List of Neighboring Cemeteries ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Lyon (within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1>). The cemeteries are listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are located in Bent County.
- Arlington Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of La Junta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2146283 <2>
- Crawford Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ft. Lyon National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Galatea Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Haswell Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Higbee Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hight Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Holbrook Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Rock Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Las Animas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little Kansas Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Otero County Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pruett Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- The Home Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Union Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Valley Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Hasty.
- The Union Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hasty Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57593 <2>
- Valley View Cemetery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wiley Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
In Closing ...
If you know of any cemeteries that we are missing in the area of Fort Lyon, can you supply us with the name of the cemetery, its street address or GPS location, whether the cemetery is still in use or if it is historic (ie- defunct, abandoned, etc.). If it applies, we would also like to learn of any past or alternate names that the cemetery has been known by.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Websites for Fort Lyon - one of the links might be able to help.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fort Lyon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |