Round Trip Distance: 1.8 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4235 - 4315 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 1 hr. 30 mins.
Trailhead: Picture Canyon
Fee: none
Attractions: rock art, ruins
Picture Canyon is located near the Colorado/Oklahoma border in the Comanche National Grassland south of Springfield, Colorado. The site includes a developed picnic area from where a short hike leads to some interesting petroglyphs and pictographs that were created on the canyons cliffs and within a few shallow caves. Also in the canyon are some stonewall remains of several structures that were abandoned by early settlers.
