Sand Island Petroglyph panel
a Kokopelli flute player on the main Sand Island petroglyph panel near Bluff, Utah. The flute has been reetched at some point in the past.

Spanning 2,500+ years ago to the 19th Century this is an easy to access panel with drive up viewing. Most of the petroglyphs are from the early Basketmaker through Pueblo III eras. More recent Ute and Navajo rock art can be identified by their brighter carvings and location lower on the wall. When visiting the 100-yard panel, see if you can spot its famous Kokopelli and a bighorn sheep playing a flute.

There are additional petroglyphs upriver past the campground.

For more information visit the Bears Ears Partnership.

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A stitched panorama of the extensive petroglyphs on the Sand Island rock art site of the San Juan River, Utah. The extensive panel has art that spans archic to modern times.
A mammoth petroglyph at the Upper Sand Island petroglyph panel. This is one of two mammoth petroglyphs on this wall. It is superimposed with a bison glyph.