The Trek in a snapshot
Location
Indian Creek, Utah
Managing Agency
Bears Ears National Monument
Pets
Allowed
Fees
None
Restrooms
None
Camping
Not allowed
Trail Condition
Narrow dirt trail to the petroglyphs. You can see some of the petroglyphs from the road, but they can be hard to see if you don’t know what you’re looking for.
Sights
Many interesting petroglyphs
Water Info
Bring a bottle of water if needed
Best Season
All
Distance
About 0.20 mile roundtrip
Time Required
About 30 minutes
Parking Elevation
5808 ft
Summit Elevation
5898 ft
Elevation Difference
90 ft
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Experience. Discover. Explore.
Follow along on our adventure then go out on your own!
To access these petroglyphs, you will need to park at the small pull-out where the GPS coordinates indicate. Please do not park on the actual road as you will be blocking traffic. From here, there is a narrow trail on the north side of the parkin area. Follow it up and look on the rock walls for all the petroglyphs.
This was a pretty easy hike and it only took us about 6 minutes to hike from our car to the rock art. The rock art can be seen from the road if you know what you’re looking for. If you don’t have your “rock art” eyes on, you might easily skip over this fascinating panel. The hike is on a narrow dirt trail that doesn’t gain much in elevation. Anyone would enjoy this short adventure!
These petroglyphs are very unique and fun to see! You will see some distinct big horn sheep, anthropomorphs (human-like figures), shields, squiggles, feet, symbols and more. You will also see some historical graffiti. The anthropomorphs are very interesting – they have very clear necklaces, earrings, or belts. The anthropomorphs are similar in style to Barrier Canyon Style which are long hollow and limbless bodies.
This panel doesn’t really have a name, but I have called it the Big Feet Rock Art Panel because there is one human-like figure that has very large feet! And it’s holding a bow! If you look in the crack in the rock you will see more petroglyphs with a historical name of Ralph Hurst 1911.
Personal Thoughts
This was a fun and short adventure in Indian Creek. We were checking out the rock climbing areas and saw this panel from the road. We decided to park and check it out and were glad we did!