Round Trip Distance: 2.5 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 5855 - 6180 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 3 hrs. 30 mins.
Trailhead: 40.77551, -108.71398
Fee: none
Attractions: rock art
Vermillion Canyon is located in the northwest corner of Moffat County, Colorado about 18 miles east of the Colorado/Utah border and about 14 miles south of the Wyoming border. The canyon shows ancient signs of habitation by Native People in the way of rock art and several rock shelters. Most of the rock art is in the form of Fremont and Basketmaker petroglyphs. There is one rock shelter that does have 3 or 4 red pictographs.
