Piedras Marcadas Canyon - Petroglyph National Monument
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N 35° 11.329 W 106° 41.150
13S E 346511 N 3895284
The northernmost area of the Monument is called Piedras Marcadas Canyon, which means “canyon of marked rocks.”
Waymark Code: WM7NX9
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2009
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Piedras Marcadas Canyon, one three separate and distinct areas of petroglyphs in Petroglyph National Monument, leads visitors along an undeveloped sand trail against the base of a basalt lava escarpment. This area has some of the largest petroglyph concentrations in the National Monument estimated to be over 5,000 petroglyphs. These rock carvings were done by ancestral Native Americans, Native American, and some by Spaniards as they traveled through the area.
Access is available at the Las Marcadas parking lot on Jill Patricia, off of Golf Course Road south of Paradise Blvd.
To learn more about this interesting Canyon few people ever visit, check out this Link. Note that this link is a .doc file which must be opened to view it. If you like petroglyphs you will find this to be a great article.
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