Bluff (Utah) - Bluff (Utah)

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StateUtah
Residents
320 (2000)
height
1,318 m
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bluff

bluff is a small place in the south of Utah.

background

The small town is a street village at the intersection of Highways 191 and 163 in southeast Utah. The village is in the San Juan River Valley. Bluff was founded by Mormons. The biggest source of income is now tourism. There are several motels and restaurants in Bluff. Bluff is a stopover for visitors to Utah national parks. In the north of Bluff there are 100 m high sandstone Bluffswho gave the place its name. Bluff borders the Navajo Reservation (Navajo Nation).

history

Already in prehistoric times up to 1300 AD the as basket makers (Basket maker) and Cliff Dwellers (Settlers under rocky outcrops) called Anasazi Indians. Petroglyphs (drawings carved into the rock), Cliff Dwellings (Houses under rocky outcrops), country roads, graves and ceramic objects are evidence of this time. After that, the Navajo, Ute, and Paiute settled in San Juan County. In the middle of the 19th century the pioneers hired the Ute Indians to fight the neighboring Navajos. After some conflict, 8,000 Navajos were rounded up and exiled after a 500 km march to Santa Fe. The Indians came back a few years later. You had a difficult life in New Mexico. Many died. Together with the Utes, you influenced the development in the San Juan Valley. 1880 at the historical Hole in the rock expedition (Hole in the Rock Expedition) Mormon pioneers founded Bluff as an agricultural site on the San Juan River. A fort, wooden houses, a church, school and shops were built. The village was surrounded by fields. The San Juan River was unpredictable. It either overflowed its banks and flooded the land, or it became dry and prevented the fields from being irrigated. Between 1886 and 1905, the wooden houses were replaced by Victorian-style sandstone houses. After unsuccessful coal, oil and uranium exploration, Bluff has now developed into an artist and farming village that also lives from tourism.

map
The bluffs of bluff

getting there

In the street

  • From Kayenta (Monument Valley) you can get to Bluff via Highway US-163 and on to Moab via Blanding and Monticello.
  • Highway US-191 leads from Chinle at Canyon de Chelly to Bluff.

mobility

Map of Bluff (Utah)

You have to rely on your car here. There is a small gas station next to the Motel Kokopelli Inn.

Tourist Attractions

open air museum
  • Pioneer Museum. A Open Air Museum (Open-air museum) with old horse-drawn carts and agricultural implements, log houses and a memorial plaque for the pioneers who founded Bluff.
  • Twin rocks. Twin rocks, located on the outskirts.
  • The bluffs. Who gave the place its name. A bluff is a cliff or a ledge.

activities

  • Bluff Balloon Festival. Annually in January. The 10th festival was from January 18th. until January 20th, 2008.
  • Art Festival. In February and March.
  • Utah Navajo Fair. In September.
  • October is the best month with ideal temperatures.
  • Bluffs Arts Festival. Annually in November.

Also:

  • Mountain biking
  • Whitewater tours on the San Juan River. You can drive from Bluff to Mexican Hat and Lake Powell. The river is mostly calm, but there are a few rapids and sandbars.

shop

  • K&C convenience store. Tel.: 1 435-672-2221, Email: . A shop in town where you can buy the most necessary things, but also souvenirs. Souvenirs are also available in the Twin Rocks Café.

kitchen

medium

  • Comb Ridge Bistro and Espresso Bar, 680 Main St. This quaintly furnished restaurant is considered to be the best in town. American cuisine and individual Mexican options. Breakfast too.
  • Duke’s, 701 Main St.. The Desert Rose Inn's on-site restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. No alcohol.
  • The Twin Rocks Cafe (Phone: 435-672-2341, E-Mail: [email protected]) is a restaurant and souvenir shop at the same time and offers a nice atmosphere and extensive American food. It's at the end of Bluff near the Twin Rocks.

Upscale

  • Cottonwood Steakhouse, 409 Main St. Steaks, BBQ and a small selection of seafood dishes.

nightlife

There is no real night life. Only the veranda of the Twin Rocks Cafe creates a cozy atmosphere at sunset.

accommodation

  • Desert Rose Inn, 701 West Highway 191, Bluff, Utah 84512. Tel.: 1 (435) 672-2303, Fax: 1 (435) 672-2217, Email: . The log cabin-style house offers comfortable, unusually tastefully furnished rooms with queen-size or king-size beds. Lots of pillows, good duvets, a heat lamp in the bathroom, extra telephone on the toilet. All rooms have a refrigerator, but no coffee maker. Breakfast in the house restaurant is chargeable; Breakfast is slightly cheaper in the Comb Ridge Bistro across the street. Very nice indoor pool.Price: from $ 60.

security

You feel very safe in the small town.

Practical advice

Despite its small size, there is a laundromat in Bluff, where you can wash your laundry that has been taken from hiking through the canyons.

You can surf the internet in the Twin Rocks Cafe.

trips

  • Monarch Cave Ruins (Comb Ridge), east of Comb Wash Rd (= Rte 235) (15 miles or 32 minutes northwest of Bluff). Ruins of an Indian residential complex built into the rock, to be reached via a 2½ km long, relatively easy footpath.
  • Saint Christopher's Mission, a few miles to the east
  • River House Ruin, a few miles west
  • Valley of the Gods 22 miles away
  • Goosenecks State Park 25 miles
  • Nevills Arch 25 miles
  • Monument Valley 50 miles
  • Four corners 51 miles

  • Sand Island Petroglyph Panel, 9 minutes west of Bluff

  • Monarch Cave Ruins

  • Comb Ridge (from the air)

  • Valley of the Gods

  • Goosenecks State Park

  • Moki Dugway (Rte 261)

Further away:

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