Arches National Park
Rock Art:
Wolfe Ranch Site
This page contains a discussion of the rock art found at the Wolfe Ranch Site within Arches National Park. All photographs are from our our personal collection. If you'd like to see more rock art from this location, or if you'd like to see higher resolution or larger images, send us an e-mail message and we'll see what we can do.
Though small, the Wolfe Ranch petroglyph site is probably the best know panel within Arches National Park. It is located near the parking area for the Delicate Arch trailhead. The short path to the site is signed and easy to follow.
- Archaeological Resources Protection Act Hotline: 800-227-7286.
- See Archaeological Site Etiquette.
- See American Antiquities Act of 1906.
- See Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979.
- See More Rock Art Sites.
This small panel is near Wolfe Ranch, not far from the parking area along the trail to Delicate Arch. There are signs pointing the way. This photo represents most of the single panel of petroglyphs. Because of the horses with riders this is probably of a more recent age than some work that we see in the Colorado Plateau area. Horses weren't reintroduced into North America until the Spanish brought them in the 1500s. So some or all of this work was performed by historic natives of this region. |
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The following images are from the Wolfe Ranch site, unless otherwise noted.
All of these photos have been resized and manipulated in Photoshop to give the best representation of the image. Some color distortion is inevitable. If you would like to see higher quality versions of these shots, or if you would like to use these images for any purpose, please contact us and we would be glad to help if we can.
