14. INDIAN CANYON 29. TOWER RUIN Administered by: Bureau of Land Management Administered by: Canyonlands National Park The colored numbers shown on the map below refer to site Type: Anasazi Type: Anasazi descriptions in the text. Character: Rock Art - Pictographs, Prehistoric Campsite Character: Structures Development: Interpretive Signs, Road and Parking Lot Development: Interpretive Sign Location: 20 miles northwest of Kanab Location: 2 miles up Horse Creek Canyon, Needles District Comments: 4-wheel drive for last 3 miles. 30. UTAH FIELD HOUSE OF NATURAL HISTORY STATE PARK 15. MULE CANYON RUIN Administered by: Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Administered by: Bureau of Land Management Type: Fremont Enhanced drawing by Irene Watts of hand prints from Type: Anasazi Character: Archeological artifacts, and geological and fossil materials Character; Dwelling Anasazi Natural Bridges National Monument. Development: Museum Development: Interpretive Ramada, Interpretive Brochures, Parking Lot Location: Vernal, Utah Location: 20 miles west of Blanding on Utoh Highway 95 Development: Displays 31. UTAH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Comments: Good access for disabled visitors, restrooms available. Location: 3 miles north of Utah Highway 44, Red Canyon Junction. Administered by: University of Utah Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. 16. NEWSPAPER ROCK STATE PARK Type: Early Man, Archaic, Fremont, Anasazi, Shoshonean Comments: Accessible to physically impaired visitors. Administered by. Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Character: Natural Science displays, dioramas and artifacts Character: Rock Art - Petroglyphs 22. RED CLIFFS ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE Development: Museum Development: Parking Area with developed trails to Ruins; Signing Administered by: Bureau of Land Management Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City Location: Indian Creek Canyon, San Juan County, Utah Highway 211,13 Type: Anasazi miles west of US Highway 191,15 miles north of Monticello. Character: Storage Structures and Rooms 32. WIDOW'S LEDGE Comments: Large panel with many hundreds of figures and characters. Development: Trail, Interpretive Sign Administered by: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Type: Anasazi Location: 4 miles south of Leeds, associated with Red Cliffs Recreation 17 PAROWAN GAP PETROGLYPHS Character: Dwelling, Storage Site. Administered by: Bureau of Land Management Development: Interpretive Sign and Trail Type: Fremont 23. RIVER HOUSE RUIN Location: Slickrock Canyon, access by boat, 15 miles southwest of Character: Rock Art - Petroglyphs Administered by: Bureau of Land Management Bullfrog Marina. Development: Interpretive Signs Type: Anasazi Location: 12 miles west of Parowan. Character: Multi-room Cliff Dwelling Development: Trail 18. PEEKABOO PANEL Location: 12 miles west of Bluff on the San Juan River. Administered by: Canyonlands National Park Comments: Access by boat or 4-wheel drive. Pictograph of a horned figure. Capitol Reef National Park. Type: Anasazi, Archaic Character: Rock Art - Pictograph 24. ROADSIDE RUIN Development: Interpretive Sign Administered by: Canyonlands National Park Location: Near Peekaboo Springs campsite in Salt Creek, Needles District Type: Anasazi 19. PETROGLYPH ANTHROPOMORPHS Character: Granary Administered by: Capitol Reef National Park Development: Self-guiding Trail and Brochure Type: Fremont Location: 1 mile west of Needles visitor contact station, Needles District Character: Rock Art - Petroglyphs 25. "SOB" PANEL Development: Pullout and Wayside Exhibit Administered by: Canyonlands National Park Location: '/2 mile east of Visitor Center on Highway 24. Type: Archaic Character: Rock Art - Pictograph 20. PREHISTORIC MUSEUM OF THE COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH Development: Interpretive Sign Administered by: College of Eastern Utah Location: Elephant Hill Jeep Road at SOB Hill, Needles District Type: Fremont Character: Artifacts 26. SWELTER SHELTER Development: Museum Administered by: Dinosaur National Monument Location; Price, Utah Type: Desert Archaic Comments: One of the better Fremont artifact collections. Character: Overhang Campsite Development: Interpretive Sign and is mentioned in Auto Trail Guide 21. RED CANYON VISITOR CENTER Location: 1 mile east of Quarry turnout along Cub Creek Road. Administered by. Ashley National Forest Type: Fremont, Ute 27. THREE KIVA RUIN • National Park Service Character: Visitor Center with displays of "Early American Life." Photos Administered by: Bureau of Land Management ARCHEOLO0ICAL HERITAGE OF and artifacts primarily Ute. Type: Anasazi • Bureau of Land Management Character: Dwelling, kiva (with restored roof) Development: Self-guiding Tour Booklet • U.S. Forest Service One of many towers built on rock formations at Location. 