15 Must See Petroglyph & Pictograph Sites In The USA

In 2021, we traveled across the United States, visiting archeological sites around the country. These are the 15 best ancient rock art sites that we saw on our adventure. Enjoy!


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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Hemet Maze Stone
2:36 Celebration Park & Map Rock
3:58 Judaculla Rock, North Carolina
4:50 Track Rock Gap, Georgia
5:30 Seminole Canyon, Texas
6:29 Hueco Tanks, Texas
7:42 Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, New Mexico
8:41 Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico
10:00 Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
10:46 Mesa Verde, Colorado
11:37 Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
12:15 V Bar V, Arizona
13:21 Palatki Heritage Site, Arizona
14:27 Joshua Tree, California
15:25 Chalfant Valley Petroglyphs, California


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Useful LINKS on these 15 must see sites:

Hemet Maze Stone, California
http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?l...
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancie...


Celebration Park & Map Rock Petroglyphs
https://www.canyonco.org/project/cele...
https://www.richardalanhannon.com/los...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_Roc...
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/m...


Judaculla Rock, North Carolina
https://blueridgeheritagetrail.com/ex...
https://www.romanticasheville.com/jud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judacul...
https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/03/27...


Track Rock Gap, Georgia
https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_Rock
https://apalacheresearch.com/2019/05/...


Seminole Canyon, Texas
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/se...
https://www.nps.gov/amis/learn/histor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminol...
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/e...


Hueco Tanks, Texas
https://texasbeyondhistory.net/hueco/...
http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/hueco/
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/hu...
https://www.nps.gov/places/gumo_hueco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hueco_T...
https://sweptawaytoday.com/2020/04/27...


Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, New Mexico
https://oneclimbs.com/2011/01/10/a-vi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Lun...
https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/mccull...
https://historydaily.org/the-ten-comm...


Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico
https://www.nps.gov/petr/index.htm
https://www.nationalparks.org/connect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrogl...


Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
https://www.downthetrail.com/new-mexi...
http://pseudoarchaeology.leadr.msu.ed...
https://phys.org/news/2017-08-chaco-c...
https://www.exploratorium.edu/chaco/H...
   • Fajada Butte, Sun Dagger  


Mesa Verde, Colorado
https://www.nps.gov/places/place-ppt-...
https://www.nps.gov/meve/learn/educat...
https://www.americansouthwest.net/col...
https://www.uncovercolorado.com/hikin...


Petrified Forest, Arizona
https://www.fodors.com/world/north-am...
https://www.nps.gov/pefo/learn/histor...
https://www.petrifiedforest.org


V Bar V, Arizona
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cocon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Bar_V...


Palatki Heritage Site, Arizona
https://www.arizona-leisure.com/palat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatki...


Chalfant, Chidago & Red Rock Petroglyphs - Bishop, CA
http://npshistory.com/brochures/blm/c...