Trail Name: Roc Creek Petroglyphs Trail
Best Use: Hiking
Best Time for Use: Hiking – All-Year.
Difficulty: Easy
Length: 2.0 miles 3.2 km) out and back from the trailhead
Start Elevation: 4,760 ft (1,451 m)
Maximum Elev Gain and Loss from Start Elev: 293 ft, (89 m) gain – 0 ft. (0 m) loss
Trail Surface and Use: A lightly used, abandoned 2-track dirt road
Trail Head Access: Suitable for 2WD auto. Trailhead is a very short distance off of Highway 141.  Turn onto the road coming in from the South at about 0.23 mi (375 m) northwest of milepost 89 and park.
Trail Head Coordinates: 686,350E; 4,259,070N UTM WGS84 Zone12
Best Feature: Remarkably well preserved pre-historic petroglyphs
Caution: None

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Description: From the trailhead, continue upward on the 2-track road through a wire gate and onto a flattish knoll with a fenced hay stackyard. The road passes to the west of the stackyard,veers right and ascends the north side of a hill, and then wraps south around onto the south hillside near the top. The petroglyph panels are in and adjacent to a small rock overhang. Please do not touch, or tamper with, the rock carvings. On the return trip, great views of Sewemup Mesa and of Blue Mesa can be had. The trail near the stackyard is on private property and the Bureau of Land Management has obtained access approval from the landowner. Please respect private property.