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The nearly 300 individual petroglyphs feature some of the oldest and best examples of Dinwoody rock art in the world. [2] The origins of the petroglyphs are still subject to debate. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1973 [1] and it is preserved by the state of Wyoming as a state historic site.
The Torrey Lake Petroglyph District extends for about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) along Torrey Creek in Fremont County, Wyoming. The site includes about 175 petroglyphs, as well as eleven lithic scatters and a sheep trap. The petroglyphs are in the Interior Line Style, or Dinwoody style, consistent with other rock art in central Wyoming. [2]
Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons; Black Mountain Rock Art District; Chalfant Petroglyph Site; Chumash Indian Museum; Coso Rock Art District; Hemet Maze Stone; Meadow Lake Petroglyphs; Painted Rock (San Luis Obispo County, California) Petroglyph Point Archeological Site; Ring Mountain (California) Yellow Jacket Petroglyphs
The Dinwoody petroglyph style is indigenous to central Wyoming including the Wind River Basin and Bighorn Basin. Scholars believe that the Dinwoody petroglyphs most likely represent the work of ancestral Tukudika or Mountain Shoshone Sheepeaters, because some of the figures at Torrey Lake Petroglyph District and Legend Rock correspond to ...
Arch Creek Petroglyphs (48CK41) Arch Creek Petroglyphs (48CK41) December 4, 1986 : Address restricted [4] Moorcroft vicinity: Well-preserved Native American petroglyphs of an atypical style featuring elongated stick figures. [5] 2: DXN Bridge over Missouri River: DXN Bridge over Missouri River: February 22, 1985 : Crook County Road 18-200
Dinwoody Glacier is located in Shoshone National Forest, in the U.S. state of Wyoming on the east side of the Continental Divide in the Wind River Range. [2] Completely within the Fitzpatrick Wilderness, Dinwoody Glacier is one of the largest glaciers in the American Rocky Mountains, and as of 1989 was ranked fourth in area. [3]
The mountain is part of the Green River Formation, and contains communications towers that serve a number of purposes. Hundreds of carved figures also dot the sandstone cliffs at the White Mountain Petroglyph site and range from 200 to 1000 years old. Pilot Butte, located on top of White Mountain, is accessible from roads on the mountain.
Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range, the U.S. State of Wyoming, and the Central Rocky Mountains. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [a] of the U.S. State of Wyoming. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: