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A visit to the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park:

38.3796, -122.8353

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Pleasant Hills Memorial Park is located in Sonoma County<2>.

The county seat for Sonoma County is located in Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa lies just to the east northeast of the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park .

Open a Google Map centered on the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pleasant Hills Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • The Canfield Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canfield Cemetery
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
  • Gilliam Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Gilliam Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam Cemetery
  • Bloomfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • The Bloomfield Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomfield Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomfield.
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
  • Steele Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Steele Family Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Family Cemetery
  • Forestview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Forestview Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestview Cemetery
  • Druids Occidental Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Bodega Calvary Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bodega Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Bodega.
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Santa Rosa.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7877 <5>
    • Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Moke Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Moke Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moke Cemetery
    • Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
      • The Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fulkerson Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8312 <5>
    • Stanley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Stanley Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Cemetery
    • Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • The Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery has also been known as:
      • IOOF Cemetery
      • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640472 <5>
    • Santa Rosa Memorial Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Shomrei Torah Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Fulton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Fulton Cemetery is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pleasant Hills Memorial Park, with the nearest first:

  • Sebastopol
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Bloomfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Graton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Freestone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Valley Ford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bellevue is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • South Santa Rosa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • South Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Santa Rosa
  • Roseland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roseland is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
  • Occidental
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bodega
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Stony Point
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Forestville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Cotati
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rohnert Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Santa Rosa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Camp Meeker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Trenton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Fulton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Tomales
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Montgomery Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Montgomery Village is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
    • Penngrove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bodega Bay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Dillon Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ely ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Ely is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Melita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Monte Rio
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Sonoma County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pleasant Hills Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park:

  • Pages specific to California:
  • Pages specific to Sonoma County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Pleasant Hills Memorial Park:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1989447  (Pleasant Hills Memorial Park)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1989447 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Sonoma
      • Est. Elev: 105 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sebastopol
      • Location given for Pleasant Hills Memorial Park:
      • Lat: 38.3796366     Lon: -122.8352702
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sonoma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hills Memorial Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.