Public Rock Art Sites
Please Note:
Due to flooding in January 2005, the road through Rainbow Canyon is currently closed to public use (except locals) from just below Caliente going south to Elgin. It is expected to be reopened in the fall of 2008.Stop #4:
Grapevine Canyon Turn (2.7 miles from Stop 3): The turn for Grapevine Canyon is approximately .4 of a mile past the actual canyon because the original entrance was washed out during the flooding. The entrance is now a right turn (east) just before the railroad bridge. This will place you on the east side of the river, and you will be traveling back south approximately .4 miles to the parking / picnic area in a grove of trees. Both pictographs and petroglyphs can be viewed by walking about 100 feet back along the road from the parking area, then follow a well-traveled foot path up the slope to a rock overhang. Map for Stop #4
All mileages and coordinates given on this web sites are approximate. Use common sense and caution when following any directions.
Left Photo: Heading north on Rainbow Canyon Road . Grapevine Canyon is off to your right (east) . Right Photo: The old road was washed out, so now you have to go approximately .4 of a mile past the canyon and then double back.
Main
Make a sharp right turn off of Rainbow Canyon Road heading back towards Grapevine Canyon.
The parking area at Grapevine Canyon.
Standing near the picnic area and facing the way you drove in, there are two trails leading up to the overhand with the pictographs and petroglyphs.
The overhang
Photos taken from the picnic area
| Description | Lat/Lon NAD 83/84 | UTM NAD 27 |
| Stop #4 | 37d 25.317' 114d 33.418' | 11S 716260E 4144285N |
| Turn for Stop #4 | 37d 25.744' 114d 33.749' | 11S 715751E 4145062 |
| Map for Stop #4 | Return to Driving to Rainbow Canyon |
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