This remarkable spot just yards off of Potash Road is where you can see not only Dinosaur Tracks, but also ancient Native American Petroglyphs. The dinosaur tracks were made by Therapods about 190 million years when this spot was actually a sandy shore of a lake. The route from the tracks to the petroglyphs is not well marked but if you continue up the hill a little higher, there is a well-traveled social trail that will take you to the base of the cliff. The oldest petroglyphs at this site were most likely made by the Fremont people, who lived in this area between 600 A.D. and 1300 A.D. The Fremont figures are of animals, lines of triangular figures with horns, spears and shields. The newer petroglyphs, were most likely completed by the Ute people after the 16th century. Ute rock art often depicts people on horseback and hunting scenes. Horses were not introduced to the area until after 1500 by the Spanish, which is how archeologists are able estimate the age of the petroglyphs and who did them. As will all archeological sites, please do not touch the dinosaur tracks or the petroglyphs, both are quite fragile.

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