I saw an obscure Facebook post a while back about a land preserve in the area that has one of the highest concentrations of 'rock art' aka petroglyphs now referred to as Rock Imagery in the state and possibly even surrounding states. And it was less than 5 miles away. But it wasn't open to the public due to Covid.
Well, they announced a limited amount of tours in October with a max of 10 people for each tour. The reservations were snapped up in minutes. I was lucky enough to get one of the tours - the first one in over 18 months actually, so let's go see!
The area is 200 acres bordered by a busy road. an ATV/4-wheeling course and Utah Lake in what looks like a barren wasteland. It used to be a sheep farm I think, and the land owners, a long long time ago passed it down to family and it's been held by the same family. They wanted to preserve the area so they created a private preserve.
The tour was 90 minutes and we only saw a fraction of the "pieces" of art. It was very entertaining to hear the stories of what they believe the Native Americans - the Fremont Indians, over 1000 years ago, were like who lived here.
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| At first glace, looks like nothing is here |
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| This is the smallest rock art here - a dog or other small animal |
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| They think this is a remnant of a small house/hut |
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| This arrowhead was recently found here |
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