Penn Forest Natural Burial Park in Oakmont, Pennsylvania
About Penn Forest Natural Burial Park
Penn Forest Natural Burial Park is a natural burial ground near Oakmont, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.2 mi northwest of Oakmont. The grounds sit at about 909 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2775015. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Josephs Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is English Funeral Home in Oakmont, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 144 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allegheny County dates to 1824. 5 of the 342 listings in Allegheny County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oakmont. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.51274, -79.82358
What Penn Forest Natural Burial Park offers
- Accepting new burials Not available
- Cremation options Not available
- Cremation niches Not available
- Mausoleum Not available
- Columbarium Not available
- Chapel Not available
- Green burial Yes
- Veterans section Not available
- Office on site Not available
- Parking Not available
- Wheelchair accessible Not available
- Restrooms Not available
Nearby cemeteries
- Saint Josephs CemeteryVerona, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Oakmont - Verona CemeteryOakmont, PACemetery0.6 mi
- Bright CemeteryOakmont, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Richey Family CemeteryVerona, PAFamily cemetery1.6 mi
- Shannon Heights CemeteryVerona, PACemetery1.6 mi
- German Lutheran CemeteryVerona, PALutheran cemetery1.6 mi
- Henderson Cemetery750 Gulf Lab Road, Cheswick, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Mark CemeteryCheswick, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Mount Hope Cemetery12707 Frankstown Road, Penn Hills, PACemetery2.5 mi
- Unity Presbyterian Church CemeteryPlum, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.5 mi
Funeral homes near Penn Forest Natural Burial Park
- English Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Oakmont · (412) 828-6565
- Burket-Truby Funeral Home Inc1.1 miFuneral home · Oakmont · (412) 828-3535
- Burkett-Truby Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Oakmont
- Penn Hills Monuments LLC2.1 miMonument dealer · Pittsburgh · (412) 371-7231
- Charles B Jarvie Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Cheswick · (724) 715-7242
- Jarvie Chas B Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Cheswick · (724) 274-7080
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