San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Cemetery

San Luis Obispo, California

Walking Each Other Home Panel Series: Community Resources & Conversations on Life’s Last Chapter, Featuring Ed Bixby of San Luis Cemetery

Brought to You by Unitarian Universalists San Luis Obispo

Discover planning, care, and rituals that honor end-of-life transitions with this five-part panel series. All are invited and welcome to attend. Contact organizer Susan BaileyKadin sbkadin@gmail.com for more information.

Where Art, Memory, and Landscape Meet

Founded in the late 1870s, San Luis Cemetery reflects the early history of San Luis Obispo, a town originally established as Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa in 1772 along California’s Central Coast. Shaped by Spanish, Mexican, and American influences, the community grew from an agricultural and ranching center into a vibrant coastal city known for its cultural heritage, temperate climate, and enduring connection to the surrounding landscape.

San Luis Cemetery rests quietly at the edge of the city, framed by rolling hills, oak-studded terrain, and views of the Santa Lucia Mountains. The grounds feature distinctive monumentation ranging from early stone markers to more ornate memorials, reflecting the evolving artistic styles and cultural traditions of the region. With its open skies, gentle coastal light, and layered memorial landscape, the cemetery serves as both a final resting place and a reflective space that honors generations who helped shape San Luis Obispo and its deep-rooted relationship with the land.

San Luis Cemetery
2 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, California 93401
(609) 628-2297