Round Trip Distance: 1.1 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Elevation: 4797 - 5289 feet
Cellphone: 3-5 bars
Time: 1 hr. 30 mins.
Trailhead: Farmington Trails Parking
Fee: none
Attractions: pictographs, scenic creek
The Davis Creek Pictographs are located on a rocky outcrop overlooking Davis Creek, in the foothills north of Salt Lake City, along I-15, just east of Farmington, Utah. The site includes a handful of small red zoomorphic pictographs of which two images still show up quite well.
For turn-by-turn directions to the parking area enter Farmington Trails Parking into your driving app. From I-15 you will be directed to take Exit 322 and follow the frontage road to W 620 S. Follow that north to S 200 E and turn left. Continue to Woodland Drive and turn right and drive the rest of the way to the parking area.
From the trailhead you can look up Davis Creek and see the rocky outcrop where the pictographs are located. It is less than a half mile away as the crow flies.
From the parking area follow the road for a few hundred feet to where the Davis Creek Trail will begin on your left.
The trail climbs steadily, mostly through oakbrush, up the side of the hill.
As the trail climbs higher a distant waterfall comes into view.
There are several options once you reach the spot where a side trail drops down to the Indian Bathtubs. If you take that side trail you can then follow along on a narrow trail that passes along Davis Creek toward the pictographs. The easier route is to stay on the main Davis Creek trail for a few more hundred feet and then cut over toward the creek.
The final bit of trail leading to the rocky outcrop where the pictographs are is narrow, steep, and a little exposed.
Once you reach the outcrop you still won't be able to see the pictographs until you scramble over to the slanted rock near the very small cave like structure that is in the shadows of this photo.
Each of the images are probably about the size of or smaller than your hand.
Two of the figures still show up very well.
Below the rocky outcrop there is a bridge that crosses Davis Creek providing the option of a different route for the return trip. Below the bridge there is a very steep trail that leads to a couple of deep potholes in the creek that are known as the Indian Bathtubs.
The Davis Creek Trail seems to be typical in construction and difficulty to other trails in the area which might be described as moderately easy with occasional parts that are a little steeper and have loose dirt that requires more careful footing. Our group consisted of an 8 year old girl with her father and grandpa.
To see more rock art in the immediate area you might consider the Parrish Creek Pictographs near Centerville.
If you would like to see the Davis Creek Pictographs for yourself then all you have to do is 'Take a hike'.
If you would like to see the Davis Creek Pictographs for yourself then all you have to do is 'Take a hike'.
