About Shandaken Rural Cemetery
Shandaken Rural Cemetery is a catholic cemetery near Shokan, Ulster County, New York. It lies about 12 mi southeast of Shokan. The grounds sit at about 945 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 964929. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lanesville Cemetery, about 4.3 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is E B Gormley Funeral Home in Phoenicia, about 2.4 mi away. It is one of 83 cemeteries we list in Ulster County, and 18 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Ulster County dates to 1845. 10 of the 83 listings in Ulster County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Shokan. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.10558, -74.34998
What Shandaken Rural 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
- Lanesville CemeteryWoodstock, NYCemetery4.3 mi
- Longyear CemeteryShokan, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Hudler CemeteryShokan, NYCemetery6.2 mi
- Spruceton Methodist Church Cemetery1927 Spruceton Road, West Kill, NYMethodist cemetery6.4 mi
- Parker CemeteryWoodstock, NYCemetery6.5 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryShokan, NYCemetery6.6 mi
- Winne Family Burial GroundShokan, NYFamily cemetery6.9 mi
- West Kill Methodist Church Cemetery65 Spruceton Road, West Kill, NYMethodist cemetery7.3 mi
- Westkill Community CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery7.3 mi
- Schermerhorn CemeteryDurham, NYCemetery8.6 mi
Funeral homes near Shandaken Rural Cemetery
- E B Gormley Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Phoenicia · (845) 688-5500
- Aston-Basagic Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · East Jewett
- Lasher Funeral Home, Inc.12 miFuneral home · Woodstock · (845) 679-7381
- Decker Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Windham · (518) 734-3535
- Hynes Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Margaretville · (845) 586-3475
- Miller Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Roxbury · (607) 326-7921
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Frequently asked questions
Is Shandaken Rural Cemetery a Catholic cemetery?
Our records list a Catholic affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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