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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Experience. Discover. Explore.
Follow along on our adventure then go out on your own!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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