To get to the Rochester Panel you will need to hike about .45 miles.  The trail isn’t that difficult but there isn’t much shade so if you are hiking in the summer it will be extremely hot!  The trail begins on this nice gradual decline near the bottom of the small canyon.

There are lots of really neat sandstone rocks to see along the way.

After hiking about 1800 ft you will see a very small group of petroglyphs.   Please be respectful of these and do not carve anything into the rock.  In fact, do not even touch them but just take lots of photos and admire them from afar.

The trail will continue along a very narrow ridge but it isn’t an exposed area.  The Rochester Panel is just a little ways away from this first group.

The Rochester Panel is an incredible rock art panel with many strange and unique petroglyphs.  Animals, birds, monsters (??), anthropomorps (human-like figures), spiritual figures, symbols, a rainbow, and more can be seen on this and another nearby panel!   I believe that this is one of the best rock panels in Utah and is a must see!

I wonder what some of these mean?  If these animals/monster representations are just ideas then where did they come from?  Who had the ideas for them?  Why were they put on this rock in this location?  So many questions!  But it’s good to ponder these and more to get better insight into this panel.

There are hundreds of petroglyphs and some of them are even hidden in rock crevices so take some time to explore!

You can see in the below picture that someone tried to cut out one or more of the petroglyphs.   It looks like they succeeded elsewhere but this will forever be changed thanks to some idiots.

You can see Muddy Creek in the canyon below.  It has a good amount of water running through it.  If you look to the canyon walls on the west side you can see some more modern vandalism.  It’s sad to see this but some people seem to really enjoy destroying petroglyphs.