About Tinaja Cemetery
Tinaja Cemetery is a cemetery near Thoreau, Cibola County, New Mexico. It lies about 22 mi north of Thoreau. The grounds sit at about 7,379 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 911721. The nearest other listed cemetery is El Morro Cemetery, about 6.7 mi to the southwest. The nearest mortuary we know of is Compassion Mortuary in Grants, about 24 mi away. It is one of 34 cemeteries we list in Cibola County, and 1 other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Thoreau. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
35.09050, -108.26887
What Tinaja 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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Funeral homes near Tinaja Cemetery
- Compassion Mortuary24 miMortuary · Grants · (505) 287-5511
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