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A visit to the Skyway Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Skyway Memorial Park. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Skyway Memorial Park (FG ID #1972026)

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 Skyway Memorial Park ...

Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Skyway Memorial Park, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Skyway Memorial Park

Lat:   39.8065°   (39° 48' 23")

Lon:   -121.5785°   (-121° 34' 42")

The cemetery is located in Butte County<2>.

As an estimate, the Skyway Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Magalia.

The county seat for Butte County is located in Oroville. Oroville lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the south of the Skyway Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 19 miles [30.6 km] of the Skyway Memorial Park.<4>

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

  • Centerville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Centerville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Centerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Centerville Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coutolenc Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coutolenc Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coutolenc Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Coutolenc Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Nicholl Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Forest Ranch Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Forest Ranch Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Clarks Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cohasset Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cohasset Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cohasset Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cohasset Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Inskip Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Inskip Pioneer Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Durham Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Durham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Durham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Durham Cemetery is located in Butte County
  • Chico Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Skyway Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Skyway Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

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 Skyway Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Butte County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Skyway Memorial Park:

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 Skyway Memorial Park:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Skyway Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.8065, Longitude: -121.5785    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.