V Bar V Heritage Site
Arizona’s largest known Native American petroglyph site, with more than a thousand Sinagua carvings, including astronomical and calendrical designs.
The V Bar V site lies beside Wet Beaver Creek and is the largest known petroglyph site in Arizona. One rock face bears more than 1,000 Sinagua images from roughly 1150–1400, including human figures, animals, spirals and sun symbols, and is thought to be a solar calendar that tracks time by light and shadow. A roughly 0.8 km flat trail from the parking lot leads to it, with volunteer guides. The Red Rock Pass can be used. It is generally open Friday through Monday, so confirm before you go. It is about 25 minutes’ drive from Sedona.
Opening hours
Fri–Mon 09:30–15:00
Nearby sights
- Montezuma Well
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Bell Rock & Courthouse Butte
- Cathedral Rock
- Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Red Rock State Park
- Red Rock Crossing (Crescent Moon Picnic Site)
- Snoopy Rock