My first stop was at East Four Mile Draw where I would find the Sun Dagger pictograph.

Then I hiked to some petroglyphs nearby.

After leaving Four Mile Draw I started heading further north towards Rangely. I stopped along the highway at another site I spotted these rock formations.

I topped off my fuel tank in Rangely and headed south to the Shield site.

Followed by visiting the pteroglyph panel at Fremont Ridge.

From Fremont Ridge I headed to the main destination I wanted to check out on this trip; the Carot Man panel.

After checking out all the pictograph and petroglyph sites I had planned to visit, it was time to head into the Book Cliffs on my way home. I started out by heading over Rabbit Mountain and then dropping down into Hells Hole.

I made a quick stop at the ghost town of Watson.

Then drove through Rainbow on my way to Dragon where I stopped at the gilsonite mine.

This new sign was recently put up since I was here in the fall.

I passed some interesting rock formations on my way back to the highway.

Then I followed the rougher track along Missouri Creek back to the pavement before heading home.

Cabins along the way.

It was a fun little day trip

Sunday morning after some breakfast, we headed northeast out of Vernal on the Jones Hole Road. After a few miles we turned off to follow the Island Park Road to Rainbow Park and Island Park.

Shortly after entering Dinosaur National Monument again, we stopped near McKee Spring to check out a number of petroglyph panels along the road.

The first panel we spotted

A few more hundred feet down the road we hiked up to rock face above the road here. There were a number of petroglyphs here.

After checking out all the petroglyphs, we continued on down the road to Rainbow Park, just to the north of Split Mountain.

We then headed down to Island Park.

Ruple Ranch

Afterwards we headed back back to Vernal to top off my tank before starting on our way back home. On our way back, we did stop at Fantasy Canyon, but I still need to go through those photos, so you’ll have to wait a little longer for the rest of this trip report!