Nearest Communities to Bluff,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bluff, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bluff:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bluff.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bluff is located in San Juan County.
The following 13 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Coconino (AZ), Navajo (AZ), Dolores (CO), Montezuma (CO), Montrose (CO), San Miguel (CO), San Juan (NM), Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane & Wayne.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bluff. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than San Juan County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Bluff (which is San Juan County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Bluff
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Juan County (where Bluff resides)
- County Seat for San Juan: Monticello
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Utah
- San Juan County
- From Family Search:
- State of Utah
- San Juan County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Utah
- San Juan County
- Nearest Communities to Bluff ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bluff.
- Bluff Fort ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Fort
- Bluff Fort is located in San Juan County
- Tselakai Dezza
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tselakai Dezza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tselakai Dezza
- Tselakai Dezza is located in San Juan County
- Little Water
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
- Little Water is located in San Juan County
- Montezuma Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Creek
- Montezuma Creek is located in San Juan County
- Montezuma Creek has also been known as:
- Montezuma
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma Creek <4>
- White Mesa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mesa
- White Mesa is located in San Juan County
- Red Lake Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake Village
- Red Lake Village is located in San Juan County
- White Rock Curve Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Rock Curve Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Curve Village
- White Rock Curve Village is located in San Juan County
- White Mesa Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mesa Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mesa Village
- White Mesa Village is located in San Juan County
- Mexican Hat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Hat
- Mexican Hat is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Hat <4>
- Aneth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aneth
- Aneth is located in San Juan County
- Former names for Aneth:
- Anseth
- Holy Oak
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aneth <4>
- Halchita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halchita
- Halchita is located in San Juan County
- Blanding
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanding
- Blanding is located in San Juan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,556 people
- Former names for Blanding:
- Grayson
- White Mesa
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanding <4>
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Indian Village is located in San Juan County
- Apache County
- County Website: www.co.apache.az.us/
- County Seat for Apache: Saint Johns (AZ)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Arizona
- Apache County
- From Family Search:
- State of Arizona
- Apache County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Arizona
- Apache County
- Nearest Communities to Bluff ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bluff.
- Mexican Water
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexican Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Water
- Mexican Water is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Red Mesa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Mexican Water Trading Post
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mexican Water Trading Post have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Water Trading Post
- Mexican Water Trading Post is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Tes Nez Iah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tes Nez Iah
- Tes Nez Iah is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Totacon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totacon
- Totacon is located in Apache County (AZ)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bluff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bluff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2853, Longitude: -109.5520 |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |