Heritage Park at the Bluff

Discover Our Ancient Past

Our western face is a basalt bluff that rises 100 feet above a beautiful meadow. Show Low Creek winds through that meadow. This is a special place in the history of Northern Arizona and the White Mountains. People have built homes and raised families here. Hunted and grown food here. And they‘ve lived in peace with each other for thousands of years.

The human history of this area, part of the Mogollon Rim country’s archaeological record, dates back to before 5000 BCE. Show Low Bluff has set aside 46 acres for the Heritage Park as a way to preserve that ancient history. It’s a unique look into the past, the only privately funded and protected park of its type in Arizona or New Mexico.

This is the only Northern Arizona real estate development where such rich cultural artifacts are, literally, a short walk from your front porch.

Click here for the History of Show Low Bluff.

Rock art signifies a distant past

Rock art is the term commonly used for manmade markings on natural stone. Petroglyphs are carvings made by pecking directly on rock using a stone chisel. Petroglyphs are powerful cultural symbols that reflect complex societies dating back thousands of years.

Approximately 1,000 petroglyphs can be found in various places in Heritage Park. The majority of these petroglyphs are Ancestral Pueblo and date between 500 and 1400.

Discover the past through volunteering

Show Low Bluff has created a Site Steward program. Volunteers are trained to help preserve the Heritage Park’s cultural resources through patrols and education. Other volunteer opportunities include funding for benches, informational plaques and fencing; trail beautification, and rock art interpretation.

For information on the park and to volunteer, please contact Michelle Burgoz at 480-998-7232 or by e-mail at michelle@sfmbroker.com.