This is an interesting place with 800+ year old rock buildings. Some on the edge of the canyon and some built on boulders. One was made by building walls around the end of an open cave-like boulder. They said there were 45,000 people in this time frame in a large area of Utah farming.
This was a great hike. The petroglyphs were better than expected and we saw a cliff dwelling on our hike out that was not expected.
We did not stop at Sand Island Petroglyphs. We were running out of time. We talked to the ranger at Hovenweep about this site and we should go to it someday.
We stopped in Bluff very quickly to see a fort built by people who arrived by wagon. An interesting story about wagon travel and exploration at the time. This place was well done and is probably worth going to again when we have more time to check it out.
Valley of the Gods is a 17 mile dirt road that loops around a number of monument type rock features. The road was fine for us today in a car but you need to pay attention to the weather. We went on a short hike in one area and saw an interesting wave design petroglyph. There are many hiking paths here and you could easily spend the day walking among the rock formations.
Moki Dugway and Gooseneck SP are also included in this post.
Also in the area is Gooseneck SP. This is really a view point area of the San Juan River. The river winds around twice in the canyon it created. Hard to grasp it with pictures as it covers a large area.
