During the summer of 2002, a friend and I took a week
long trip to south eastern Oregon with the intention of
finding and documenting as many native American
rock art sites as we could. Our efforts were guided by
research on line and by the books Petroglyphs of Oregon, by
L.S. Cressman, Ph.D. and Pictographs & Petroglyphs of
the Oregon Country by J. Malcolm and Louise Loring.
At the bottom of this page are video captures of the trip.
They are arranged in the order in which we discovered them
and you access them by scrolling horizontally. I have left
the locations deliberately vague to further their preservation.
Although anyone with a genuine interest may email me for
help locating them. (Descriptions are UNDER the photos)
On the way to the Willow Creek site near the south end of Lake Abert there were awesome fields of purple flowers and lots of wild life including this white tailed deer. The Willow Creek site. (Many pictures in this sequence use video special effects to enhance the image.) This site had distinct acoustical properties as it was located in a narrow canyon. Views from the east shore of Lake Abert. Typical terrain near the Lake. And when you find the right bolder you are rewarded. No, not a flying saucer; a wildlife watering tank. We heard rattlesnakes at this small site below a small reservoir dam near the Sunstone fields. This horned toad was about six inches long. View from the east shore of Hart Lake where, surprisingly, there were some pelicans. The Hart Lake site was quite extensive. A stone fence; presumably built by modern sheep herders? Circle is probably a target drawn by someone who had a gun. antelope? nursing her baby. m AM