About Gay Head Indian Burying Ground
Gay Head Indian Burying Ground is a cemetery near West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts. It lies about 7.8 mi northeast of West Tisbury. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 604116. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gay Head Cemetery, about 0.9 mi to the northwest. 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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41.33592, -70.81186
What Gay Head Indian Burying Ground 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 CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery0.9 mi
- Chilmark CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery5.3 mi
- West Tisbury Village CemeteryWest Tisbury, MAMunicipal cemetery8.0 mi
- Cuttyhunk CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery8.3 mi
- Christiantown Memorial CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery9.3 mi
- Mingo CemeteryWest Tisbury, MACemetery9.4 mi
- Penikese Island CemeteryNew Bedford, MACemetery10.0 mi
- Lamberts Cove CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery11 mi
- Sailors Burying Ground CemeteryVineyard Haven, MACemetery12 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Hebrew CemeteryVineyard Haven, MAJewish cemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Gay Head Indian Burying Ground
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations13 miFuneral home · Oak Bluffs · (508) 693-1495
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations18 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
- Dartmouth Funeral Home20 miFuneral home · South Dartmouth · (508) 999-5100
- Waring Sullivan Dartmouth Funeral and Cremation Service20 miCremation provider · Dartmouth · (508) 999-5100
- Grace Memorial Chapel20 miFuneral chapel · Falmouth
- Chapman Funerals & Cremations20 miFuneral home · Falmouth · (508) 540-4172
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