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Many rock art sites are open to public visitation in the western states.
I encourage you to visit these sites and mentally wander back in time.

Some of the sites in my photographs are open to the public; others are located on private property.  The Bureau of Land Management and/or the Forest Service have asked that the locations of some rock art not be disclosed in order to protect the sites.  If sites are closed to public visitation and have a geographic locator name, I have changed the site name for my photographs.

In Utah - Publicly Managed Sites (not a complete list)

BLM Statewide Information
Arches National Park
Canyonlands National Park (UT/CO)
Capitol Reef National Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Fremont Indian State Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument
Hovenweep National Monument
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (UT/AZ)
Natural Bridges National Monument
Nine Mile Canyon
Sand Island Petroglyph Site
Zion National Park
Beyond Utah - Publicly Managed Sites (only a few examples)

Petroglyph National Monument (NM)
Petrified Forest National Park (AZ)
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (AZ)
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (CO))
Mesa Verde National Park (CO)
Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NM)
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site (NM)
Hueco Tanks State Park (TX)
Valley of Fire State Park (NV)
Grimes Point Petroglyph Site (NV)
Deer Valley Rock Art Center (AZ)
Homolovi Ruins State Park (AZ)
Bandelier National Monument (NM)
El Malpais National Monument (NM)
El Morro National Monument (NM)
Canyon Pintado National Historic District (CO)
Ute Mountain Tribal Park (CO)
Coso Rock Art (CA)

Rock Art Research Associations
These groups work to preserve rock art.  These groups take field trips which are an educational and fun way to visit rock art sites.  I encourage you to check out the organization in your area.


United States

Utah Rock Art Research Association
Nine Mile Canyon Coalition
ARARA - American Rock Art Research Association
CRAA - Colorado Rock Art Association
Nevada Rock Art Foundation
FSRA - Friends of Sierra Rock Art
The Rock Art Foundation - Texas
Upper Midwest Rock Art Research Association
Eastern States Rock Art Research Association
Bay Area Rock Art Research Association
International

International Federation of Rock Art Organizations
AURA - Australian Rock Art Research Association

Rock Art Etiquette

Don’t camp near rock art sites.  Smoke has damaged many pictographs.
Don’t touch, chalk, trace, paint, wet, use latex molds or scratch on or near rock art.
Don’t walk on rock art or climb on boulders with rock art.
Don’t drive fast past rock art: dust coats the patina.
Don’t make new trails to rock art panels.  If you are visiting a site closed to public visitation, brush away your tracks.
Don’t put rock art site location information on the Internet or indiscriminately share location information.
Don’t use rock art sites for caches.
Don’t litter rock art sites, pick up trash left at sites, but do not touch or remove artifacts,
pottery chards, lithic scatters, etc.
Do enjoy and photograph rock art sites!