeteryBar Harbor, MECemetery2.1 mi
- Higgins CemeteryTrenton, MECemetery2.2 mi
- Mountain View CemeteryTrenton, MECemetery2.2 mi
- Kenison CemeteryTrenton, MECemetery2.2 mi
- Burns Richardson Burial GroundTrenton, MECemetery2.3 mi
- Higgins Marcyes Burial GroundTrenton, MECemetery2.4 mi
- Richardson Burying GroundTremont, MECemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Sheep Island Cemetery
- Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes0.6 miFuneral home · Mt-desert · (207) 812-7090
- Jordan-Fernald Funeral Homes13 miFuneral home · Ellsworth · (207) 667-2521
- Bragdon-kelley Funeral Home13 miFuneral home · Ellsworth · (207) 546-2435
- Acadia Burial & Cremation Direct14 miCremation provider · Ellsworth · (207) 664-0007
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