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Half Day (roughly 5 hours)
$5/person charge
Easy
Description: The trip heads to an intriguing petroglyph site in the Painted Desert near Wupatki National Monument. A majority of the 207 panels appear to date between AD 1050 and AD 1250, a period coinciding with the Puebloan occupation of Wupatki. Researchers used the site, located on the Navajo Nation, in early attempts to classify and interpret rock art.
On the return, those wishing to visit Wupatki and Wukoki Pueblos will have a chance to do so on their own.
Hiking: A scramble of 150 feet up a steep talus slope is needed to thoroughly inspect the profusion of glyph-covered boulders.
Mileage: 115 miles round trip, including 11 miles of graded, but washboarded, dirt road and 4.6 miles of rough two-track. The route also involves a river crossing, normally dry in June.
Vehicle: 4 Wheel Drive
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