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Rock ArtSite Name: Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Cass City
Latitude: 43.648778N  Longitude: 83.019306W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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3 Ambience:
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Hunter Petroglyph Tobacco was left the day before by a native american as a prayer offering. Image copyright: ericvdb (e vandenberg), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Sanilac County, Michigan. Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is a state park containing Michigan's only known rock carvings attributable to Native American Indians. The park consists of 240 acres (0.97 km2) in Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

The carvings, known as petroglyphs, were discovered by residents after a fire swept through the area in 1881 and revealed rocks bearing the designs. Because they are made in relatively friable sandstone, geologists have been able to determine that the carvings were made 300 to 1,000 years ago. There is concern that without preservation, the carvings may be worn further away and lost.

The petroglyphs include depictions of swirls, lines, handprints, flying birds and bow-wielding men, created by an unknown Native American tribe on a 1,000-square-foot (93 m2) sandstone rock in Sanilac County, Michigan between 300 and 1,000 years ago. The petroglyphs are the only known such carvings in the state of Michigan.

The sandstone slab in which the petroglyphs were carved is a soft stone that allowed Native Americans to cut it easily. But that softness has proven problematic as it has allowed generations of visitors to damage the slab with graffiti. Graffiti combined with natural weathering has made the actual petrogyphs difficult for visitors to see. The state has made a series of improvements to the site to protect the slab.

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Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : The water panther "Native Americans were a very religious people, it stands to reason that there is religious and mythical significance of the figures and symbols on the petroglyphs rock, one being several mythological panther or "water panther" images. The water panther is well-known to be a creature of the Great Lakes tribes' mythology." ~ Larry Relitz Full article: lifemichigan.net/petr... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : The archer appears at one end of the sandstone outcropping Image copyright: whalemap (Mark), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : South Fork of the North Branch of the Cass River, Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park, Michigan, May 24, 2014 Image copyright: dtroyka (dtroyka), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Image copyright: chicamusica, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Indian carvings on the face of a soft stone rock, thought to be between 300 and 1000 years old. This area is home to the current-day Saginaw Chippewa, who claim it. There is also, sadly, a great deal of graffiti present, which was carved by idiots wishing to add their commentary. For that reason, the site is now covered and fenced, and it is only open when the guards are present (college intern...

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Sanilac Petroglyphs Indian carvings on the face of a soft stone rock, thought to be between 300 and 1000 years old. This area is home to the current-day Saginaw Chippewa, who claim it. There is also, sadly, a great deal of graffiti present, which was carved by idiots wishing to add their commentary. For that reason, the site is now covered and fenced, and it is only open when the guards are pre...

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Image copyright: chicamusica, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs A believed to be BOAT, Hand print, Eagle and other rock carvings sit side by side on the sandstone outcropping that is the Sanilac Petroglyphs. Image copyright: Go Get Outdoors, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Michigan's Petroglyphs Wriiten on sandstone, intense curiosity over the past 125 years have worn them down. www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17447_18595_18612-54563... Image copyright: Larry the Biker (Larry The Biker), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Petroglyphs Image copyright: Go See Do Photos (Ashleigh Mowers), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Sanilac Petroglyphs in Michigan Image copyright: Midwest Guest (Dominique King), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Sanilac Petroglyphs Hike on 13 Aug 2011 Image copyright: scook48227 (Stephen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Sanilac petroglyphs historic state park Image copyright: thumbwind (mike hardy), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : PMM in the Detroit News at the Sanilac Petroglyphs (he ran the museum at the site) This is a clipping from the Detroit News, mid-90s. The Sanilac Petroglyphs, the only known such carvings in Michigan were created anywhere from 400 to 1,000 years ago. Image copyright: kmurf, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Petroglyph Viewing Sanilac Petroglyphs Hike on 13 Aug 2011 Image copyright: scook48227 (Stephen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Image copyright: chicamusica, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park
Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park submitted by Flickr : Image copyright: ericvdb (e vandenberg), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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