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Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed in northwest Nevada that features the oldest known petroglyphs in North America. Located astride the border between Washoe and Pershing counties, [ 1 ] it was a shallow lake until the 1930s, but was dried when a dam and a road were built that combined to restrict and block water flow.
Petroglyph Canyon's most significant portion is located in the southern half of Section 35, Township 9 South, Range 26 East, within far southern Carbon County, Montana. [2]: 5 The entire canyon runs in a northwest-southeast direction for approximately 4 miles (6.4 km), [3]: 1 beginning 1 mile north of the most significant area and extending approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) into Big Horn County ...
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
Nevada City (/ n ɪ ˈ v eɪ d ə / niv-AY-də) is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana, United States.In the 1860s, it was one of two centers of commerce in what was known as one of the richest gold strikes in the Rocky Mountain West, along with its sister city Virginia City.
The park features a self-guided tour along a 0.5-mile (0.8 km) trail with multiple petroglyph panels, high-desert flora, and views of the Toquima and Toiyabe mountain ranges and the Big Smoky Valley. [5] Amenities include 16 campsites, a day-use area, toilets, grills, picnic tables, and trash cans but no water. [2]
Pages in category "Petroglyphs in Montana" ... Pictograph Cave (Billings, Montana) This page was last edited on 24 November 2014, at 15:14 (UTC). ...
The oldest reliably dated rock art in the Americas is known as the "Horny Little Man." It is petroglyph depicting a stick figure with an oversized phallus and carved in Lapa do Santo , a cave in central-eastern Brazil and dates from 12,000 to 9,000 years ago.
The Black Canyon Petroglyphs is an area of prehistoric petroglyphs in Lincoln County, Nevada that is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Located in the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge , they are accessible to the public.