<< Our Photo Pages >> Three Rivers Petroglyphs - Rock Art in United States in The Southwest
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Rock ArtSite Name: Three Rivers PetroglyphsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 99.532 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Tularosa, NM
Latitude: 33.344600N Longitude: 106.00932W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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mfrincu visited on 27th Nov 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Hundreds of beautiful petroglyphs and even an ancient site to visit.
Description from US Bureau Of Land Management Official Site:
The Three Rivers Petroglyph Site is one of the few locations in the Southwest set aside solely because of its rock art. It is also one of the few sites giving visitors such direct access to petroglyphs. The number and concentration of petroglyphs here make it one of the largest and most interesting petroglyphs sites in the Southwest. More than 21,000 glyphs of birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants, as well as numerous geometric and abstract designs are scattered over 50 acres of New Mexico's northern Chihuahuan Desert. The petroglyphs at Three Rivers, dating back to between about 900 and 1400 AD, were created by Jornada Mogollon people who used stone tools to remove the dark patina on the exterior of the rock. A small pueblo ruin is nearby and Sierra Blanca towers above to the east.
Small campground at the site. $2 to overnight camp.
Very remote setting. Stunning, desolate beauty.
More petroglyphs beyond the "official" trail. Look up on higher ground.
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