About Gayhead Cemetery
Gayhead Cemetery is a cemetery near Cairo, Greene County, New York. It lies about 3.6 mi southwest of Cairo. The grounds sit at about 705 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2547531. The nearest other listed cemetery is Palmer Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Richards Funeral Home in Cairo, about 3.5 mi away. It is one of 107 cemeteries we list in Greene County, and 59 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Greene County dates to 1873. 6 of the 107 listings in Greene County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Cairo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.34457, -73.96567
What Gayhead 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
- Palmer CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Waldron Brandow CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery1.3 mi
- Webber CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery1.5 mi
- Butler CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery1.6 mi
- Waldron CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery2.1 mi
- Union CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery2.3 mi
- King CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery2.8 mi
- Weekes CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Honey Hollow CemeteryCoxsackie, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- King Hill CemeteryCairo, NYCemetery3.1 mi
Funeral homes near Gayhead Cemetery
- Richards Funeral Home3.5 miFuneral home · Cairo · (518) 622-9503
- A J Cunningham Funeral Home5.7 miFuneral home · Greenville · (518) 966-8313
- Traver & McCurry Funeral Home8.7 miFuneral home · Catskill · (518) 943-3211
- Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Catskill · (518) 943-3240
- Richards Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Athens · (518) 945-1065
- Bates and Anderson Funeral Services12 miFuneral home · Hudson · (518) 828-3371
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