Petroglyphs, Nevada
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- Ash Springs Rock Art Site — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM- and Lincoln County–opened winter-camp rock-art site on a low hill above Pahranagat Valley just off U.S. 93 at Ash Springs. Short loop trail with ~18 num…
- Atlatl Rock — Petroglyph · Clark County, NV
Signature managed rock-art stop in Valley of Fire State Park: a tall Aztec sandstone outcrop reached by a short stairway to a viewing platform with dense pre…
- Black Canyon Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Nye County, NV
Remote volcanic canyon with 400+ rock art images including unusual bighorn sheep hunting scenes and shamanic figures across multiple ancient cultures. One of…
- Crystal Wash Rock Art Site — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM-managed, publicly interpreted rock-art complex near Crystal Springs in the Pahranagat Valley. Numbered markers lead through granite boulder fields with G…
- Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Clark County, NV
Major public rock-art concentration in the Newberry Mountains / Bridge Canyon Wilderness unit of Lake Mead NRA northwest of Laughlin. A short walk from a sig…
- Grimes Point Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Churchill County, NV
BLM site with 150+ basalt boulders carved by Great Basin peoples up to 8,000 years ago. The desert varnish on these images has been extensively studied and d…
- Hickison Summit Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Lander County, NV
Hwy 50 Loneliest Road stop with petroglyphs in a natural basalt amphitheater. BLM interpretive signage explains multiple cultural periods. Geodes collectible…
- Lagomarsino Canyon — Petroglyph · Storey County, NV
Over 2,000 petroglyph images on dark basalt boulders near Virginia City — one of the densest concentrations in Nevada. Rarely visited and strikingly intact d…
- Mt. Irish Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
Spectacular BLM petroglyph site in Lincoln County featuring large concentrations of ancient rock art images on basalt boulders in a remote desert mountain se…
- Shooting Gallery Rock Art Site — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM archaeological district on the east flank of Badger Mountain inside Basin and Range National Monument. Publicly interpreted game-drive and rock-art lands…
- Sloan Canyon Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Clark County, NV
BLM Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area south of Henderson protects one of southern Nevada’s most significant rock-writing concentrations (hundreds of pa…
- Toquima Cave — Petroglyph · Lander County, NV
Basalt-overhang rock-art site at Pete’s Summit in the Toquima Range holding one of the Great Basin’s largest protected pictograph assemblages (red, white, ye…
- Valley of Fire Petroglyphs — Petroglyph · Clark County, NV
Mouse's Tank trail winds through a wash lined with Ancestral Puebloan petroglyphs — spirals, sun calendars, bighorn sheep. The density of images per foot of …
- White River Narrows — Petroglyph · Lincoln County, NV
BLM-managed National Register archaeological district in a winding Pleistocene canyon of rhyolite tuff cliffs along SR-318 in Basin and Range National Monume…