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Powerhouse Petroglyphs

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Round Trip Distance: 1.4 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6717 - 6739 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 3 hrs. 45 mins.
Trailhead: Wenima Wildlife Refuge
Fee: none
Attractions: petroglyphs, bighorn sheep

The Wenima Wildlife Refuge is just north of Springerville, Arizona. Besides the wildlife at the refuge there are two areas where you can find some petroglyphs and pueblo ruins. This post covers the petroglyphs that can be found near the end of the Powerhouse Trail. Along the way we pass a pueblo ruin on the side of the hill and spot some bighorn sheep in the pasture on the other side of the Little Colorado River.

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Round Trip Distance: 0.2 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5961 - 5967 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 30 mins.
Trailhead: Rattlesnake Point
Fee: $10/vehicle
Attractions: pueblo

The Rattlesnake Point Pueblo is located 17 miles north of Springerville, Arizona in the Lyman Lake State Park. The one story pueblo had between 80 and 90 rooms. Three of those rooms have been preserved beneath a shelter for visitors to see who visit the site. Samples of pottery shards are also on display.

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Round Trip Distance: 0.5 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 5964 - 6099 feet
Cellphone: 0-3 bars
Time: 1 hr. 15 mins.
Trailhead: Peninsula Petroglyphs
Fee: $10/vehicle
Attractions: petroglyphs

The Peninsula Petroglyph trail is located 17 miles north of Springerville, Arizona in the Lyman Lake State Park. Hundreds of petroglyphs can be found on many of the boulders both above and below the west rim of a short peninsula that juts out into the lake that was formed by damming the Little Colorado River. The Little Colorado River was a major migration route for the Hopi and other earlier indigenous people.