Bluff Fort Visitor Center
Free Admission!
Donations are greatly appreciated. The development
of the site and its ongoing operation are made possible by your donations.
Mon-Sat 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Visitor Center / Gift Shop
Learn of the epic Hole-in-the-Rock journey.
Experience what life was like in an 1880's fort.
Gold panning and covered picnic area
Ice cream & homemade snacks
Restrooms
Winter Hours, November 1 - February 28
Mon - Sat 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed for Christmas, December 18, 2025 through January 2, 2026
Sundays
Visitor Center and concessions closed
Grounds and restrooms open
Within the Visitors' Center are audio-visual displays, a fully-loaded
covered wagon, photos of early residents, and a gift shop. Upstairs you will find quilts,
works by local artists, and a dance floor. Bluff Fort is comprised of family-sponsored
cabins representative of those built before 1895. The oldest anglo-built structure in San
Juan County still stands within Bluff Fort! Step inside a genuine Navajo hogan and Ute tepee. Visit the blacksmith shop, and climb aboard a covered wagon, or pull an
authentic pioneer handcart.
Take a picture. Have a picnic.
During off hours, buildings are closed, but
visitors are welcome to stroll through the site, take a photo with a covered wagon or
peek through the windows of the pioneer cabins. A memorial wall honors those who
made the 1879-80 journey.
Our staff is ready to show you around and answer your questions.
"Is it possible in any fertile spot in Utah, no matter how remote from
civilization, not to find a prosperous band of Mormons? It might have been
so before '79, but now we find many interesting settlements. One, a carefully
laid out village, built on the bottom-lands of the San Juan River and the cliffs,
is fitly called Bluff City.
Cottonwood "Swing Tree," a favorite Bluff meeting place.