Originally Posted by Rick Quinn
On the "Where Am I" thread we have established we were looking at Capitol Reef National Park from the back side. This Rock Art is west of the park.
Utahtea
Speaking of tea...did you know that Green Tea always smells fishy to me.
Whoops! Almost let this slip out of sight unanswered.
Utahtea, you've got me stumped. I haven't found any pictographs that match your post, with or without the clues, so unless somebody else can solve it, you've beat the house on this round!
Rick
I guess I should make my hints more obvious! These pictographs and petroglyphs are known as Fish Creek Cove out of Teasdale, Utah. :)
I've got a whole lot more that are going to be even harder to identify! Also have some easy ones...will have to dig up an easy one for next time.
Utahtea
Mush, you huskies!
It's more likely that my search was flawed, rather than your clues. I was fascinated by this panel of yours; I mean, it looks like a line of cattle being herded by a guy holding a lasso!
What year was this panel created? Is this a depiction of cattle rustling? Who knows?! In my preliminary search (on Google, of course) I couldn't come up with any image that matched yours; not even close. I usually have much better luck with image searches; could be that I just didn't know what to call those pictographs, because once I added the location that you so kindly handed to me, I found dozens of references, and a ton of photos that were just like yours. I did a quick skim of my search results, and I thought it was interesting that the focus of the top-of-the-crop articles on the Fish Creek Cove Petroglyphs (mostly blog posts) was almost always on the hike, and on the setting. None of them delved too deeply into the origins, or the symbology. I reckon that if I really want to know, I'll have to dig out my virtual shovel!
Meanwhile: feel free to put up more of the tough ones! We love a challenge!
Rick
There is NOT a lot of info on these pictographs and petroglyphs! Most places list this as a hike. I believe that hike is the mile you need high clearance vehicle because it's just a short distance from where we've parked the two times we've been. The first time we also did the Fish Creek Falls hike. Not to bad of a hike if it's not to hot but the the guide we used, the distance was WAY off...a lot longer than mentioned. You can't get close to the falls unless you want to get wet in the stream and scramble and we weren't prepared to do that. Otherwise you get just a small glimpse of a little waterfall.It's more likely that my search was flawed, rather than your clues. I was fascinated by this panel of yours; I mean, it looks like a line of cattle being herded by a guy holding a lasso!
What year was this panel created? Is this a depiction of cattle rustling? Who knows?! In my preliminary search (on Google, of course) I couldn't come up with any image that matched yours; not even close. I usually have much better luck with image searches; could be that I just didn't know what to call those pictographs, because once I added the location that you so kindly handed to me, I found dozens of references, and a ton of photos that were just like yours. I did a quick skim of my search results, and I thought it was interesting that the focus of the top-of-the-crop articles on the Fish Creek Cove Petroglyphs (mostly blog posts) was almost always on the hike, and on the setting. None of them delved too deeply into the origins, or the symbology. I reckon that if I really want to know, I'll have to dig out my virtual shovel!
Meanwhile: feel free to put up more of the tough ones! We love a challenge!
Rick
What you really can't tell until you see people in the pictures is how BIG they really are!
I've got a couple busy days ahead of me, so I don't want to post something and leave you all hanging, so it might be a couple of days and then I'll post some more. If anyone wants to challenge me, please feel free to do so!
Utahtea
One word: Wow!
I knew this thread would come in handy! We are heading out in February and I have Grapevine Canyon on my list of must sees! We'll be spending time in the Needles, outside of Phoenix and Tucson areas if you have any other recommendations!Yes, it is Grapevine Canyon and here are some of the articles we've published about it:
Camping at Spirit Mountain (September, 2016)
Grapevine Canyon (March, 2012) (This has a map!)
Ancient and Mysterious Wonders (April, 2005)
Carved in Stone (December, 2000)
And here's a photo that only a very few of folks who visit see. You have to climb past the first waterfall to see this intriguing section of grapevines! Peter Thody and I made this short trek in 2019.
And here is Peter Thody, (holding a RTA water bottle no less!) and Megan Edwards with some interesting art as we were leaving the canyon:
And here is an interactive map that Tom Herbertson built that shows one possible route for a day trip from Las Vegas to Grapevine Canyon, Christmas Tree Pass and back.
If you use the satellite view and scroll in, you can see how far up canyon the grapevines go. Fewer than 5% of visitors have ever walked to the upper canyon.
Don't miss this place on your next trip to Southern Nevada!
--Mark
Utahtea
If anyone is going to Sego, you might want to keep the pictures of these signs. We were back last fall and vandals have stolen the signs! :(Before I move on, I'd like to share pictures of the information signs at Sego Canyon to give you more information on the rock art in this area.
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