About Big Butte Cemetery
Big Butte Cemetery is a cemetery near Bowbells, Burke County, North Dakota. It lies about 11 mi northeast of Bowbells. The grounds sit at about 2,454 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1034006. The nearest other listed cemetery is Zion Cemetery, about 5.0 mi to the northeast. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Burke County, and 9 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bowbells. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
48.72087, -102.46477
What Big Butte 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
- Zion CemeteryBowbells, NDCemetery5.0 mi
- Nasareth CemeteryBowbells, NDCemetery7.9 mi
- Vanville CemeteryBowbells, NDCemetery8.0 mi
- Elbow Lake Bethel CemeteryStanley, NDCemetery8.0 mi
- Dale Lutheran CemeteryBowbells, NDLutheran cemetery8.0 mi
- Bethlehem Lutheran CemeteryBowbells, NDLutheran cemetery8.3 mi
- Little Butte CemeteryBowbells, NDCemetery8.6 mi
- Tonset CemeteryBowbells, NDCemetery9.5 mi
- Saint James CemeteryTioga, NDCemetery9.8 mi
- Hide and Stone CemeteryKenmare, NDCemetery11 mi
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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