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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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Nampaweap Petroglyphs

Nampaweap Petroglyphs

Tucked away in the juniper-dotted canyons of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument in northwestern Arizona next to Mount Trumbull lies one of the region's most extensive collections of rock art - the Nampaweap Petroglyphs. Meaning "foot canyon" in the Paiute language, the name probably refers to

Old Dad Mountain Petroglyphs

Old Dad Mountain Petroglyphs

On a cold January day in 2015, I hiked out into the wilderness of the Old Dad Mountains in the Mojave Desert. Just driving out there was a bit of a challenge; the roads were long and rocky. After parking the truck, I hiked up an alluvial and entered into

Carrot Men Pictographs

Carrot Men Pictographs

Off in western Colorado is a small canyon that cuts through sandstone with a unique set of blue and red pictographs. Shaped like carrots, these "Carrot Men" are believed to have been created by the Archaic peoples somewhere between 3000 BCE and 100 years ago. The square shoulders

Lone Warrior Pictograph

Lone Warrior Pictograph

The Lone Warrior Pictograph is all by himself in the San Rafael Swell country of the Utah desert near Swasey's Cabin. He is a Barrier Canyon style warrior figure and well worth a visit. GPS

Cary's Sun Cave

Cary's Sun Cave

Out in the area near Cary’s Castle is a fascinating pictograph site hidden under a large boulder. It took a few long hikes and a lot of research to track it down. And when we finally did find it, we didn’t get back to the trailhead until well

Super Cave Pictographs

Super Cave Pictographs

This sandstone rock shelter in southern Nevada has an interesting assortment of pictographs. Native American Southern Paiute and Mohave made their homes here, and either could have made these markings. The site itself looks like it could have been a small encampment above a wash. I explored a few different

Paiute Cave Pictographs

Paiute Cave Pictographs

A set of Virgin Anasazi pictographs is inside a collapsed lava tube in the Arizona Strip. They believed that caves were the entrance to the spirit world. This is a sacred place. The pictographs are protected from the elements by the cave ceiling, and as such, they are particularly vibrant.