Kay's Photo Journal - April 2023
4/4/2023 Crystal Wash RA, NV - There are so many rocks/boulders, impossible to find rock art panel. Also all rocks/boulders have scratches, can not tell it is petroglyphs or not. Anyway, lucky me to find some petroglyphs, I should to stop by to the BLM office to find more information some day, because RA sites are marked, I found #4 and #6. It is a beautiful area.
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4/6/2023 Little Black Mountain RA, AZ - From UT to get this place. The road is very bumpy, where main road is closed. The site is covered wire fence, I’ve hiked wire to wire. Rock art panels are scattered to entire inside the wire fence. It is popular place.
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4/6/2023 Warner Valley Dinosaur Trucks, UT - The kiosk information is telling many dinosaur trucks in this area, bur dirt covered and not all are visible, however still a few dinosaur trucks are visible. It is not so large area, popular place.
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4/6/2023 The Boneyard RA, Warner Valley Road, UT - One segment of the Warner Valley Road, there are many individual boulders by the cliff wall, which called The Boneyard. I found rock art panel when I was walking around the boulders. People are just go through around here and give no attention to it.
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4/7/2023 Fort Pearce RA, Warner Valley, UT - There is one ruin left at the top of the ridge, view is very nice from it. At the side of the drop down ridge, there are petroglyphs on the side of the boulder. It is popular place.
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4/7/2023 Pearce Wash Terrace RA, Warner Valley, UT - There are many individual boulders, but only two boulders have petroglyphs on it. This place was mistery place to me, and tried to find it, finally just before give it up, I found it, feel so special. Many petroglyphs are faded out and not good condition, sad to see it.
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4/8/2023 OHV Heaven, Warner Valley, UT - There are many dirt bikers and ATVers in this area because there are many offroad trails such as beginner to expert, short to long, easy to difficult, to they to enjoy. A good thing is everyone have a good time here.
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4/9/2023 Enepitsi Trail, Santa Clara, UT - Trailhead to Enepitsi Trail, little confusing because rounding one residential house. Petroglyphs are side of the cliff wall for while then nothing for while, then petroglyphs panel on the boulders. The trail is side of the Santa Clara River, but no place to stop and enjoy the running water. Anyway, nice hiking on the road trail.
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4/10/2023 Pine Valley, UT - Just behind Pine Valley community is the white mountains range. It is mountain community, howerver road is all paved from the town of Central. There is a chapel built 1868 that oldest Mormon church continuously operating. The creek side is still lot of snow, impossible to find the rock art panels.
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4/10/2023 Gunlock Road RA, UT - Two different locations that I found petroglyphs on the boulders by the Gunlock road. The Gunlock road is busy road because people want to see the beautiful rod rock gunlock water falls that water released from the Gunlock Reservoir.
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4/10/2023 Torquerville RA, UT - I found a few boulders have petroglyphs on it. St George and Washington areas are growing rapidly, there are many new housing communities. At the Torquerville rock art site, seems to mew development is on the way, pretty soon filled up with bland new houses.
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4/11/2023 South Ash Creek, Pintura, UT - Too much water in the South Ash Creek, I couldn’t to cross the creek, where rock art panels are located. There is no trails, and hike in the bushs/shrabs are just like hike in the maze. A local told me July is a good time to visit.
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4/12/2023 South Ash Creek RA, Pintura, UT - Third time is a charm that true, this is my third try to reach the South Ash Creek rock art site. There are many rock art panels in random order of the configuration of the boulders. I didn’t climb up much on the boulders, if climb up, I guess find more petroglyphs. Older petroglyphs are heavily oxidized that appear poorly on the photos.
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4/14/2023 Lava Rock Mesa RA, UT - Hike and scramble up to the cliff walls, where petroglyphs panels are located. One area, panels are just like ocean waves, petroglyphs panels are keep coming. It is south faced cliff walls, afternoon is the best time to visit here. Nice view from the cliff wall area.
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4/14/2023 Black Point RA, UT - Expected place has no rock art panels, disappointed, however unexpected place has many rock art panels that made me happy. When I saw "8" shaped petroglyph, initially thought that a graffiti, but getting close and closer, there are many petroglyphs panels. Overall, I enjoyed today’s rock art panel finding.
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4/16/2023 Rainbow Canyon Cave RA, Cedar City, UT - The cave is located at the top of the mountain, view is very nice from it especially colorful view. Petroglyphs panel is 2ft x 4ft, not big and petroglyphs are 2-3 inch size, smaller, there are about 40 of petroglyphs. I never see so small petroglyphs with precious carving.
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4/18/2023 South View Site, Cedar City, UT - South of the water tank in the Cedar City, there is a cliff, not large, that the petroglyphs are located. New housing development is going on at south and southwest of the city, pretty soon new community is surrounding the rock art site. Thank you Kaylee for the information.
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4/18/2023 Cross Hollow Trail RA, Cedar City, UT - There are petroglyphs at the same time as much as graffiti too. This area is an inside the Cedar City limit, many stores near by, easy to people to access. I predict, those petroglyphs don›t last long, unless protect it. Thank you Kaylee for the information.
