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Max Bertola's southern Utah - Four Ruins Road

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Four Ruins Road

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You won't find this name anywhere else but here - because I made it up myself. It describes this stretch of road out of Blanding. There are three main ruins and one out of the way, that have been interpreted for your enjoyment.

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Westwater Ruins

The ruin is a cliff dwelling consisting of dwelling rooms, 5 kivas, storage structures and open work areas. The ruin is viewed from across the canyon where the road ends. From the stoplight in the center of Blanding, go south on Hwy. 191 for 1.7 miles. There is a paved road heading west. If you get to the Blue Mountain Trading Post you have gone a few blocks too far. Two miles down the paved road is the viewpoint overlooking the ruins.

Butler Wash

Take Hwy. 95 west 11.8 miles to the Butler Wash parking area. A short 15-minute hike leads to the edge of a cliff overlooking the ruins located in alcoves across the canyon within easy view.

Cocks Coomb Ridge

Nothing to do but drive through on your way to the next ruin. It just happens to be a fun geologic formation that runs for tens of miles.

Mule Canyon

Mule Canyon is my favorite stop. A reconstructed Kiva, a tower and serveral dwelling structures are located right along the road at the rest stop. There is a really nice interpretive sign explaining the site. Mule Canyon is hard to miss because of the sign on the road. It is located 10.5 miles west of Butler Wash on Hwy. 95.

Cave Towers

These are unprotected ruins and are down some dirt roads. They are located down a dirt road that is not easy to get through. So why did I tell you about them, well not to visit but just to know that throughout these country, ruins like these are found all over.

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	Westwater Ruins
		The ruin is a cliff dwelling consisting of dwelling rooms, 5 kivas, storage structures and open work areas. The ruin is viewed from across the canyon where the road ends. From the stoplight in the center of Blanding, go south on Hwy. 191 for 1.7 miles. There is a paved road heading west. If you get to the Blue Mountain Trading Post you have gone a few blocks too far. Two miles down the paved road is the viewpoint overlooking the ruins.

	Butler Wash
		Take Hwy. 95 west 11.8 miles to the Butler Wash parking area. A short 15-minute hike leads to the edge of a cliff overlooking the ruins located in alcoves across the canyon within easy view.

	Cocks Coomb Ridge
		Nothing to do but drive through on your way to the next ruin. It just happens to be a fun geologic formation that runs for tens of miles.

	Mule Canyon
		Mule Canyon is my favorite stop. A reconstructed Kiva, a tower and serveral dwelling structures are located right along the road at the rest stop. There is a really nice interpretive sign explaining the site. Mule Canyon is hard to miss because of the sign on the road. It is located 10.5 miles west of Butler Wash on Hwy. 95.

	Cave Towers
		These are unprotected ruins and are down some dirt roads. They are located down a dirt road that is not easy to get through. So why did I tell you about them, well not to visit but just to know that throughout these country, ruins like these are found all over.