Sego Canyon Rock Art Sego Utah

Sego Canyon Rock Art – Sego Utah

The Trek Details

The Trek in a snapshot

Location

Thompson Springs, Utah

Managing Agency

Unknown

Pets

Allowed

Fees

None

Restrooms

Yes. Pit style. At parking lot

Camping

Not allowed

Trail Condition

Short dirt trails

Sights

Tons of Rock Art, Thompson Canyon Arch, old train bridges

Water Info

Bring a bottle of water if needed

Best Season

All

Distance

About 1/10 of a mile

Time Required

30+ minutes

Parking Elevation

5504 ft

Summit Elevation

Varies slightly

Elevation Difference

Varies slightly

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The Trail

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We revisited the Sego Canyon Rock Art and have lots of updated photos!

All of the pictographs are located within very short walking distance of the parking lot area.  There are hundreds of pictographs and petroglyphs lining the canyon walls and many are still in incredible condition.



The main parking lot area with restrooms (pit style).
The main parking lot area with restrooms (pit style).

According to the several kiosks in the area, there are three different styles of rock art: Archaic (Barrier Canyon), Fremont, and Ute.   All of them are equally fascinating and give you the sense of how important this area was to ancient peoples.  As you walk around you can clearly see the differences in rock art style.

Sego Canyon Rock Art

Ute Panel

The Ute Panel is located behind a wooden fence and across a dry river bed.  You can still easily take pictures of it from afar.

Ute Panel
Ute Panel
Ute Panel
Ute panel
Ute Panel
Ute Panel

Fremont Panel

The Fremont Panel features very strange looking pictographs.  Drawings of people with hollow eyes and antennas are shown, along with petroglyphs of animals and hunters.



Fremont Panel
Fremont Panel
Fremont panel

Barrier Canyon Panel

There are two Barrier Canyon panels:  Ones is on the other side of where the Fremont panel is located and the other is behind a fence on private property.   The Barrier.  You can see modern graffiti covering some of the pictographs and even bullet holes destroying some of them also.  It always amazes me how stupid people can be sometimes.

Barrier Canyon Panel
Barrier Canyon Panel

Cameras are watching…





Thompson Canyon Arch

On the east side of the parking lot you can see the remnants of an old railroad bridge that went up the canyon to the small coal mining town of Sego which has long since been abandoned.  Above this bridge is the Thompson Canyon Arch.



Thompson Canyon Arch and an old railroad bridge.
Thompson Canyon Arch and an old railroad bridge
Personal Thoughts

Personal Thoughts

This area was really neat! I enjoyed it because it was out of the ordinary and it offered hundreds of pictographs and petroglyphs. If you are on your way to Moab, I would suggest you make the hour detour to check out these amazing rock art panels.

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