About Amawalk Hill Cemetery
Amawalk Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, New York. It lies about 1.5 mi south of Yorktown Heights. The grounds sit at about 502 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Robert Capa, Elisabeth Rethberg and George Cehanovsky. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 942412. The nearest other listed cemetery is Frost Family Cemetery, about 2.9 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clark & Giordano Funeral Home Inc in Yorktown Heights, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Westchester County, and 48 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 7 of the 116 listings in Westchester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Yorktown Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Amawalk Hill Cemetery
Among them: 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Robert Capa1913-1954American photographer
- Elisabeth Rethberg1894-1976German American opera singer
- George Cehanovsky1892-1986American operatic baritone
People whose Wikidata entry gives Amawalk Hill Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
41.29248, -73.77304
What Amawalk Hill 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
- Frost Family CemeteryLincolndale, NYFamily cemetery2.9 mi
- Todd CemeteryGoldens Bridge, NYCemetery3.4 mi
- Lawson CemeteryShrub Oak, NYCemetery4.2 mi
- Kasho CemeteryBedford Hills, NYJewish cemetery4.6 mi
- Ackerman CemeteryCortlandt Manor, NYCemetery4.7 mi
- Presbyterian CemeteryMahopac, NYPresbyterian cemetery5.2 mi
- Lake Marie Burial Ground60 Haines Road, Bedford Hills, NYCemetery5.3 mi
- Rose Hills CemeteryShrub Oak, NYCemetery5.3 mi
- Warren CemeteryHeritage Hills, NYCemetery5.3 mi
- King David CemeteryShrub Oak, NYCemetery5.3 mi
Funeral homes near Amawalk Hill Cemetery
- Clark & Giordano Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Yorktown Heights · (914) 962-3333
- Yorktown Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Shrub Oak · (914) 962-0700
- Cargain Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Mahopac · (845) 628-5655
- Clark Associates Funeral Home5.1 miFuneral home · Katonah · (914) 232-3033
- Joseph J Smith Funeral Home6.1 miFuneral home · Mahopac · (845) 621-1992
- Heritage Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Putnam Valley · (845) 526-3000
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