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Rock Art

Native American pictographs and petroglyphs. No directions or waypoints to rock art sites unless they are already known or published.

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Alister's Cave Pictographs

Alister's Cave Pictographs

Alister’s Cave is a well-known pictograph site in the Wonderland of Rock area of Joshua Tree. The cave (really a rock shelter) is full of pictographs, but they have faded over the years, primarily due to the exfoliation of the granite.

Hollow Rock Pictographs

Hollow Rock Pictographs

While exploring the Wonderland of Rocks, not far from Barker Dam, we came across an unassuming large granite boulder.

Silent Sentinel Petroglyphs

Silent Sentinel Petroglyphs

Wildrose Pictographs

Wildrose Pictographs

Ram on Rocks Pictographs

Ram on Rocks Pictographs

In 2012, I visited a very small native site in the backcountry of Joshua Tree. There is a larger habitation site not far away (which this site is named for). One thing that makes this particular site interesting for the area is the metate and manos sitting out front of

Indian Cave Boulder Pictographs

Indian Cave Boulder Pictographs

Years ago, I went out in search of this hidden rock shelter full of pictographs. It is one of the most decorated rock shelters in Joshua Tree National Park. Pictographs, probably made by the Serranos, cover the walls and ceiling of the interior cave. It was difficult to photograph them

Surprise Rock Pictographs

Surprise Rock Pictographs

In early 2013, I was out hiking in the backcountry of the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park and came across this solitary boulder with petroglyphs and pictographs. They are inside of a concave, hollowed-out section of a large White Tank monzogranite boulder along what could have been