Alta Mesa Memorial Park

What Alta Mesa Memorial Park does

Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a privately owned, endowment care cemetery located at 695 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto, California. Established in 1904 as a non-denominational cemetery, the company operates across 72 acres of contiguous grounds and serves individuals and families of all faiths seeking end-of-life interment services in the Mid-Peninsula submarket. The business is small — approximately 8 employees — and is structured as an endowment care cemetery, a regulatory designation in California that requires pre-funding of long-term maintenance.

The service portfolio is organized around three core interment categories: traditional ground burial (single lawn space and cement-lined lawn crypts), mausoleum entombment (single wall crypts and double horizontal companion crypts), and cremation services (single, double, and family niches in glass-front and granite-front columbarium walls situated among century-old oak groves). A chapel on the grounds is available for services. The company also operates an affiliated funeral home — Alta Mesa Funeral Home — through a separate website, providing bundled pre-need and at-need funeral services adjacent to the cemetery operation.

Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled through direct contact with the administrative office during weekday and limited Saturday hours. Go-to-market is local and direct: walk-in inquiries, phone (650-493-1041), email, and in-person appointments, supplemented by a basic website and a third-party virtual tour. The operating model is essentially a high-value, low-velocity local real estate and services business, with revenue tied to interment-right sales against a finite 72-acre inventory in one of the most land-constrained, high-property-value submarkets in the United States.

Name

Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Legal name

Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Website

https://altamesacemetery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a privately owned, non-denominational endowment care cemetery in Palo Alto, California, established in 1904 across 72 acres, offering ground burial, mausoleum, and cremation services to local families. It also operates an affiliated funeral home.

Ownership category

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Product category

Cemetery and Memorial Services

NAICS

Cemeteries and Crematories (81222), Cemeteries and Crematories (812220), Death Care Services (8122), Funeral Homes and Funeral Services (81221)

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PRIMARYBPAGAJAL

Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Cemetery burial services
• Ground burial plots
• Mausoleum entombment
• Cremation columbarium niches
• Endowment care cemetery

Headquarters

HQ city

Palo Alto

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a privately owned endowment care cemetery operating 72 acres in Palo Alto, California, established in 1904 as a non-denominational cemetery. It sells and delivers ground burial interment (traditional lawn space, lawn crypt), mausoleum entombment (wall crypt, horizontal companion), and cremation interment (niches, columbarium) for individuals and families of all faiths, with affiliated funeral home services available through Alta Mesa Funeral Home.

Product overview

Alta Mesa Memorial Park offers a comprehensive portfolio of memorial and burial services across its 72-acre facility established in 1904. The product portfolio centers on three core interment categories: traditional ground burial (Traditional Lawn Space and Lawn Crypt), mausoleum entombment (Wall Crypt and Horizontal Companion), and cremation options (Niches and Columbarium). All services are coordinated through a single cemetery operation, with affiliated funeral home services available through a separate website.

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Products and services

• Traditional Lawn Space A single-space ground burial plot in a cemetery section of the family's choice; intended for individuals and families seeking traditional in-ground interment.
• Lawn Crypt A pre-installed, cement-lined double-depth ground burial space (two crypts stacked) located in garden areas; positioned as a higher property-value ground burial option for families.
• Wall Crypt A standard single-space mausoleum wall interment option within the Alta Mesa mausoleum; intended for individuals and families choosing above-ground entombment.
• Horizontal Companion A double-space mausoleum entombment with one crypt placed in front of the other; designed for companion interments (e.g., spouses) within the mausoleum.
• Cremation Niches and Columbarium Niches in columbarium walls (single, double, or family) located within groves of 100+ year-old oak trees, including glass-front interior niches and exterior double granite-fronted niches; intended for cremated remains interment.
• Funeral Home Services Funeral services offered through the affiliated Alta Mesa Funeral Home, complementing burial and interment options at the cemetery; for families needing coordinated funeral arrangements alongside cemetery services.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• StoneMor Partners: National cemetery owner/operator with significant U.S. cemetery portfolio. Comparable as a multi-site cemetery operator competing for similar end-of-life services customers across product categories Alta Mesa offers.
• Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries: Major Southern California-headquartered cemetery and funeral services chain with multiple California locations. Comparable in service categories (burial, cremation, funeral) but much larger scale and brand recognition; competes for similar California families.
• Service Corporation International: Largest publicly traded funeral, cemetery, and cremation services company in North America, operating brands including Dignity Memorial. Competes broadly across all service categories including California cemeteries.

Direct peers

• Skylawn Memorial Park: San Mateo County cemetery offering ground burial, cremation niches, and mausoleum services. Direct regional peer serving the same Northern Peninsula/Bay Area market with similar product categories.
• Mountain View Cemetery: Historic Oakland, CA cemetery operating on a large acreage with traditional burial, mausoleum, and cremation offerings. Comparable in scale, product mix, and long-standing local market position.
• Los Gatos Memorial Park: South Bay Area cemetery offering traditional burial, mausoleum, and cremation services. Comparable as a non-denominational community cemetery in a high-value California real estate market similar to Palo Alto.
• Oak Hill Memorial Park: San Jose, CA cemetery and funeral services provider. Comparable as a South Bay cemetery with integrated funeral offerings serving similar demographics in the broader Silicon Valley region.
• Holy Cross Cemetery: Adjacent Colma, CA cemetery with extensive burial, mausoleum, and cremation offerings. Highly comparable in geography (Peninsula/Bay Area), product mix, and traditional customer base.
• Mission Memorial Park: Santa Clara, CA cemetery offering burial, mausoleum, and cremation services. Direct Silicon Valley peer serving a similar high-end residential customer base with comparable product mix.
• Cypress Lawn Memorial Park: Colma, California-based cemetery offering ground burial, mausoleum, cremation, and funeral services across a large multi-acre footprint. Directly comparable as a Bay Area non-sectarian cemetery serving similar high-end residential demographics.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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