Butler Wash Ruin is a cliff dwelling that was built and occupied by the Ancestral Puebloans, sometimes known as Anasazi, in about 1200 AD. Parts of the site has been stabilized and reconstructed, but most of it remains as it was found in the 1800s. There are habitation, storage and ceremonial structures, including four kivas. This ruin is located in a side canyon of Butler Wash, on the east side of Comb Ridge. These ruins are part of Bears Ears National Monument - Shash Jaa Unit.  

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The trail is a half mile across a mix of sand dunes and white slickrock bearing bushes, cacti and yucca, to the rim of a box canyon, opposite a 150 foot pour off. A huge sandy alcove at floor level contains no ruins; instead the structure is built in a less accessible alcove above, and seems well preserved, complete with doorways, stairs and kivas. There are other hikes in the Butler Region. 

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GETTING THERE FROM BLANDING: 

To reach the Butler Wash Ruins trail-head, travelers will drive 3 miles south of Blanding and head west on  Highway 95. Follow Highway 95 for 10.5 miles and follow the signage to the paved pullout area.