About Gay Head Cemetery
Gay Head Cemetery is a cemetery near West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts. It lies about 8.1 mi east of West Tisbury. The grounds sit at about 135 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602561. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gay Head Indian Burying Ground, about 0.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Oak Bluffs, about 13 mi away. It is one of 21 cemeteries we list in Dukes County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, West Tisbury. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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41.34629, -70.82327
What Gay Head 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
- Gay Head Indian Burying GroundWest Tisbury, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Chilmark CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery5.9 mi
- Cuttyhunk CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery7.4 mi
- West Tisbury Village CemeteryWest Tisbury, MAMunicipal cemetery8.3 mi
- Penikese Island CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery9.1 mi
- Christiantown Memorial CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery9.3 mi
- Mingo CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery9.4 mi
- Lamberts Cove CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery11 mi
- Sailors Burying Ground CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery13 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Hebrew CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAJewish cemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Gay Head Cemetery
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations13 miFuneral home · Oak Bluffs · (508) 693-1495
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations18 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Dartmouth Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · South Dartmouth · (508) 999-5100
- Waring Sullivan Dartmouth Funeral and Cremation Service19 miCremation provider · Dartmouth · (508) 999-5100
- Perry Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · New Bedford · (508) 993-2921
- Grace Memorial Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · Falmouth
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