Town Wash Point

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4771 - 4813 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: BLM 9204 Road
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs

Town Wash Point is at the end of BLM Road 9204 in the desert southwest of Hanksville, Utah. Overlooking Town Wash, with a nice view of Factory Butte to the north and the Henry Mountains to the south, are found multiple panels of petroglyphs that include one known as 'Riding Sheep' or 'Man Riding Sheep'. The hike is only about 100 yards each way but can be extended up to a half mile by looping all the way around the point where there are a few more minor petroglyphs and cowboy inscriptions.

Counting Panel

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.1 - 2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4960 - 4968 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: BLM 0931 MM 1
Fee: none
Attractions: pictographs, petroglyphs

The Counting Panel is part of a group of pictograph and petroglyph panels that are located along BLM Road 0931 in the Blue Valley Benches area southwest of Hanksville, Utah. The site overlooks the Birch Creek drainage that runs off of the north slopes of the Henry Mountains. The main panel of pictographs includes long rows of what look like tally marks which are probably what inspired the name 'Counting Panel'.

Inaccessible Alcove

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 1.6 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5355 - 5429 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 1 hrs. 45 mins.
Trailhead: Flint Trail Rd. MM 29.1
Fee: none
Attractions: BCS pictographs

Inaccessible Alcove is located in the Orange Cliffs Unit of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Hite, Utah. The name is our own that was given when we found the alcove and noticed a few small Barrier Canyon Style pictographs and realized that we couldn't safely climb into it to get suitable photos. The images in the alcove are interesting enough to share the photos of even though they aren't the greatest.

Perfect Panel

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Round Trip Distance: 3.8 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5171 - 5357 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 2 hrs. 45 mins.
Trailhead: Flint Road MM 29.1
Fee: none
Attractions: pictographs

The Perfect Panel, and its nearby companion the Imperfect Panel, are located in the Orange Cliffs Unit of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Hite, Utah. Both panels are made up of what are known as Barrier Canyon Style pictographs and differ from each other mainly in the manner in which one panel, due to its location, remains almost perfectly preserved from the ravages of time while the other, which is in a damp alcove, has deteriorated significantly. Both panels are located in the very remote recesses of Clearwater Canyon.

Robbers Roost

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 9.2 miles
Difficulty: Strenuous
Elevation: 4045 - 4874 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 7 hrs.
Trailhead: Angel Point
Fee: none
Attractions: rock art, scenic canyons

Robbers Roost Canyon is located in the Dirty Devil Wilderness Study Area east of Hanksville, Utah. The area was a famous hideout for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. The outlaws were second comers to the canyon as long before they arrived the ancient inhabitants of the area had created a couple of very large rock art panels with some larger than life Barrier Canyon Style images.