Horseshoe Canyon (Emery and Wayne counties, Utah)
Horseshoe Canyon, formerly known as Barrier Canyon, is in a remote area west of the Green River and north of the Canyonlands National Park Maze District in Utah, United States. It is known for its collection of Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) rock art, including both pictographs and petroglyphs, which was first recognized as a unique style here. A portion of Horseshoe Canyon containing The Great Gallery is part of a detached unit of Canyonlands National Park. The Horseshoe Canyon Unit was added to the park in 1971 in an attempt to preserve and protect the rock art found along much of its length.
Holy Ghost panel in the Great Gallery, Horseshoe Canyon, August 2009 photograph
Part of the Great Gallery, February 2012 photograph
The Great Gallery, Canyonlands National Park, October 2007 photograph
Canyonlands National Park
Canyonlands National Park is an American national park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 12, 1964.
Looking over the Green River from Island in the Sky
The Island in the Sky mesa and Junction Butte from the Needles district
Chesler Park in the Needles
The Chocolate Drops buttes in the Maze district