Little Black Mountain

Take a trip along an easy desert trail to one of the best petroglyph sites in the Arizona Strip region. The Little Black Mountain Petroglyph site contains some outstanding rock art from 6,000 years of human habitation. The site has over 500 different rock art examples on the boulders surrounding the base of a 500-foot mesa. The designs were etched by Native Americans from the Great Basin, Western Anasazi, and Lower Colorado River cultures that once passed this way. Some of the art pieces are of turtles, deer, lizards, bear paws, and many symbols that are unknown to historians. Both the driving and the hiking trail to the petroglyphs area easy enough for everyone of all ages. Bring the whole family for a wonderful walk around massive stones with ancient artwork chiseled into them.