About this place
Bears Ears is known for what people left behind. It is a big place. There is rock art, and there are pueblo homes.
There is rock climbing, and the San Juan river to run. Photographers come for the views.
There are camping areas and marked routes to drive.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Type
- Open area. Camp anywhere within it
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
The nearest towns are Monument Valley, Mexican Hat, Bluff, Blanding and Monticello. Highways 191, 211, 95, 261 and 163 each reach part of the monument.
Flying in, the big airports are Salt Lake City and St. George in Utah, Grand Junction in Colorado, and Las Vegas in Nevada. Smaller ones at Moab, Utah and Cortez, Colorado also take scheduled flights.
Coordinates 37.524446, -109.895777
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What is near here
There is another spot of ours within reach, and some better-known places further out.
- Natural Bridges National Monument Directions
- Goosenecks State Park Directions
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- Abajo Peak Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Blanding, UT Directions
Blanding is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
Thank you, that is recorded. It helps the next person.
Add road notes for this site
The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.