Maze Rock Art Site Trail

Dogs Off-leash

Features Geological Significance · Historical Significance

1 mile from the Stateline Campground. A few miles from the Wire Pass and Buckskin trailheads

Maze Rock is a fantastic panel of Anasazi petroglyphs that have been etched into a rock outcropping just a short half-mile trail off of House Rock Valley Road in Northern Arizona. The trail is named for the spectacular "Maze" petroglyph that resides on the upper left corner of the panel and one can only imagine that it represents the convoluted maze of sandstone that dominates this geologic landscape.

The panel has an east-west orientation so you can vividly imagine some folks hanging out in the morning at the start of a hot summer day or soaking the warm winter sun in the afternoon and pecking away at another artistic glyph. These pieces of art date back a thousand years.

This trail doesn't warrant its own trip but it is in close proximity to Catstair Canyon, The Toadstools, Coyote Buttes, and White Pockets and is perfect to combine with other attractions in the area.

The first section is a gentle uphill switchback that gains about 200 feet of elevation. You can easily see the hardest part of the trail from the parking area. The trail is very well groomed for this neck of the woods and doesn't have a lot of cobble/rock to navigate. After the short uphill section, there is a flat hike across a small sagebrush basin, terminating in a 100 yard, uphill jaunt to the site.

The site faces the west so it is shady in the morning and sunny in the afternoon, so the best time to hike it depends on the season or whether or not you are a photographer.

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