Horseshoe Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon

Summary: Horseshoe Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon features diverse pictographs and petroglyphs from Barrier, Anasazi, and Fremont cultures.

Horseshoe Gallery is the second Native American rock art site along the Horseshoe Canyon hike in Utah Gallery, which has has a diverse range of figures.

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The panel has a combination of Barrier, Anasazi, and Fremont pictographs and petroglyphs, including many anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, as well as some animals.

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The gallery is located under a shallow alcove, which would have been used as a shelter for thousands of years.

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Getting to Horseshoe Gallery

The second of four rock art sites along the Horseshoe Canyon hike in Utah, it’s located on the on the west side of the canyon about 2.1 miles (3.4km) from the trailhead.

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