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Bluff Utah Map

Explore Bluff, Utah, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Bluff, Utah

How to Use This Bluff, Utah Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bluff, Utah. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Utah or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bluff.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Bluff
State	Utah (UT)
County	San Juan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Mountain Time (America/Denver)

Latitude	37.290346
Longitude	-109.596104
Population	240
Density	2.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	84512
Area Code	801, 385
County Seat	Monticello
School District	San Juan School District

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About Bluff, Utah

Bluff is a locality in San Juan County, Utah, United States. It is a small community with a population of 240. The population density is 2.5 people per km². Bluff is located at 37.2903°N, 109.5961°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. Bluff is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 84512.

Bluff anchors itself against the stark, vertical majesty of the high desert, where the earth breaks into jagged crimson shelves and deep, fractured shadows. It lies 83.0 miles west-northwest of Farmington, NM (from Farmington, NM: bearing 298°T), and is situated 23.8 miles south of Blanding. Cottonwood Creek carves a thin, verdant ribbon through the parched basin, providing a singular line of emerald sustenance amidst the vast, arid expanse of Calf Canyon. To the north, the sharp silhouette of The Horn pierces the horizon, its stone teeth biting into a sky so clear it feels fragile. The light here acts as a physical weight, shifting from a pale, dusty gold at dawn to a bruised, electric violet as the sun sinks behind the monuments of Bears Ears National Monument, leaving the air cool and brittle in the sudden dark.

History in Bluff remains written in the very grain of the rock and the weathered wood of pioneer cabins that lean against the encroaching silence of the plains. Once a remote outpost for those seeking to carve a life from unforgiving soil, the local economy now draws its sustenance from travelers drawn to the rugged solitude and the ancient echoes of the Trail of the Ancients. Life moves in accordance with the slow, deliberate pulse of the desert, where the preservation of heritage and the stewardship of the surrounding expanse define the daily work of its people. Even the silence in Bluff feels occupied, a heavy, resonant quiet that suggests the land is still holding the memories of those who traversed these canyons long before the first modern roads were laid across the dust.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Bears Ears National Monument (National Monument) — locality lies within · 1.8M acres
San Juan River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.4 mi, 176° S
Bluff Great House (Anasazi) (Historic Ruins) — 2.2 mi, 095° E
Sand Island Petroglyph Panel (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 213° SW
John Taylor (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 101° E
Twin Rocks (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 094° E
Wolfman Panel (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 248° W
San Juan River Benm Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.3 mi, 220° SW
Monarch Cave (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 331° NW
Road Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.2 mi, 300° NW · 52k acres
Recapture Pocket Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 073° E
Cathedral Ruin (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 336° NW
Fish Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.4 mi, 333° NW · 46k acres
San Juan River #5 (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.5 mi, 245° SW · 1,876 acres
San Juan Trading Post (Public Artwork) — 17.8 mi, 237° SW
Chief Poseys Indian Battle Historical Marker (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 018° N
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 19.4 mi, 261° W · 1.2M acres
Historic Hatch Trading Post (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 071° E
Manti-La Sal National Forest (National Forest) — 22.6 mi, 345° N · 1.3M acres
Blanding Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 016° N
Dark Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.1 mi, 336° NW · 46k acres
Canyons Of The Ancients National Monument (National Monument) — 30.2 mi, 089° E · 183k acres
Monument Valley Visitor Center (Museum) — 35.5 mi, 233° SW
Gouldings Museum and Trading Post (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 240° SW
Oljeto Trading Post (defunct) (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 246° SW
Canyonlands National Park (National Park) — 46.7 mi, 355° N · 334k acres
San Juan National Forest (National Forest) — 53.1 mi, 063° NE · 1.9M acres
Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit (Museum) — 54.2 mi, 222° SW
Claret Cup Amphitheater (Theatre) — 55.1 mi, 087° E
Chapin Amphitheater (Theatre) — 61.2 mi, 097° E

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