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Show ( south soutli ) , ( side sido ) of tho San Juan 468 River ( iCrom from ) Gtoodriah , ( where whare ) ( the Oie ) road crosses the river . Sometimes ( taito- taito ) ( mobiles indbiles ) travel on this road on the north side of the river ( west -west west ) of Mexican Hat . The nearest road in there west of ( Mexican Alexican ) Hat on north side of the San Juan is from Blanding to the Armstrong canyon , Edwin bridge on the White canyon . The next one north is about ( twenty- twenty ) five miles north from Bluff to ( Blanding Blandiug ) . Then from Blanding to the end of the road is ( forty-eight fortyeight ) miles across the top of the Elk mountains . This road ends at the ( Edwin Edwiu ) Natural Bridge , located a little southeast from what they call the ( Bear's Bears ) Ears , the highest point on Elk ( Mountains Alouutains ) . ( B . 1614-1615 . ) In 1880 there was a road from the Colorado River to Bluff , put in from White Canyon , around the head of Grand Gulch , struck Comb Wash about twelve miles above the river , went to the river [ San Juan ] and on to Bluff , cutting through the cliff , but it is impassable . There is also a trail that goes from Marsh Pass , crosses at the Recompense Placer Mines , the Clay Hill Crossing , and on to Elk Mountains . From that trail you can go down to the Hall Crossing , ( Hole-iii-the-Rock HoleiiitheRock ) , or Hite on the Colorado River . Another trail crosses the San Juan River three miles up from its mouth , crosses over to the ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) and on into Escalante , Utah . Another trail crosses at the mouth of Piute , out over the Grey mesa and covers the Hall ( Cross- Cross ) ing and ( Hole-iii-the-Roek HoleiiitheRoek Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) . The Recompense trail |