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Showing posts with label Lone Pine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lone Pine. Show all posts

Walker Creek Boulder

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 250 feet
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4600 - 4605 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: Walker Creek Road
Fee: none
Attractions: rock art, pictographs




The Walker Creek Boulder is located about 3.5 miles west of Grant, California. Multiple pictographs can be found painted on one side of the boulder.

Swansea Petroglyphs

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.3 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 3655 - 3696 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr.
Trailhead: CA-136 mm 9.1
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs




The Swansea Petroglyphs are located along CA-136 about 10.5 miles south of Lone Pine, California. The site includes scores of mostly very easy to see images that were created around the point of a hill which now overlooks an old quarry site.

Tuttle Creek Boulder

Rating:
Round Trip Distance: 440 feet
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 3861 - 3880 feet
Cellphone: 2-4 bars
Time: 15 mins.
Trailhead: Tuttle Creek Road
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs, rock shelter




The Tuttle Creek Boulder is located about 2 miles southwest of Lone Pine, California. The site includes a single boulder with a few petroglyphs and a small rockshelter.

Three Brothers Site

Rating: 
Round Trip Distance: 0.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 4590 - 4597 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 45 mins.
Trailhead: Three Brothers
Fee: none
Attractions: rock art




The Three Brothers Site is located about 4 miles west of Lone Pine, California in the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area. Being near the base of Mt. Whitney (14,505 ft.) the scenery is every bit of spectacular. The easy to get to site has both petroglyphs and pictographs. Although a little faint, the pictographs include two large anthropomorphic images and what looks like a dragonfly.

Lone Pine Area (4)


Swansea Petroglyphs   
Round trip distance: 0.3 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 3655 - 3696 · Fee: None

Three Brothers   
Round trip distance: 0.2 miles (Easy)
Elevation: 4590 - 4597 · Fee: None

Tuttle Creek Boulder   
Round trip distance: 440 feet (Easy)
Elevation: 3861 - 3880 · Fee: None

Walker Creek Boulder   
Round trip distance: 250 feet (Easy)
Elevation: 4600 - 4605 · Fee: None