Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 39.439332, -76.765995
County: Baltimore
Record count: 42,121

Ownership: Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families

Directions: Located just outside the north-eastern boundary of Owings Mills, along the east side of Garrison Forest Rd., about 500 feet south of Carroll Ave.

Background: Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery is the most active of Maryland’s five Veterans Cemeteries, conducting more than 1,100 burials per year. Currently, this cemetery is the second busiest State Veterans Cemetery in the nation. Since November 1983, when the facility opened, more than 48,000 veterans and their dependents have selected this cemetery as a final resting place. Five phases of cemetery development are expected to provide approximately 50,000 burial sites at this location. Formerly used for agricultural purposes, this cemetery consists of 17 acres bounded by woodlands.

Documents

• 
  Cemetery Map, published by Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families

Burial Records

• Veterans Affairs Database, by Interment.net, April 17, 2025, (42,121 records)

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