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4/19/2023 Parowan Gap Petroglyphs, UT - There are wooden and metal fences all around and nice paved trail to see the petroglyphs, and signs are all over. Moreover, there is a picnic area and toilet. When I was here at last time, long time ago, only existing was volunteers explained to me, and more freedom to walk in to the cave, where cave is closed permanently.
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4/19/2023 Parowan Gap Dinosaur Track Site, UT - Usually dinosaur tracks are on the ground level of the flat area. However here, display on the one side of the individual boulder in vertical face. It is beautiful area especially top of the rock walls are colored and gorgeous looking. Not far from the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs site.
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4/19/2023 Parowan Gap Roadside RA, UT - I found petroglyphs sites couple different areas, one area has only some petroglyphs, and other area was double decker, a means one cliff wall panel and above the cliff wall has another panel.
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4/20/2023 Red Creek Road, Paragonah, UT - There are petroglyphs in the Paragonah, but don’t know where located, today I’ve hiked the Red Creek road to find it, which is the my guess of possiblity of finding is high. Unfortunately I didn’t find any. Need waypoint for next time.
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4/21/2023 Lion’s Mouse Cave RA, UT - There is a parking lot and hiking trail to get the cave, but no sign. Red and yellow are the main pigments of the pictographs in this place. There are many smaller size pictographs and a few good size pictographs. Seems to weather damage is minimum because cave protect it.
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4/21/2023 Sacred Circle RA, Black Point, UT - At the highest point of the Black Point, there are two Sacred Circles. Around the circles, there are many petroglyphs panels on the boulders. Even I found the petroglyphs panels when got down from the mesa, at middle of the slope and bottom of the slope.
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4/21/2023 Black Point Draw RA, UT - There are three caves side-by-side in this area and many petroglyphs panels, some of are faded out but still visible. This draw is totally dry and this area is end of the draw, and not far from the Sacred Circle.
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4/22/2023 Black Point Draw Upper RA, UT - Today’s hike is contenuation of the yesterday’s hike, more upper side of the draw. There is no trail that made hike challengeable because many bushes and not popular place. I found many petroglyphs, some of are lower position and some of are higher position. Very quiet and green place.
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4/23/2023 Butch Cassidy Boy Hood House, Circleville, UT - Butch Cassidy is a famous bad guy by famous robber. This place is outdoor state museum, bad guy end up state museum, not bad. His boy hood house is still standing and visitors are keep coming, seems to people like him. It is very quiet and peaceful mountains surrounding area, I wonder how to produce a robber from nice environment?
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4/23/2023 Minersville Lake, UT - Parowan has a lake called a Little Salt Lake, usually dry but water in it in this year, first photo. Between Beaver and Minersville, a lake called Minersville Lake, nice size lake and very quiet. There are many mosquito size bugs that swallow bird like it, and hundred of swallow fly all over that was special scene to watch.
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4/24/2023 Shearing Corral Springs, Minersville, UT - There are several mines but all abandoned. Shearing Corral Springs are all dry. I was looking for the rock art panels, but empty handed. It was little over 5 miles hike, but not bad on the road hike with nice weather.
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4/25/2023 Black Rock Butte West, UT - I was wearing my good-luck T-shirt, whenever I wear this T-shirt, a good thing happen. Today I’ve asked Troy family about petroglyphs site at the shooting range, they drove 50 miles to reach the RA site, then they look all over the boulders on the slope of the butte to tell me where the petroglyphs are, they just like mountain goats, they moved very fast. Whenever I go to the Chaco National Historical Park, NM, I’ll get few more their T-shirts.
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4/26/2023 Black Rock Butte East, UT - Yesterday we look at west side of the butte and found many petroglyphs panels, so that I look at east side today myself. I found many old petroglyphs and most of figures are faded out. There are many black rock boulders but most of were untouched.
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4/27/2023 Big Rock RA, Milford, UT - Big Rock area is beautiful rock formation. One mile hike down to get to the pictographs boulder, which is not so big compare to big rocks. There were full of the red pigment pictographs on this boulder, however many of them are faded out and only half of the original we can see today. Thank you for Cynthia for the information.
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4/29/2023 Skinner Canyon RA, Fremont Indian State Park, UT - This place is located east end of the Fremont Indian State Park. Petroglyphs are located lower side of the cliff walls. I’ve hiked follow the trail to high up, I think that trail use for the powerline company, but nice view.
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4/29/2023 Black Knoll Road RA, Richfield, UT - Petroglyphs are visible from the Black Knoll Road that the why I found it when driving this road. This small mountain is covered with black rocks/boulders, down the wire fence around, which means we can go in that I thought, but hesitated to hike all around freely on this mountain. Anyway, I found some petroglyphs and I am sure there are some more there.
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4/30/2023 Glenwood RA, east of Richfield, UT - One local mentioned me this site. There are suppose to three rocks that the petroglyphs are on it, but I found only one. I was hiking on the narrow ridge and both sides are very steep down and I didn’t hike down that the reason I didn’t find all. I don’t like getting old, I don’t try hard enough and an excuse is always the age.
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