Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites Photoset • Randal_Schulhauser • 2006-03-26 • HikeArizona.COM

Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites, AZ

	2006-03-26
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Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites

Phoenix, AZ

Picacho Mountains Petroglyph Sites

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	2.50 Miles	134 AEG

Hiking	2.50 Miles	3 Hrs	0.83 mph
	134 ft AEG

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Another visit to the petroglyph sites after a morning "backcountry" tour of Compound B at Casa Grande National Monument. Also took Mike Mattes on his first visit to the area. Despite advance warnings that snakes are now out in full force, didn't see a single slithering reptile all day!

First stop was at what I dubbed in the hike description as "Site 1". Encouraged by Joe's recent hike log, we climbed a little higher on the north side and encountered some glyphs Hannah and I missed during our first adventure. While Mike and I were exploring near the summit on the north side, a Jeep pulled into the parking lot. This was our only human encounter all day. The two occupants were armed with Dave Wilson's "Hiking Ruins Seldom Seen" and were trying to locate the glyphs.

Second stop was at "Site 3". Also climbed to the summit of this cluster of petroglyphs. Some individual, albeit weathered, rock art can be found scattered about the higher elevations.

A tip from Joe also led us further south from the initially described "triangle". "Site 6" can be found near the cattle gate on three truck sized boulders.

Site 6
N32o 49.191'
W111o 22.520'
elevation = 1906 ft

Continued exploring further south. Only saw the occasional scattered (and extremely weathered) rock art. Trail extremely sandy in spots, but managed to negotiate in my 2WD F-150 without incident...

Fauna

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Culture

Culture [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Gila Petroglyph Style (Abstract) Gila Petroglyph Style (Zoomorphic) Great Basin Abstract Style

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