Round Trip Distance: 0.25 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 2743 - 2774 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: Fort Piute
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs, historic fort
Fort Piute is located in the Mojave National Preserve between Searchlight, Nevada and Needles, California. The fort was occupied for a short period between 1866 - 1867 to protect the mail route and emigrants. Due to its source of water from nearby Piute Spring the area was long before that inhabited by native people who have left numerous petroglyphs on many of the rocks and boulders along Piute Creek.
