About Watrous Cemetery
Watrous Cemetery is a cemetery near Las Vegas, Mora County, New Mexico. It lies about 19 mi southwest of Las Vegas. The grounds sit at about 6,506 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 896281. The nearest other listed cemetery is Tiptonville Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is Rogers Mortuary in Las Vegas, about 18 mi away. It is one of 51 cemeteries we list in Mora County, and 7 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Las Vegas. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.80418, -105.00844
What Watrous 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
- Tiptonville CemeteryNM 161, Watrous, NMCemetery1.4 mi
- Kroenig CemeteryLas Vegas, NMCemetery2.9 mi
- Loma Parda CemeteryMora, NMCemetery5.0 mi
- Fort Union CemeteryMora, NMCemetery7.6 mi
- Cherry Valley CemeteryNM 97, Shoemaker, NMCemetery8.3 mi
- Campo de los Cadillos CemeteryOld Los Alamos, NMCemetery9.4 mi
- Santo Nino CemeteryOld Los Alamos, NMCemetery9.5 mi
- Jager CemeteryMora, NMCemetery11 mi
- Golondrinas CemeteryMora, NMCemetery11 mi
- Old Sapello CemeterySapello, NMCemetery13 mi
Funeral homes near Watrous Cemetery
- Rogers Mortuary18 miMortuary · Las Vegas · (505) 425-3511
- Nelson Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Las Vegas · (505) 425-6551
- Gonzales Funerals & Cremations19 miFuneral home · Las Vegas · (505) 425-9319
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