Travel Alert: The southern portion of San Juan County including the communities of Bluff, Montezuma Creek, Aneth and the surrounding areas, has been heavily affected by recent heavy rain and flooding.

Please be advised that there may be road, park, and business closures throughout the area. More information here.

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Bluff Dark Sky Festival 2025

BLUFF DARK SKY FESTIVAL November 14 - 15, 2025

FRIDAY

 6:00 p.m.         Welcome 

6:30 p.m.         Speaker Kevin Schindler, M.S., Historian and Public Information Officer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 

8:00 p.m. - 10 p.m. Star Party 

Telescope Walk & Constellation Tours 

Red Flashlights ONLY; No White Lights

SATURDAY

10:00 a.m. 

Planetarium Showing Workshop (Inside Community Center) 

-Astrophotography Cell Phone Tips Workshops (Outside Community Center) 

-Space Rock Art Painting 

-Hack A Red Flashlight

 11:00 a.m. Planetarium Showing Workshop (Inside Community Center) -Make Your Own Planisphere Solar Telescope Viewing ( 11a.m. - 3 p.m.) (Bring your own flashlight--we’ll help you make it into a red flashlight for the Star Party) 1:00 p.m. Planet Walk Announcements Star Party Telescope Walk & Constellation Tours Speaker Jonathan Till, M.S. Curator of Collections, Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum, Blanding, Utah SATURDAY 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. Speakers Nancy Maryboy, Ph.D. and David Begay Ph.D. Indigenous Education Institute Sharing the Skies: Navajo Constellations Don Mose, Jr. Navajo Storyteller, Monument Valley, Utah 8:00 p.m. - 10 p.m. Red Flashlights ONLY; No White LIghts BLUFF DARK SKY FESTIVAL November 14 - 15, 2025 EVENT LOCATION AND PARKING BLUFF DARK SKY FESTIVAL November 14 - 15, 2025 Brought to you by the Business Owners of Bluff, Bears Ears Partnership, Bluff Community Foundation, and the Town of Bluff Event Location : Bluff Community Center unless otherwise notified Parking: To minimize car headlights, DO NOT PARK at the Community Center. Park on the streets surrounding the Community Center, or in the designated parking lot on Highway 191 between East 3 & 4 Streets East.

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