Public Events

Jump start your kid's summer at Bears Ears Summer Camp, June 19-21, 2025!

Session 2, June 19-21, 2025 is available to local San Juan County and/or Indigenous youth 13-17 years old.

Bears Ears Summer Camp includes three days and two nights of rafting the San Juan River from Sand Island to Mexican Hat, day-hiking in Bears Ears National Monument, and sharing Indigenous Knowledge. Participants will raft, hike, and camp while building connection to place and each other. All meals included. 

**Registration is FREE for San Juan County or Indigenous Youth.** If eligible, use code "Local" when registering. 

Questions? Contact Education Director Sarah Burak (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). 

Join us for our next monthly star party with telescope viewing, on Thursday, June 26 at 9:30pm at the Canyon Country Discovery Center in Monticello, Utah! Come enjoy spectacular dark skies and learn more about the cosmos. 

The Bears Ears Education Center will be temporary closed during the hottest part of the season:

CLOSED July 1st–31st

CLOSED August 1st–6th

Open Thursday, August 7th 

CLOSED August 8th and 9th 

Open August 10th and 11th. 

Then the Center will resume the normal schedule: open Thursday through Monday 9-4pm, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Bears Ears Partnership has stepped forward to organize and host the 2025 Pecos Conference, August 7-10. This annual conference is an opportunity to share the latest updates on archaeology in the US Southwest and northern Mexico.

Registration for the conference is open! For more information, go to pecosconference.org

Save the date for our next monthly star party with telescope viewing, on Saturday, August 23, Location TBA. Come enjoy spectacular dark skies and learn more about the cosmos. 

Join Bears Ears Partnership for our monthly Star Party on Friday, September 19 at Edge of the Cedars State Park (660 W 400 N, Blanding, UT 84511).  

Save the date for Bears Ears Partnership's monthly Star Party on Tuesday, October 21 at Goosenecks State Park (UT-316, Mexican Hat, UT 84531).