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Rock art sites and etiquette
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1. Horsethief Lake State Park
Tours are led by rangers every Friday and Saturday beginning at 10 a.m., April through October. Reservationas are required Call 509-767-1159.
2. Painted Rocks
Four miles west of Yakima. From town, go west on U.S. Route 12. Watch for Ackley Road, turn left, follow it briefly to Powerhouse Road. Turn right and look for the sign.
3. Ginko State Park at Vantage
Take the Vantage exit off Interstate 90 and follow signs one mile north.
4. Long Lake pictographs
Fenced images of animals and patterns. Go north from U.S. Route 2 at Reardon on state Route 231 for 14.2 miles, turn right on state Route 291, go 4.7 miles. Interpretive sign and two short trails are on left across from campground. 5. Little Spokane pictographs
Protected by iron grate, they're on the Little Spokane River north of Spokane. From Nine Mile Bridge, go east on Rutter Parkway 3.1 miles to find the interpretive sign and trail.
Columbia, Snake River dams: Rock art taken from flooded sites is displayed at The Dalles (perhaps the best collection, 42 panels), Ice Harbor, Wells, Priest Rapids and Rocky Reach dams.
Etiquette
- Pictographs and petroglyphs on public lands are considered historical artifacts and their theft, destruction or alteration violates federal law.
- Do not touch rock art, since oils from fingers can damage pigments that may be hundreds of years old.
- Taking rubbings of petroglyphs, making block prints of pictographs, or using chalk to highlight images has damaged many rock art sites. Take a photograph instead. Leave no trace of your visit.
- For more reading see "Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau," by James D. Keyser (University of Washington Press, 139 pages, $17.95).
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