About Chama Cemetery
Chama Cemetery is a cemetery in Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The grounds sit at about 7,926 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 887414. The nearest other listed cemetery is Los Ojos Cemetery, about 12 mi to the south. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Rio Arriba County, and no other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
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36.90143, -106.57023
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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Where is Chama Cemetery located?
Chama Cemetery is at 596 Camino Alazan, Chama, NM 87520 in Rio Arriba County. GPS coordinates: 36.90143, -106.57023.
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