Bears Ears Visitor Center — Attraction in Bluff

Was looking forward to checking out thie Bear Ears center for a while. Ive been working in the public lands for 15 years and on behalf of bears ears public information for 4 years. When I approached the doorway about to open it, an attendant outside on using their phone aggressively told me they were closed. I told her, 'o sorry', she looked at me up and down with an extremely unwelcoming look and said "yea" with a tone of 'duh.' I'm sure this place is great but if you keep people around like her, you won't be able to share Bear Ears with...

I was impressed by the facility and much of the information presented, certainly a necessary resource to inform the general public re. the importance of protecting our cultural resources. Unfortunately, the impression was shattered by the display of a photo of a petroglyph panel along the San Juan River with false interpretation. That is a piece of unscientific, misleading information which should be eliminated and replaced by one of many other significant rock art panels within the Bears Ears...

The lady working on November 11th was a total liar. We asked about trails in the area and she said they were impassable. We asked about restaurants in the area. She told us they are all closed for the season. Fortunately we didn’t listen to her and found a great trail to Big Kachina panel petroglyphs, had a great lunch at the twin rocks trading post, and some great bbq at Canyon smokehouse. Think the lady doesn’t like people from out of town or hates jeepers. Either way I would skip asking them...