Visit the Petroglyph Panel

This is less of a hike and more of a stroll with a thousand-year-old payoff. A flat boardwalk runs along the base of a towering Wingate sandstone cliff just off Highway 24, where the Fremont people pecked dozens of figures into the dark desert varnish between 600 and 1300 CE. You will see bighorn sheep, human figures with elaborate headdresses, and abstract designs that archaeologists still debate. The rock art sits at eye level in many spots, close enough to study the individual chisel marks. The boardwalk keeps you on a paved, easy surface — no scrambling, no route-finding, no sweat. Morning light rakes across the cliff face and makes the carvings pop against the sandstone. This is the trail for history nerds, families with young kids, and anyone who wants to touch something ancient without breaking a sweat.