26 miles east of Blanding in Montezuma Canyon Hovenweep National Mounument. Comments: Dirt and gravel roads; obtain directions in Blanding. • Utah Division of Parks and Recreation 28. THREE ROOF RUIN Administered by: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Utah Division of State History Type: Anasazi Character: Dwelling Development: Trail Location: Escalante Canyon, access by boat, 50 miles southwest of Cover; Enhanced drawing by Irene Watts of mummylike Bullfrog Marina. figures in shades of red-brown. Barrier Canyon. UTAH ANCIENT DWELLINGS, Jh* _ The answers to many of these questions are either — Take — and USE — a good sunscreen lotion. Alphabetized By Site Name ART GALLERIES, missing — or are just now coming into focus. Perhaps some — Be certain your vehicle's gas tank is full, and your spare of these answers can help us live better today. Every object 1. ANASAZI STATE PARK WORK PLACES, tire is in good condition. — stone, piece of pottery, fiber, foodstuff, bone — and it's \ Administered by: Utah Division of Parks and Recreation CEREMONIAL SITES position relative to every other object on a site — offers >E- WHILE VISITING ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES: Type: Anasazi Character: Village clues to the long-sought answers, unless it is taken, or even — Watch for rattlesnakes. Development: Visitor Center, Museum A Visitor's Guide to Prehistoric Utah moved. — Do not climb on any ruins, or lean against ruin walls. Location: Boulder, on Utah Highway 12 A thousand years ago, natives to what is now the To the untrained eye, one site may look like another. But, They could collapse. Special authorization is required to Comments: 11 pit houses and 67 surface rooms southwestern United States blanketed the region with Anasazi who lived in one area may have been different enter into and climb on ruins. 2. AZTEC BUTTE RUINS communities and farms — many more than today's than those who lived only a hundred miles away. Perhaps pjSjTread lightly, causing as little disturbance to the site as Administered by: Canyonlands National Park "modern" counterparts! Archeologists refer to separate they had no more in common than a Pennsylvania farmer possible. Type: Anasazi groups of these people as Anasazi and Fremont, and the and a Houston office worker. The archeological evidence — Rock art should be photographed, but not touched in Character: Structure Archaic people who preceded them. Striking and must be carefully preserved to illuminate such differences to any way. Your fingertips and palms will leave oils that Development: None abundant evidence of their long and successful stays in scientists — and to you. speed the deterioration process. Location: Aztec Butte, Islands in the Sky District Utah will inspire any traveler. The purpose of this brochure is So, the sites and all objects on them are protected by *p-jRTake any litter (food, wrappers, or containers, for 3. BUTLER WASH RUIN to help you take care of these ancient homes, towns, and Federal and State laws. But the greatest protection comes, example) back home. If you pack it in, pack it out! Administered by: Bureau ot Land Management Cutthroat Castle. Hovenweep National Monument. art galleries as you visit them. from you, the resident of, or the visitor to Utah, the on-site •. — Respect the rights of other visitors. Many folks revere Type: Anasazi "stewards" of these national treasures. these ancient sites. Character: Cliff Dwellings and Storage Structures CHERISH AND PRESERVE THE PAST And STEWARDSHIP — the responsibility to manage your — Ruins were the homes of ancient people. Treat them as Development: Interpretive Sign Opportunities to see the past should be cherished. life and property with proper regard to the rights of others you would your own living room, Location: 12 miles west of Blanding on Utah Highway 95 Comments: Short walk to view of sites. Climbing into the site is difficult When such sites are damaged in any way, much of what — is a watchword for the respect due our archeological I they can tell us is lost forever. And with that loss, we lose heritage, Please remember: Archeological resources have and discouraged. AFTER YOUR VISIT— 9. GRAND GULCH PRIMITIVE AREA what we might have learned — and admired — about values for all citizens that are more important than 4. CUB CREEK PETROGLYPHS Would you like to know more about these mysterious Administered by: Grand Gulch Visitor Center, Bureau of Land Management these mysterious people. collectors items for personal use. Administered by: Dinosaur National Monument cultures? For children and adults, amateurs and scholars, Type: Anasazi There are many archeological sites, but any ******&. "ij Type: Fremont Character: Numerous dwellings, storage features, kivas, and rock art disturbance to them or the objects they contain destroys BEFORE YOUR ADVENTURE: hundreds of books, brochures, and video tapes have been Character: Rock Art - Petroglyphs prepared about the Anasazi and Fremont peoples. Ask Development: Interpretive Sign and is mentioned in Auto Trail Guide Development: Visitor Contact station, Self-guiding Booklet