Public Events

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

CLOSED all of July and 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

Join us for our next monthly star party with telescope viewing, and the kick-off event for our NEW Dark Sky Ambassador program, on Saturday, August 23 at the Bluff Community Center. 

Come at 8pm to learn more about the Dark Sky Ambassador program, and the public star party will begin at 8:30pm. The Dark Sky Ambassador program will train dark sky enthusiasts to monitor light pollution, telescope operation, and more. 

Come enjoy Bluff's spectacular dark skies and learn more about how you can get involved in protecting them!

Join us at the Bears Ears Education Center for a free, public talk on Thursday, August 28 at 7pm about the 100 Years of Silence project, which commemorates the hundred-year-plus anniversary of the forcible removal of Ute people from the Bears Ears area.

The exhibit will be on display at the BEEC starting August 28 until October, and is open to the public during the BEEC’s hours (Thursday-Monday 9am-4pm). 

Join Bears Ears Partnership for our monthly Star Party on Friday, September 19 at 8pm at Edge of the Cedars State Park (660 W 400 N, Blanding, UT 84511).  

Celebrate National Public Lands Day by volunteering with Bears Ears Partnership on Wednesday, October 1.

Join us and help protect the Bears Ears landscape for all visitors!

BEP is excited to be part of the Bluff Arts Festival for another year! This year, we are helping to lead guided hikes as well as several arts workshops.

Join us for Bears Ears Partnership's next monthly Star Party with Telescope Viewing on Tuesday, October 21 at 7pm at Goosenecks State Park (UT-316, Mexican Hat, UT 84531). 

You're invited to the Town of Bluff's Halloween Trunk or Treat Event! BEP is proud to be a sponsor of this family-friendly community event. 

Join us Friday, October 31st from 5:00-7:00pm at the Bluff Community Center (190 N 3rd Ave E).

Don't miss the inaugural Bluff Dark Sky Festival, November 14-15, 2025!  Join us for workshops, presentations, and of course constellation tours and telescope viewing! Bears Ears Partnership is excited to be a community partner for this event, in partnership with Business Owners of Bluff, Bears Ears Partnership, Bluff Community Foundation, and the Town of Bluff.