About Prairie Rest Cemetery
Prairie Rest Cemetery is a cemetery near Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming. It lies about 1.1 mi west of Guernsey. The grounds sit at about 4,400 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2774562. The nearest other listed cemetery is Register Cliff Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gorman Funeral Home in Wheatland, about 19 mi away. It is one of 9 cemeteries we list in Platte County, and 6 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Guernsey. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
42.26687, -104.72078
What Prairie Rest 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
- Register Cliff CemeteryGuernsey, WYCemetery1.4 mi
- Lucindy Rollins GraveGuernsey, WYCemetery1.7 mi
- Boot Hill CemeteryGuernsey, WYCemetery3.7 mi
- Emigrant Hill CemeteryGuernsey, WYCemetery6.1 mi
- Mary Homsley Burial SiteGuernsey, WYCemetery8.5 mi
- Fort Laramie CemeteryGuernsey, WYCemetery9.5 mi
- Dwyer CemeteryGuernsey, WYCemetery12 mi
Funeral homes near Prairie Rest Cemetery
- Gorman Funeral Home19 miFuneral home · Wheatland · (307) 322-2384
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