Newspaper Rock - Utah
Posted by: 
gparkes
N 37° 59.280 W 109° 31.110
12S E 630096 N 4205518
A wonderful piece of Native-American history, with parts both in Pre-historic and Historic time. Free to see and view.
Waymark Code: WM562W
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2008
Views: 52
Newspaper Rock is a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone that records approximately 2000 years of early man's activities. Prehistoric peoples, probably from the Archaic, Basketmaker, Fremont and Pueblo cultures, all left their mark from B.C. times to 1300 A.D.
In historic times, Utah and Navajo tribesmen left thier contributions.
Unfortunately, so have some not so historic figures.
In Navajo, the rock is called "Tse' Hane'" (Rock that tells a story).
On a personal note, I have visited this site twice, once in 2003 and again in 2006. This site has so many figures etched into the rock, it is nearly impossible to capture through photography. I continue to go back to these places because I see modern man has no respect for these pieces of treasure. If it isn't bolted down somewhere behind walls of a museum, people do not respect the item as irreplaceable.
This is a site located on public lands, managed by the BLM. I have attached a couple web sites with more information.
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visit link)
This site is easily visited while enroute to Canyonlands National Park - Needles District.
If you plug the coordnates into any mapping program, it will give you street directions as the site is located along UT-211, 25 miles before the entrance to the Needles District.
Visit Instructions:1. You may log as many different waymarks as you wish but you may only log each one once.
2. You must include a close up photo of the pictograph and your GPSr. The pictograph must be recognizable.
3. Tell a little bit about what you learned of the area.