The sprawling grounds of Glen Haven Memorial Park offer a great sense of invitation, comfort, peace, and solitude. Visitors to the cemetery grounds are greeted by a pristine white statue of Jesus Christ with open arms, beckoning all to enter the tranquil grounds to honor and memorialize their loved ones. For decades, the staff at Glen Haven Memorial Park have served the multicultural and multi-denominational needs of grieving families and loved ones, offering traditional burial and cremation services, plots, and niches throughout the memorial park. With names such as the Garden Of The Good Shepherd and Garden Of The Cross, Glen Haven Memorial Park, situated in Anne Arundel County, Maryland has served the needs of community and surrounding area residents for many years. Sprawling lawns, stately trees, and well cared for pathways provide visitors with easy access to all portions of the memorial grounds. Over 20 employees are dedicated to serving the needs of grieving family members and groundskeepers take obvious pride in their ability to care for and maintain the acreage of Glen Haven Memorial Park. The beautiful grounds of Glen Haven Memorial Park serve as a final resting place for many community founders, politicians, active community and civic leaders as well as baseball player Barry Shetrone, whose baseball career started in Anne Arundel County. He was the first Baltimore player to sign on with the Baltimore Orioles before his death of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2001. Located due south of downtown Baltimore, Glen Burnie is a beautiful suburb in close proximity to the Baltimore Washington International Airport as well as the northern branch of the Chesapeake Bay, and only a short drive from Washington, DC, Annapolis, Wilmington, Delaware, and the Civil War battlefields of Manassas and Fredericksburg. Accessed from interstate 97, also known as the Glen Burnie Bypass, or State Highway 10 (the Arundel Expressway), Glen Haven Memorial Park may be reached with turnoffs onto State Route 270 or Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard, both of which access Ritchie Highway. Visitors to this area may enjoy the peace and solitude offered by Glen Haven Memorial Park and be within minutes of historical battlefields, landmarks, shopping centers, accommodations and the nation's capital for sightseeing. |