Round Trip Distance: 0.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 742 - 748 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: West Well
Coordinates: 34.44563, -114.47631
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs
The West Well Petroglyphs are located south of Needles, California about 5 miles west of the California/Arizona border near Lake Havasu. Found at the site is a large rock outcrop that has petroglyphs on its north and south sides.
For turn-by-turn directions enter 34.44563, -114.47631 into your driving app. From Needles you will be directed south on US-95 for about 20 miles where you will turn left onto the Havasu Lake Road. After another 10 miles you will turn right off of the pavement onto the Hightower Road.
In another 3 miles you will reach Chemehuevi Wash where you will want to turn right on the West Well trail, BLM NS056. The road is good for highway vehicles up to this point but for the next 1,200 feet to the trailhead there can be some deep sand.
From the trailhead it is only an hundred feet or so to the petroglyphs.
As you approach the rock there will be petroglyphs facing you. Most of them are up high. There are also more petroglyphs going around the rock to the right that are on its back side.
There is a better view of the images that are a little closer to perpendicular on the back side of the rock.
These images are some of those on the back side of the rock.
And these images are on the front side of the rock.
A dozen more images are high up on surfaces that are facing skyward that can only really be seen if you were to climb up there to get a closer look. We didn't notice any signs saying that you can't enter inside of the fenced area and climb on the rock but it kinda seemed implied.
If you would like to see the West Well Petroglyphs for yourself all you have to do is 'Take a hike'.
