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Rock ArtSite Name: Nine Mile CanyonCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 107.746 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Price, Utah
Latitude: 39.811800N Longitude: 110.2517W
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 |
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Rock Art in Duchesne and Carbon Counties, Utah.Described as the "World's Longest Art Gallery", Nine Mile Canyon is known for its spectacular and accessible petroglyphs. The rock art dates back to the Fremont Culture and up into the contact period. An awe inspiring settling, the canyon is actually over 40 miles long and a trip through it on the gravel road will cover 100 miles without public services.
The land is held by a variety of state and federal authorities. A picnic area and some interpretive signs have been placed along the road. A great deal of rock art can be seen easily with a short walk from the roadway, although sites occur throughout the canyon. Many panels have never been documented.
The accessibility of the all-weather road and the shared "ownership" has helped to threaten the canyon from frequent of traffic, much of it industrial, as well as thoughtless tourists. Most recently, natural gas drilling plans pose potential threats.
More information can be found at Nine Mile Canyon Coalition, the website of preservationists who have been credited with preventing vandalism and maintaining some of the simple amenities used by the public, as well as educating the public on threats to the canyon's prehistoric art.
Note: Nine Mile Canyon rock art vandalism case resolved with fine and planned restoration, see the latest comment on our page
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