Veteran Cemeteries

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Yorktown National Cemetery

Yorktown Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia

Managed by the National Park Service as part of a national park, not by the VA. Ask the park about visiting and burial policy.

Location

Part of Yorktown Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia

The map point is the centre of this cemetery as mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. It does not mark an entrance. Get directions · View on OpenStreetMap

Visiting

Location
Part of Yorktown Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Park mailing address
Colonial National Historical Park - Yorktown Battlefield P.O. Box 210 Yorktown, VA 23690 — a mailing address, which may not be the cemetery entrance.
Visiting hours
Not yet verified — check the official website or call before you travel.
Accessibility
Not yet verified — call the cemetery to ask about parking and paths.
Official page
nps.gov

Details are as published by the National Park Service, checked November 11, 2026. Hours change for holidays, weather and ceremonies.

Planning a visit to a veterans cemetery

Pay your respects

Visitors to veterans’ graves sometimes leave a coin on the headstone to show that someone came. You can leave a symbolic coin here. No money is involved, and nothing about you is published. About the custom, and what each coin is said to mean.

About this cemetery

The National Park Service publishes the history of this cemetery on its own page. Nothing is reproduced here yet.

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Distances are straight-line, not driving distances. All listed sites in Virginia

Sources

  1. National Park Service. National cemeteries in the National Park System. U.S. government work (public domain). Retrieved November 11, 2026. Used for: name, location and contact details, and the hours and description where shown.
  2. National Park Service. Yorktown National Cemetery (official page). Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  3. Map position: OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap.

This page was imported from the sources above and has not yet been individually reviewed by an editor. See the methodology.