About El Vado Cemetery
El Vado Cemetery is a cemetery near Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It lies about 13 mi northeast of Tierra Amarilla. The nearest other listed cemetery is Puerto Chiquito Cemetery, about 5.8 mi to the south. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Rio Arriba County, and 1 other listed cemetery lies within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tierra Amarilla. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
36.61978, -106.75645
What El Vado 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
- Puerto Chiquito CemeteryTierra Amarilla, NMCemetery5.8 mi
- Rutheron CemeteryCo Road 338, Rutheron, NMCemetery11 mi
- Tierra Amarilla Cemetery16 County Road 339A, Tierra Amarilla, NMCemetery13 mi
- Los Ojos Cemetery17 County Road 339A, Tierra Amarilla, NMCatholic cemetery13 mi
- Santa Rita Cemetery5 Co Road 314, Las Nutrias, NMCemetery13 mi
- Las Nutrias CemeteryTierra Amarilla, NMCemetery14 mi
- Ensenada Cemetery25 County Road 330, Ensenada, NMCemetery14 mi
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