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The wide parking area is the only sign from the road that the trail begins here.
The trail begins on a clearly defined path.
Joshua trees grow in abundance alongside the path.
At 0.1 miles into the trail, look to the right for the "rabbit ears" formation. A gallery of petroglyphs is on the bottom of the "ears."
Wildflowers along the hike.
The petroglyph gallery.
Before long, the trail branches off into many footpaths leading to different galleries and rock formations in the area. Calvin's Rock is visible toward the right.
Another of the many petroglyph galleries.
Petroglyphs in an area known as the Amphitheater.
Wildflowers along the hike.
Creosote blooms add color to the hike.
Beautiful sandstone formations.
Sandstone formations shaped by centuries of flash flooding.
Wildflowers bloom along the hike.
A view looking back in the direction of the trailhead.
Desert wildflowers.
Bighorn sheep petroglyphs are common here.
Animal petroglyphs are common here.
The tunnel, through which the Falling Man petroglyph can be seen.
Petroglyphs to the right of the tunnel.
Petroglyph Trail petroglyph galleries.
Desert globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) growing along the trail.

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