Round Trip Distance: 1.4 miles
Difficulty: Easy
Elevation: 6163 - 6250 feet
Cellphone: 0 bars
Time: 1 hr. 30 mins.
Trailhead: MM 29.9
Fee: none
Attractions: pictographs, petroglyphs
Sheep Canyon is a located in the Nine Mile Canyon area northeast of Wellington, Utah. Known as the longest gallery of rock art in the world, that began with Archaic people 8,000 years ago and Fremont 2,500 years ago, Nine Mile Canyon is a real treasure to explore. A short hike into one of its tributaries, known as Sheep Canyon, along an abandoned 4WD road leads to a mostly well preserved pictograph panel along with several more panels of both Fremont, Ute and perhaps Archaic petroglyphs.
