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Prehistoric Ruins

Native American prehistoric ruins and wickiups

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Mule Canyon Ruins

Mule Canyon Ruins

This is an Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) ruin site with many ruined towers and cliff dwellings. I had read about this site some time ago and was eager to go check it out. The site is not hard to reach, but hours of hiking and climbing are required to reach some

Angel Canyon Ruin

Angel Canyon Ruin

Back in the summer of 2013, we took a quick trip to Utah. One of the places we visited was a small set of Anasazi ruins in two alcoves near Angel Canyon. It was an interesting hike to get out there. Some bushwhacking was involved. The ruins turned out to

Alkali Flat Native Site

Alkali Flat Native Site

We met up with a group of friends out in the remote desert of Nevada just off US 95 to visit a small native site. Turns out there is much more out in these small unassuming hills than I would have guessed. No directions to this site.

Butler Wash Ruins

Butler Wash Ruins

Butler Wash is a long creek with Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) ruins scattered all along it. The BLM has created an overlook at one of the ruins in a side canyon of the wash. There is a nice natural bridge (arch) nearby, and I got some good shots of recent rainwater

Panamint Wickiup #1

Panamint Wickiup #1

There are a few petroglyph sites high in the Panamint mountains, but the main attraction here is the village site with its lone remaining wickiup. I would bet there are more around. We visited the area in 2007. The hike up to this area isn’t that bad, but you