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Native American pictographs and petroglyphs. No directions or waypoints to rock art sites unless they are already known or published.

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Greenwater Canyon Pictographs

Greenwater Canyon Pictographs

Dan, Niki, and Jamie (of Dzrtgrls fame), Alysia, my dad, and I went on a long and blistering hike in late April of 2006 to try to find a set of pictographs in Greenwater Canyon. They are not easy to find and require some searching across a few canyons by

Lone Grapevine Petroglyphs

Lone Grapevine Petroglyphs

When I heard about this site, I was eager to see it. The petroglyphs possibly show a historical event or at least contact with white man. Some of them look recent, though, so it is hard to tell just how old they are. After a short hike, we had to

Mouse’s Tank

Mouse’s Tank

This is a neat site inside the Valley of Fire State Park. It is my favorite petroglyph spot in the park. The story of how the tank (a tinaja) was named is interesting, although I’m not sure how accurate it is. I won’t recount it here. The petroglyphs

Atlatl Rock

Atlatl Rock

Not exactly a remote site, but Atlatl Rock is worth a stop. The site is inside the Valley of Fire State Park and is easy to find. The petroglyphs here are most likely the work of the Virgin River Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloans) and are pretty interesting. There are multiple sites

Brownstone Pictographs

Brownstone Pictographs

This is one of the most amazing pictograph sites around. They are set on Navajo and Aztec sandstone inside the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. I have wanted to go up there for a while, and one day in 2008, I had the chance to go with fellow explorer

Black Dragon Pictographs

Black Dragon Pictographs

This site is set a little ways back inside of an impressively deep canyon. The site got its name because one of the main pictograph designs resembles a dragon or pterodactyl. Researchers have discovered, however, that the group of pictographs is a collection of five separate images overlapping with each

Coyote Gulch Petroglyphs (Mojave)

Coyote Gulch Petroglyphs (Mojave)

This is a small petroglyph site out in the Mojave desert near the larger and more well-known Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon petroglyph sites. The site is at a choke point where a wash comes through a gap in the hills. GPS