Here are a few more photos from Fremont Indian State Park in no particular order. Make sure to check out Set 1, too
Black & White Shaman
The largest anthropomorph figure in Fremont Indian State Park in black & white.
Drought Panel
This petroglyph panel in Skinner Canyon is located here for a reason. It is thought to tell about the great drought which has been confirmed by tree-rings to have occurred in the 1200s. The lines of dots show the fields of corn that had been planted, but did not come up. The human with his hands in the air is praying for water.
The Spaceman
This petroglyph that looks like a spaceman along the Parade of Rock Art Trail has been identified as being carved there by Paitues, most likely in the late 1880s.
Hidden Secrets Panel
A large but faint petroglyph panel at the end of the Hidden Secrets Trail.
Glowing Hunting Scene
A hunting scene panel located in Skinner Canyon across from Spider Woman Rock. The figures are faint in the direct sunlight, but that same sunlight caused the rock to glow orange.
Hunting Maps
This petroglyph panel along the Parade of Rock Art is interpreted as being a map. The seven triangles are thought to be the mountains you see on the south horizon. Directions can be determined by the way that the two sheep face. The top one faces the setting sun and the bottom on the rising sun, if they were parallel to the mountains. Above the triangles, the sheep are arranged around a concentric circle. Similar circles are often seen in rock art and are thought to mean water. This corresponds to the features of the area since on the other side of the mountains there is water at Puffer Lake.
Still more photos from Fremont Indian State Park to come…
After driving to Richfield and checking into our hotel early, we headed straight for Fremont Indian State Park. We ended up spending the rest of the day there until it got dark and then we returned on Saturday for another full day of exploring the park. Instead of boring you with our movements throughout the day, I’m just going to post a bunch of the photos I took with a little info about each. These are in no particular order.
Sevier Shaman Figure
The largest anthropomorph in the park seems to be standing guard over Clear Creek Canyon. To the left there appears to be a hunting scene with thirteen bighorn sheep.
Fremont Newspaper Rock
Newspaper Rock is the largest petroglyph panel in the park. It contains over 250 elements carved into the rock.
Clear Creek Sheep
A couple of bighorn sheep right next to Newspaper Rock.
Clear Creek Canyon Petroglyphs
A petroglyph panel near Newspaper Rock along the Rim Trail.
Cyclops
This anthropomorph along the Court of Ceremonies Trail has been modified by a bullet hole giving it the name Cyclops.
A Hunting Story
A large petroglyph panel along the Parade of Rock Art Trail glowing in the early morning sunlight.
More photos from Fremont Indian State Park to come…
I figured I would post up a few of my favorite photos taken for my 30-365 Photo Project over the last year. I limited this post to the photos I took locally and not on my weekend trips to the desert or mountains, since I’ve posted those favorite photos plenty of times. Surprisingly, after going back through all of my photos, I realized they weren’t as bad as I thought they were. Enjoy!
Since Amanda and I both took off Friday for my birthday so that we could spend some time at Fremont Indian State Park, we got up early and headed west into Utah. On our way there, we made a quick stop along the way to get a few photos of the Tree of Life petroglyph panel.
Tree of Life Panel
Tree of Life
Stay tuned for the photos from Fremont Indian State Park and more…
If you kept an eye on my 30-365 Photo Project over the last year, you may have noticed I took a photo of each letter of the alphabet at some point during the year. Here I have quickly compiled the full alphabet into a quick 35 second video.
