A quarter mile hike up from Cub Creek Road leads to a variety of panels along a sandstone cliff. Over 1,000 years ago, the ancestral indgenous people of the region came here to carve and create elaborate designs including the 5 foot long lizard petroglyphs.
Today we marvel at these images and wonder about the ancestral indigenous people who etched in this rock. Archaeological evidence indicates that this culture was in the Dinosaur area for about 600 years.
Don't touch! Petroglyphs and pictographs are fragile, irreplaceable records of the past that many still hold sacred. Touching them can leave skin oils behind, and tracings or rubbings can ruin the designs. Federal law protects all artifacts, including these sites. Do your part to respect and protect the past, and report any vandalism you find.
Dinosaur National Monument
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service