About Escondido Cemetery
Escondido Cemetery is a cemetery near Capitan, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It lies about 20 mi west of Capitan. The grounds sit at about 5,673 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 888904. The nearest other listed cemetery is Las Palas Cemetery, about 6.5 mi to the northeast. It is one of 33 cemeteries we list in Lincoln County, and 8 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lincoln County dates to 1880.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Capitan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
33.49816, -105.22468
What Escondido 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
- Las Palas CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery6.5 mi
- Fritz CemeteryUS 380, Hondo, NMCemetery7.0 mi
- Hondo CemeteryUS 70, Hondo, NMCemetery8.2 mi
- Saint Jude Catholic Mission CemeteryRuidoso Downs, NMCatholic cemetery8.7 mi
- Lincoln CemeteryUS 380, Lincoln, NMCemetery8.7 mi
- Tinnie CemeteryCounty Road East 025, Tinnie, NMCemetery8.8 mi
- San Patricio Catholic Church CemeteryCapitan, NMCatholic cemetery9.5 mi
- San Patricio CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery9.5 mi
- Griego CemeteryUS 380, Lincoln, NMCemetery11 mi
- Pleasant View CemeteryCapitan, NMCemetery13 mi
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- How Deep Is a Grave?Where "six feet under" comes from, typical depths today, and what state rules actually require.
- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.