Back in the beginning of summer in 2019, I was on an obscure website that had some local folklore on some gold mines in the Uinta Mountain Range in Utah.  After a few hours of looking at this website, I found a link to a video presentation on some Utah archaeological discoveries.  The presentation was about an hour and it showcased some very odd and strange things, including a few pictures of some rock monuments and what the presenter described as “edifices”.  I took a picture of the rock monuments and the search began.

The presenter said these monuments were located in Utah and so I asked lots of people from all over if they have seen anything that looked like this.  Every one of them said they had no idea what these were or where they were located.  I scanned over Google Maps to see if I could find any sort of rock rings or anything that would hint at the “Utah Stonehenge”, but I couldn’t find anything.  I sent the picture to some of my friends and all of them didn’t know either.

Finally, the first clue came a few months later.  One of my friends was visiting a very small town in Utah for a wedding reception.  He happened to show a guy the picture I took of the rock monuments and the guy said something like “I think those are nearby here”.  My friend tried to get more details, but since he was at a wedding reception he didn’t want to bother the guy too much.

I went several times to the small town and hiked all over the mountains and couldn’t find anything.  I gave up for a time and put it on the back-burner.

Fast forward to May 2020.  I was visiting nearby this same small town fueling up at the gas station and had a thought to ask the attendant about the rock monuments. I showed her the picture:

Me: “Have you seen anything like this around here?”
Attendant: “I haven’t, but let me ask one of my friends who is from here.”
The attendant looks out the station window and sees her friend walking in.
Attendant: “Hey (I forgot her name), do you know where these piles of rocks are?”

She shows her friend the picture on my phone.

Girl: “Oh, I don’t know, but my dad would probably know.”
Me: “Is your dad anywhere close I could ask him?”
Girl: “I’m not sure where he is, but I know he is out working so I doubt he will be around today.”

I grab some snacks and right when I’m leaving the gas station I hear, “there he is! Hey dad, take a look at this guy’s picture.”

I hand the girl’s dad my phone with the picture on it and he tells me that he vaguely remembers where the rock monuments are located.  He proceeds to give me some wild directions and I write them down and head on out!  After a few more hours of driving around, I found them…

This is an extremely sensitive site and I will not be posting GPS coordinates, maps, or even details on how to find them.  If you are lucky enough to know where these are (and it didn’t take you a year to find), please do not touch the monuments or deface or destroy them.  I’m not sure what this is actually called, but I am calling it the Utah Stonehenge for this Trek.

There are dozens of rock monuments in many different shapes and sizes.  They are scattered all over the place and the more I hiked around the more I saw.

Some of the monuments have already fallen down, but most are still in pretty good condition.  The rock monuments have lots of lichen on them and almost every monument I found had some type of animal bones next to them.  Some of the monuments are 4-6 ft tall!