Mary Cokenour
Nine Mile Canyon Map
Nine Mile Canyon Legend
Nine Mile Canyon (as of
March, 2015)
Located in Carbon County,
outside of Wellington (Route 6/191), Utah.
An 80 mile road (50 miles west to east; 30 miles south to north); NO
services available; private ranches (RESPECT private property/no trespassing
signs); touring is FREE; take ALL trash with you; do NOT desecrate rock art and
ruin sites.
Set odometer to zero when
turn made onto road to Nine Mile Canyon (from Route 6/191 onto Soldier Creek
Road – currently a Chevron Station on the corner). Mileage may vary 1/10th to 2/10ths from mile
markers due to curvature of the roadway; many sites are 50 to 100 feet upwards,
so be prepared to park, exit vehicle and look.
There will also be signatures with dates going back to the 1880s of
pioneers, ranchers and visitors coming through the area. Do NOT leave your mark!
Mile Mark
05.7 – Dugout Canyon Mine,
road goes southward...
12.7 – Mine Buildings and
Offices; north side of road.
21.1 – Entrance to Nine
Mile Canyon.
24.0 - Nine Mile Ranch and
Campground; south side (odometer read 23.8).
26.7 – First Site (rock
art site); north side of road.
27.7 – Cottonwood Glen
Picnic Area; south side.
29.7 – “Bolo Man”; north
side, approx. 100 feet up
31.2 – “GB 1934”; north
side, ground level.
31.5 – “Tug of War” panel;
north side, ground level.
31.8 – Argyle Canyon, road
travels northward; rock art half mile on eastern wall.
32.1 – Deer Panel; north
side, approx. 100 feet up.
32.2 – Snake figure; north
side, approx. 150 feet up.
32.4 – “Man with Antlers”;
north side, ground level.
32.5 – Balanced Rock,
north side of road; rock art around base of rock and along walls
extending back from Balanced Rock;
includes “The Juggler”.
32.6 – Snake and Dot
Panel; north side.
33.3 - Abandoned
Homestead, rock art panel behind old truck, north rock wall.
33.6 - Harmon Canyon, road
travels southward; upper walls on north side of main road have
panels of rock art.
34.3 – “Towers” rock
formation up on south mesa; Snake on north side, approx. 200 feet up.
34.8 – “L. Wilkinson”,
Bird Panel; north side, approx. 50 feet up (across from Fasselin Ranch – no
trespassing).
35.2 – Jagged Line and
Snake; north side, approx. 200 feet up.
35.5 – Panel of Various
Animals; north side, approx. 50 feet up.
35.7 – Spider/Snowflake,
Fish-like Animal; north side, approx. 50 feet up.
35.9 – Panel of Patterned
Lines, Birds, Goats; north side, approx. 100 feet up.
36.1 – Oddly shaped curved
figure, Bug-like shape; north side, approx. 50 feet up.
36.4 – Signatures from
1881, 1888, 1893 plus rock art; north side, ground level.
36.5 – Three separate
panels featuring man with headdress, hand print, animals; north side, approx.
100 feet up.
36.6 – Triple dot marking
on east wall of canyon; man with horns and spirals on north side,
approx. 100 feet up.
36.7 – Series of small
circles; north side, approx. 30 feet up.
36.8 – Faded rock art,
signatures dating 1916, 1928, 1964 – north side, ground level.
37.0 – Tree and fish, “WC
Carroll 1888”; pointed rock with carved lines (near mud swallow nests);
north side, approx. 50 feet up.
37.2 – Five panels of various
rock art; north side, approx. 30 feet up.
37.6 – Carvings of Spirals
and Geometric Shapes; Spider/Snowflake and Lizard; north side.
37.8 – Mud Swallow nests
upper north wall; inscription from 1818 carved along bottom of wall.
37.9 – Faded Deer; north
side, ground level.
38.0 – Slanted lines,
small deer and stick-like figure; north side, ground level.
38.2 – Stone house, north
side of road; “Indian” wall with timber and rock art behind corral
fencing.
38.2 – Nutter Ranch.
38.7 – 30 mile road
northward to Gate Canyon, Trailheads, Summit Vista, Smith’s Well; ends on
Route 40. Rock art past the road of Spirals and
Mountain Goats; north side, 300 feet up.
38.8 – Two sections of
Rock art; north side approx. 6 feet from ground level, behind bushes.
38.9 – Rainbow, Circles
with Lines; north side, ground level.
39.0 – Short Trail leading
into small canyon area; rock art panels high up on walls (right side)
halfway up trail.
39.1 – Reindeer panel;
north side, approx. 30 feet up.
39.2 – Granary with wood
logs and thatched roofing located high up on northern wall.
39.5 – Series of Dots;
north wall, high up; across from cattle yard.
40.2 – “10-31-1956”; north
side.
40.8 – “The Giant”; north
side of road; immense giant human form carved into wall face;
ground level.
41.0 – Granary high up on
southern wall; park in parking area, look up and southwest.
41.6 – Spirals, Men with
Bows and Arrows; north side.
41.7 – Granary almost at
ground level; north side.
41.8 – Ground level stone
walls and fire ring; “cowboy camp”; north side.
41.8 - Corner Granary high
up on wall; look up and northeast (rock around granary looks like a
lizard, granary tucked under its “chin”).
41.9 – Prickly Pear ATV
Trail; southward.
42.4 – Round Granary
(timber visible) high up on wall at edge of ledge; look up and northeast.
43.0 – X on far wall, Rock
formation forms small arch; north side
43.8 – Dry Canyon ATV
Trail, road travels southward.
43.9 - Rasmussen Cave,
fenced in cave with rock art; property owner sprayed painted “no
trespassing”
warning over red deer/elk; north side.
44.0 – Daddy Canyon
Complex, north side; numerous rock art sites; trail over dry wash
leads to more rock art sites; restroom
facilities available on south side of road.
45.9 – Fremont Village,
south side; extremely steep trail leads upward to reconstructed
Pit House; buried Kiva passed along
way (overlooks main road).
46.0 – Cottonwood Canyon,
road travels southward.
46.1 – The Big Buffalo;
rock art located behind sign; trail to Big Buffalo panel north side;
Pregnant Buffalo located on wall
behind fenced in area (Access Closed).
46.3 – The Great Hunt;
rock art panel on south side plus moon phases, various animals and
symbols along walls.
46.5 – “Plant Life” Panel;
south side.
46.6 – Inscription from
1915 carved onto south side wall.
46.8 – Paved roadway ends;
unmaintained paved road that narrows and has blind curves begins; be
aware of oil company vehicles.
50.2 – Oil company
guardhouse; STOP; guard will inform when road is clear to continue to Route
123.
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