Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
Newspaper Rock
A sandstone wall covered with hundreds of rock carvings, spanning about 2,000 years of indigenous art. It is one of the densest concentrations of rock art in the American Southwest.
Newspaper Rock lies beside Utah Route 211, the road to the Needles district, and can be seen from a parking spot. The rock face is carved with figures of people, animals, footprints and horseback riders, made by the Ancestral Puebloans, the Fremont people, and later the Navajo and Ute. In the Navajo language it is called “the stone that tells stories.” Admission is free. Allow about 15 to 20 minutes, and please do not touch the carvings.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Needles District
- Wilson Arch
- Hole N' The Rock
- Grand View Point Overlook
- Mesa Arch
- Shafer Trail
- La Sal Mountain Loop Road
- Green River Overlook