Picture Canyon, a well-named canyon in the southern Sheep Range (and part of the Desert Wildlife Refuge), has been rediscovered by hikers in recent years as they searched for missing long-distance hiker Kenny Veach. He disappeared in 2014 while searching for a cave he discovered on a previous hike. His cell phone was found at a small mining prospect in Joe May Canyon, which is connected to Picture Canyon by a loop trail.
Hidden along the towering limestone canyon walls are an interesting array of faded pictographs and petroglyphs. Bighorn sheep, deer, figures, sunbursts, spirals, war shields, hand prints, and even a checkerboard!
False color images of the pictographs
The pictographs are faded and hard to see. Years of wind and storms have covered them with dust and mud. I've used the DStretch app to bring out the details in them.
No directions to this site but it isn't hard to find.
