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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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Circle Sun Valley Pictographs

Circle Sun Valley Pictographs

While hiking in the backcountry of Joshua Tree over the winter, the good folks over at Peregriff and I came across this small pictograph site. There isn’t much to the site, just a simple rock shelter with a handful of red pictographs on the ceiling, but it is an

Sky Cross Pictographs

Sky Cross Pictographs

Deep in the wilderness of Joshua Tree National Park is a site that I call the Sky Cross Pictographs. This is a rather large rock shelter with unusual red lines painted across a domed ceiling. The lines form arches across the ceiling, reminding me of the night sky. There is

The Juggler Petroglyphs

The Juggler Petroglyphs

This is an interesting and fun little Fremont petroglyph site in the Molen Reef just east of Emery, Utah. Concentric circles surround this single anthropomorphic figure. Amusingly, he looks like he is juggling suns, hence the name. It’s possible there are a few more petroglyphs around in the immediate

Belden Arrastra and Mikiska Petroglyphs

Belden Arrastra and Mikiska Petroglyphs

I had looked for this arrastra some time ago but instead found another mining camp. That ended up being a good trip, even without finding my elusive target. Still, it wasn’t an arrastra. So, some time passed (actually, a few years), and it sort of dropped off my radar,

Alice Hunt Pictograph Shelter

Alice Hunt Pictograph Shelter

A few years ago, a few friends and I went out to search for some rock art sites in a canyon in Death Valley. It was still pretty early in the season, so it wasn’t hot yet. We were hunting for some petroglyph and pictograph sites in the canyon.

Piedras Grandes Pictographs

Piedras Grandes Pictographs

Back in 2015, we went out to the Piedras Grandes pictograph site. Piedras Grandes means "Large stones," and these granite boulders out in the southern part of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park certainly are that. The site is inside the Piedras Grandes Cultural Preserve, and it is a short

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Parowan Gap is a narrow pass in a low set of hills that must have served as a natural corridor. The rocks at the narrowest part are covered in petroglyphs. The site is easy to reach but not remote. Still, it is an interesting spot to visit as a few