In addition to Petroglyphs National Monument, visit these parks that preserve and protect petroglyphs and rock art. When you're ready to go, get your pass! The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass Series includes several passes that cover entrance fees at national parks.
Prized For More Than 13,000 Years
Alibates Flint Quarries NM
13,000 years ago this site was already well-known by mammoth hunters as a place to get the best stone for their tools.
Prehistoric Visitors Left Their Mark
Arches National Park
Rocks have attracted visitors to Arches National Park for thousands of years.
A Geologic Wrinkle in the Earth
Capitol Reef National Park
Petroglyph panels throughout the park depict ancient art and stories of these people who lived in the area from approximately 600-1300 BCE.
The Center of an Ancient World
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
There are camps, seasonal habitations, and a rich assortment of pictographs and petroglyphs here.
Discover Dinosaur!
Dinosaur National Monument
Petroglyphs here are from the Fremont Culture and include animal designs as well as geometric shapes.
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El Morro National Monument
Ancestral Puebloans, Spanish and American travelers carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, messages, and petroglyphs.
Where the West Stays Wild
Grand Canyon Parashant NM
Thousands of petroglyphs embedded into the smooth surface of basalt rock record of events, memories and stories of ancestors.
over 23,000 petroglyph images
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Pu`u Loa, translated as the "long hill"i or "Hill-(of)-long-(life)"ii from Hawaiian, is a place considered sacred to the people of Hawai`i,
Geologic and Historical Turmoil
Lava Beds National Monument
More than 700 caves, Native American rock art sites, historic battlefields and campsites, and a high desert wilderness experience await you!
A Park About a People for All People
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Known as Buffalo Eddy, the unique petroglyphs of this area are evidence of the longevity of the Nez Perce in the region.
A Complex Human Story
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
In what is now Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, archaeological evidence places human beings in this area approximately 1,600 years ago.
A Place for Discovery
Petrified Forest National Park
The archeological site known as Newspaper Rock boasts over 650 petroglyphs covering a group of rocks.
An Island's Past
Virgin Islands National Park
Within the deep interior of the Reef Bay valley rests one of St. John’s clues to a lost culture from the island’s past, the petroglyphs.
Last updated: December 3, 2020