Hickison Petroglyphs, Nevada
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Volcanoguy
N 39° 26.915 W 116° 45.116
11S E 521344 N 4366587
BLM’s Hickson Petroglyphs Recreation Area in Nevada.
Waymark Code: WMVC4Y
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2017
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The BLM’s Hickson Petroglyph Recreation Area is located near Hickson Summit on U.S. Hwy. 50 about 20 miles east of Austin, Nevada. There are covered picnic tables, toilets, a campground, and a self-guided tour. Brochures for the self-guided tour are “usually” available at the trailhead. The trail visits three petroglyphs sites and two scenic overlooks.
In the Hickison Summit area there are multiple prehistoric hunting and living sites which date to about 10,000 B.C. When the first European-Americans visited the area in about 1850 the Western Shoshone people lived in the region. The petroglyphs are cut into a soft volcanic tuff which makes them easily damaged by weathering and vandalism. The site is generally interpreted as a hunting locality.
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Visit Instructions:1. You may log as many different waymarks as you wish but you may only log each one once.
2. You must include a close up photo of the pictograph and your GPSr. The pictograph must be recognizable.
3. Tell a little bit about what you learned of the area.