National Register of Historic Places

Indian Creek State Park

Monticello, San Juan County, Utah
Listed
March 15, 1976
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
76001833

About this property

Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument is a Utah state monument featuring a rock panel carved with one of the largest known collections of petroglyphs. It is located in San Juan County, along Utah State Route 211, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Monticello and 53 miles (85 km) south of Moab. It is along the relatively well-traveled access road into the Needles district of Canyonlands National Park, 12 miles (19 km) from US 191 and 30 miles (48 km) from the park boundary. The 200-square-foot (19 m2) rock is a part of the vertical Wingate sandstone cliffs that enclose the upper end of Indian Creek Canyon, and is covered by hundreds of petroglyphs—one of the largest, best preserved and easily accessed groups in the Southwest. The petroglyphs feature a mixture of human, animal, material and abstract forms. Newspaper Rock was designated a State Historical Monument in 1961, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan County, Utah as Indian Creek State Park in 1976. In Navajo, the rock is called "Tse' Hone'" which translates to "rock that tells a story".

Location

Monticello, San Juan County, Utah
37.98830, -109.51746

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
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Sources

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When was Indian Creek State Park listed on the National Register?

Indian Creek State Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 15, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Indian Creek State Park?

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