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.
NOTE the site is closed for the Holidays from Dec 22 to Jan 2, 2019
REOPEN January 3, 2019, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Daily:
Visitors' Center, and historic structures: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Daily (Gift Shop Closed Sunday)
Closed Thanksgiving Day. 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. Dress in our pioneer attire, 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.