Arizona Rock Art Sites

Canyon de Chelly


Canyon de Chelly National Monument Homepage
    Official NPS page.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument - Description
    Desert USA page
GORP - Canyon de Chelly National Monument
    Mainly visitation info.
 

Casa Malpais

Casa Malpais Pueblo Indian
     Description of the Casa Malpais Archaeological Park
 

Council Rocks

Special Attractions in and Around the Sierra Vista Area of Southern Arizona

Deer Valley

Beautiful visitor center, very well done. Several recommendations: visit either in the morning or late in the afternoon; lighting from the early afternoon sun makes seeing (and photographing) the rock art difficult. Bring binoculars and/or a telephoto lens, as many of the petroglyphs are some distance away from the viewing trail.

Deer Valley Rock Art Center
    The official site - well done.

Fort Apache

Fort Apache Historic Park, Arizona's White Mountains
FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE, ARIZONA

Grand Canyon National Park

Introduction to Grand Canyon Polychrome
    Has some amazing photos of pictographs in a style that is not well-known.

Homol'ovi

Homol'ovi State Park
     Official AZ State Park page for Homolovi. Petroglyphs can be seen at a number of places, but are best accessible at the Homolovi IV ruin.

Keyhole Sink / Laws Spring


Kaibab National Forest: Visitors Center - Trails: Williams Trails - Keyhole Sink Trail #114
Laws Spring

Little Black Mountain

Little Black Mountain - BLM Arizona
  Site description and etiquette. Temporarily unavailable.
Mountain Biking
    Dutchman Trail features side trip to Little Black Mountain site.  Temporarily unavailable.

Lake Mead NRA

Lake Mead NRA Home Page
 

Long Canyon Trail

Long Canyon Trail - Coconino National Forest Recreation Pages
    Did this trail a few weeks ago; gorgeous hike, one of the best in the Sedona area, but only saw a few non-descript pictographs at the end. May not have found the main panel, though ....

Lyman Lake State Park

Arizona State Parks - Lyman Lake State Park
    General info.

Monument Valley

PhotoDude.com: Red Rock Road Trip, Day 6: Monument Valley Petroglyphs, Ruins, & Arches
Four Corners Expedition- A trip to Mystery Valley in Arizona
Bruce B. Clendenning Photography: A Year in the Southwest
    One petroglyph picture.

Nampaweap

Nampaweap - BLM Arizona
     Short site description, two pictures, and visit information.  Temporarily unavailable.
 

Navajo National Monument

Navajo National Monument Homepage
    Official NPS page.
 

Painted Rocks

Painted Rocks
    One picture.
BLM Arizona - Phoenix Field Office - Painted Rocks Petroglyph Site
Temporarily unavailable.
Petroglyph Campground

Palatki - Honanki

Palatki - 6000 Years of Arizona Rock Art
    This is my site, so I can't be objective. Pictures, site info, and how to visit.

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park Homepage
    NPS page. Petroglyphs can be seen at the Puerco Ruins and Newspaper Rock (bring binoculars).
 Petrified Forest National Park Summer Solstice Programs, Arizona White Mountains
    Information on programs at the Puerco Ruins at summer solstice, when the sun shines through a crack in the rocks to touch a spiral petroglyph located here. Park rangers are present for about five days before and after summer solstice to point out the solstice marker. You should get there before 9 AM (MST).
GORP - Petrified Forest National Park
STOCK PHOTOS-NEWSPAPER ROCK PETROGLYPHS;ROYALTY-FREE DIGITAL IMAGES
    Close-up photo of Newspaper Rock.
 

Picture Rock

Moabi Regional Park, Topock Gorge and Havasu Wildlife Refuge
 

Raven Site Ruins

Raven Site Ruins  - Arizona White Mountains
    Site and tour info (including all-day programs, with petroglyph hike and excavations). One petroglyph picture.
GORP - Raven Site - Arizona Archaelogical Adventure
    Links to 8 pictures from the petroglyph trail.
 

Rock Art Canyon Ranch

Rock Art Canyon Ranch
    Private ranch near Winslow with rock art tour (along with dinner and ranch activities).
 

Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park Homepage
    Official NPS page.
Out There (December 21 - December 27, 1995)
    Article from Tucson Weekly on Signal Hill site.

Shaw Butte

Shaw Butte Notes
    A terrific site on the Shaw Butte archaeoastronomy site, including animated GIFs of events at the equinoxes and solstices. Unfortunately, the site was severely vandalized last year.
 

South Mountain Park

PUEBLO GRANDE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL PARK
    Located in Phoenix, they offer guided petroglyph tours through parts of South Mountain Park during the cooler months; call for info.
South Mountain Photo Album - Page 2

V-Bar-V Ranch Petroglyph Site

The V-Bar-V Ranch Petroglyph Site: Heritage of The Beaver Creek Sinagua
    Another website of mine, devoted to a wonderful petroglyph site that has just been opened for public visitation.

Rock Art Tours

See new Rock Art tours section
 

Random Links


BLM Arizona - Agua Fria National Monument Photos
    Two photos from the new NM.
redrock
    One picture from Veit Spring, a few from V-Bar-V site.
DESERT FARMERS AT THE RIVERS EDGE -- HOHOKAM ROCK ART  
BLM Kingman Field Office
    One picture.
Art Rocks - March 12, 1999
Black Canyon Heritage Auto Tour
    History-oriented auto trip through Apache-Sitgreaves NF; includes Mogollon pictographs.
 

Recommended books on rock art of the Southwest

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