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Welcome sign

Welcome to the rock art of Nine Mile Canyon

Information sign

BLM information & instruction sign

Nine Mile road

View in Nine Mile Canyon before the road was paved

Aerial view

Looking into Nine Mile Canyon (Nine Mile Creek) from the Sand Wash airstrip

Rugged canyon beauty

The rugged beauty of Nine Mile Canyon

Nine Mile Canyon

Photo of Nine Mile Canyon from an article by Ti Hays in PreservationNation Blog on the final gas drilling agreement

Balance rock

Pig Head Rock balanced Rock in Nine Mile Canyon at mile 32.5 from the welcome kiosk near Wellington

Nine Mile Canyon Backway

A paved section of the Nine Mile Canyon Backway and Nine Mile Creek after an obviously wet period

The Great Hunt

The Great Hunt, Cottonwood Panel (on the National Register of Historic Places)

the Family Panel

the Family Panel in Nine Mile Canyon

the Mummy Rock Petroglyphs

the Mummy Rock Petroglyphs

Dusty Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs obscured by dust in Nine Mile Canyon (author's description)

Ute Bison Petroglyph

Ute Bison Petroglyph

Stone shelter at Redman Village

Stone shelter at Redman Village (on the National Register of Historic Places)

Fremont watch tower

Fremont watch tower ruins at Nine Mile Canyon

Harper stage coach stop

Lee Station stage coach stop in the Harper, Utah, ghost town

Harper barns

Barns in Harper, Utah

farm house

Farm house 7.5 miles west of the Harper buildings

Nine Mile Ranch

Nine Mile Ranch Bunk-N-Breakfast and campground, 24 miles up the canyon from the kiosk near Wellington

Bunk house

Bunk house at Nine Mile Ranch

Truck in Nine Mile Canyon

Truck on the dusty road in Nine Mile Canyon

Natural gas compressor station

Natural gas compressor station nestled against the canyon walls

Calf Creek Photo

Dust rising up the side of Nine Mile Canyon, after the passage of a heavy truck

Truck in Nine Mile Canyon

Truck convoy in scenic Nine Mile Canyon

Trucks and Petroglyphs in Scenic Nine Mile Canyon

Natural gas tankers and Petroglyphs in Scenic Nine Mile Canyon