Horseshoe Canyon Unit

Horseshoe Canyon

Where the shadows on the sandstone offer lessons from the past and there's not a soul to be found.

Formerly known as Barrier Canyon, this lesser-known and harder to reach corner of Canyonlands National Park is truly an incredible place.

The Horseshoe Canyon unit of Canyonlands National Park in Utah covers 5 miles of the deep canyon of Barrier Creek, and preserves many ancient Indian petroglyphs including the Great Gallery and Horseshoe Shelter

Horseshoe Canyon contains the finest Barrier style Native American rock art in the world. This account of our visit to the Great Gallery contains maps, pictures and information on pictographs.

Horseshoe Canyon Trail is a 6.9 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near Hanksville, Utah that features beautiful wild flowers and...

Horseshoe Canyon Unit- Canyonlands National Park, UT, local weather including current conditions, extended forecasts, alerts, Utah weather map and more.

Horseshoe Canyon in Canyonlands National Park contains some of the most significant rock formations in North America.

Horseshoe Canyon Hike - Canyonlands National Park - This hike, located in the middle of nowhere, leads to a huge, intriguing rock art panel called the Great Gallery, considered to be one of the best preserved and finest collections of Barrier Canyon style rock art in the country. The panel features life-size figures with intricate designs painted in shades of red, white and brown, hovering in rows along the canyon’s sandstone walls. The images are surrounded by depictions of animals, birds and unidentifiable objects. The Great Gallery and three other rock art panels seen along the trail are located in Horseshoe Canyon, a detached unit of Canyonlands National Park

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Horseshoe Canyon, formerly known as Barrier Canyon[citation needed], is in a remote area west of the Green River and north of the Canyonlands National Park Maze District in Utah, United States. It is known for its collection of Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) rock art, including both