Bicentennial Highway
Places to Visit

  • Anasazi Heritage Center (CO)

    The Anasazi Heritage Center is a museum for interpreting the history and culture of the Four Corners region.

    Directions: There are two ways to access The Anasazi Heritage Center. From Blanding go north on US-191 to Monticello (22 miles), then go east on US-491 into Colorado. You will stay on US-491 for a total of 54 miles, traveling in a southeasterly direction. A few miles after Lewis, Colorado, get on Colorado Highway 184. Stay on Highway 184, going east, for about eight miles, until you reach the Anasazi Heritage Center which is just a few miles northwest of Dolores, Colorado, and due east of the McPhee Reservoir. From Bluff travel east on Highway 163 and then Highway 262 through Montezuma Creek and Aneth to the Utah-Colorado border (29 miles). Utah Highway 262 then becomes Colorado Highway 41. When Highway 41 intersects US-160 (10 miles past the border), go east on US-160. Stay on US-160 for 13 miles and then go north on US-160/491 to Cortez, Colorado (20 miles). Stay on US-160, which goes east, for two miles and then take Colorado Highway 145 north for eight miles until you reach Colorado Highway 184. The Anasazi Heritage Center is just off of Highway 184, due east of the McPhee Reservoir and just northwest of Dolores, Colorado.

  • Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (CO)

    Covering almost 164,000 acres of high desert, this area contains more than 5,000 recorded archaeological sites, and thousands more await documentation and study. The area has the highest known archaeological site density in the United States.

    Directions: From Bluff travel about 19 miles east on Highway 163 and then Highway 262, through Montezuma Creek to Aneth. Then travel about 24 miles north via San Juan County Roads 402, 401, 413, and 213 to connect with the western end of Montezuma County Road 10. Or, from Aneth, you can go 13 miles north and east on San Juan County Road 402 to the Colorado border where the road becomes Montezuma County Road G.

  • Lowry Pueblo (CO)

    Excavated in the 1930s, the Lowry Pueblo was dedicated as a National Historic Landmark in 1967. It is a 1,000-year-old Ancestral Puebloan village, built around AD 1060 and inhabited for about 165 years.

    Directions: From Blanding go north on US-191 to Monticello and then east on US-491, into Colorado, southeast to Pleasant View, Colorado. From Pleasant View go west, toward Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, to Lowry Indian Ruins.

  • Mesa Verde National Park (CO)

    Spectacular remnants of the society, skills, and traditions of the Ancestral Puebloan Indians can be found at the Mesa Verde National Park. It's a strong step into the past and in the perfect setting.

    Directions: To get to Mesa Verde National Park, go southeast on Highway 262 and cross the border into Colorado. Here, Highway 262 becomes Highway 41. Follow Highway 41 to US-160, and take US-160 east to US-491. Go north on US-491 to Cortez, Colorado. Continue on US-160, going east. Turn off of US-160 onto the access road which is well signed. Follow the access road to the entrance station of the park.

  • Ute Mountain Tribal Park (CO)

    The Ute Mountain Tribal Park, full of Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites left in their natural, unreconstructed state, offers the tourist a hands-on experience with the past.

    Directions: From Utah Highway 262 go east into Colorado -- Utah Highway 262 becomes Colorado Highway 41 at the border. Follow Colorado Highway 41 southeast to US-160. Go east on US-160 to the junction of US-160 and US-491.

  • Blanding (UT)

    Nestled among Monument Valley to the south, Mesa Verde to the east, Lake Powell to the west, and Moab to the north, Blanding offers the perfect pit stop for all of your Four Corners adventures.

    Directions: Drive north approx. 5 miles from the junction of Hwy 95 and Hwy 191.

  • Bluff (UT)

    Bluff was established in 1880 by the Hole-in-the-Rock Mormon pioneers at the site of an ancient Puebloan community. The original fort is still standing, and the community is dotted with Victorian era sandstone homes.

  • Butler Wash Indian Ruins (UT)

    An easy hike takes you to these cliff dweller ruins, which include several different kivas (ceremonial rooms) and other stone structures.

    Directions: The turnoff to Butler Wash is located 10.4 miles from the intersection with Hwy. 191.

  • Edge of the Cedars State Park and Museum (UT)

    Southeast Utah's only formal archaeological repository houses artifacts depicting both the ancient Pueblo culture and more recent cultures of southeast Utah.

  • Four Corners Monument (UT)

    The Four Corners Monument is a unique landmark in the United States -- the only place where four states (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico) meet at a common point. The monument dates from 1912.

    Directions: From Bluff go south on US-191 for 26 miles. (You will cross into Arizona.) At the intersection with US-160 go east for 30 miles. At Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, go northeast on US-160 for four miles to the Four Corners Monument. Alternately you can begin at Bluff and travel east on Highway 163 and then Highway 262 through Montezuma Creek and then Aneth. At the Utah-Colorado border, Utah Highway 262 becomes Colorado Highway 41. Follow Highway 41 southeast to US-160 (10 miles), and then follow US-160 west to the Four Corners Monument (5 miles).