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 10:00 to 5:00
Includes Arbor Kitchen
Ice cream & snacks
WINTER Hours
Nov 1 - Feb 28
Mon - Sat 10 AM to 5:00 PM
Arbor Kitchen & Snacks thru Nov 15
CLOSED CHRISTMAS
Dec 18, 2024 through Jan 2, 2025
Sundays
Visitor Center CLOSED
Grounds OPEN
Within the Visitor's 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 discover
that lifestyle. Visit the blacksmith shop, and climb aboard a covered wagon, or pull an
authentic pioneer handcart.
Take a picture. Have a picnic. Free Restrooms.
Visitors Welcome After Hours:
During off hours, buildings are closed, but
visitors are welcome to stroll through the site, take a photo with a covered wagon or
peak 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.