valuable information about the first residents of the area. Remember that many of the sites described here are about what, where, and how to obtain these at a nearby Location: 7.3 miles east of Quarry turnout along Cub Creek Road Location: 40 miles west of Blanding on Utah Highway 95 to junction NBC correspondent Frank Bourgholtzer put it succinctly R-E-M-O-T-E! That is, some are far from what you may think of visitor center, museum, or bookstore. with Utah Highway 261, then left 5 miles when he said, "A pot dug up by a pot hunter is only a pot. as a "major thoroughfare." In Utah, that means several '""V 5. DANGER CAVE STATE PARK Comments: Trail recommended for only serious backpackers. No reference can completely describe "the ancient One dug up by an archaeologist is a messenger." things to you. Administered by: Utah Division of Parks and Recreation ones." Imagine how satisfying your visit would be if we Type: Archaic campsite and dwelling 10. GREAT GALLERY — Check ahead of time to be sure the site is open to the Administered by: Canyonlands National Park ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES UNLOCK THE PAST could pass on a more complete story to you. Some Character: Cave public during the time of your visit. evidence has been destroyed through carelessness or Development: None Type: Archaic — how did they make a living? — If you have any physical or health limitations, be certain outright maliciousness. Much evidence has simply not been Location: Silver Island Mountain Range, just north of US Interstate 80 Character: Rock Art — how did they play? Development: Interpretive Sign that you check ahead of time on the site's accessibility. collected or analyzed yet. offramp to east Wendover — what did they eat? Most are not accessible to the physically impaired Comments: Inhabited 11,500 years ago; visitors are asked NOT to enter Location: Horseshoe Barrier, Maze District With your help — your stewardship — we can preserve Comments: Canyon is full of artwork, primarly pictographs. — whom did they fear? (exceptions are noted in the listings), and many are not these national treasures. They are a part of America's the cave due to ceiling spall. — what did they love? easily reached by regularly equipped motor vehicles. cultural heritage! You can actively support their 6. DEFIANCE HOUSE 11. HICKMAN BRIDGE TRAIL GRANARY SITE Administered by: Capitol Reef National Park — how did they look? — Read the road directions provided here; find the preservation. By protecting these sites for future generations Administered by: Glen Canyon National Recreational Area Type: Fremont — how did they protect themselves from the harsh approximate location on a Utah or local map. Be sure to see, you are demonstrating your own personal commitment Type: Anasazi environment? you understand the scale and scope of your trip. Character: Dwelling, storage, and ceremonial Character: Granary to our future. You are truly taking pride in America! Development: Discussed in Hickman Bridge Trail Guide — how did they treat illnesses? Development: Interpretive Sign and Trail — Water! Take plenty for any hiking to be done at a site; at Location: Along Hickman Bridge Trail — when did they leave? least one gallon per person, per day. Location: Forgotten Canyon, access by boat, 15 miles northeast of — . . . and why? — Take a good quality insect repellant along. Bullfrog Marina 12. HORSE COLLAR RUIN Administered by: Natural Bridges National Monument 7. EDGE OF THE CEDARS STATE PARKS MUSEUM & PUEBLO Type: Anasazi Below; A petroglyph of a lizzard. Dinosaur National Administered by: Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Character: Structure Monument. Left; These petroglyphs at Dinosaur National Type: Anasazi Character: Dwellings, kivas (some restored) Development: Trail Monument contain both animal and human-like figures. Location: White Canyon Development: Visitor Center, Museum Center; Newspaper Rock (in Canyonlands National Park) Comments: Half-day hike. Location: Blanding, 660 West 400 North contains hundreds of human, animal figures, and geometric Comments: Large pueblo with 10 kivas and 75 surface rooms 13. SQUARE TOWER RUINS AND CAMPGROUND petroglyphs. Administered by: Hovenweep National Monument 8. FREMONT INDIAN STATE PARK Administered by: Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, and Fishlake National Type: Anasazi Forest Character: Dwellings, kivas Type: Fremont Development: Signing, Ranger Station, Exhibits, Publications, Year-round Character: Rock Art, Pithouse, Granary Camping Development: Visitor Center/Museum, auto tour, nature trails Location: 44 miles southeast ot Blanding. Take turnoff from Route 163 Location: Clear Creek Canyon, Interstate 70. Westbound travelers take south of Blanding to Hatch Trading Post. Follow signs to Sevier Junction Exit 22. Eastbound travelers take Farm Exit 17 Hovenweep. Unpaved roads may be impassable after heavy Comments: Lower parts of trail accessible to most mobility impaired rains or snow storms. visitors.