Weepah Spring

Lincoln County, Nevada, White River Narrows, Weepah Spring, Pahranagat Valley, Pahranagat Man, rock art, petroglyphs, pictographs, Great Basin Desert, desert, Las Vegas, Basin and Range National Monument, offroad, offroading, off road, off roading, off-road, off-roading, hiking, camping, Native Americans
Many faded pictographs running along the exposed cliff face…click to enlarge

Weepah Spring is located within the White River Narrows Archaeological District of Lincoln County, about 2-hours north of Las Vegas.  There are several pictographs condensed into a rather small area.  Most of the designs are abstract, with the exception of one stick figure.  There are a few different panels with each containing dozens of smeared fingerprints.  Due to this, I’ve heard this site also referenced as the “bloody hands” and “red hands” site.  What do these paintings mean?  No one really knows.

Please click the images below (NOTE- there is a 2nd gallery with enhanced pictures, below this gallery):

Jon Harman, Ph D, developed a program called DStretch to help digitally enhance faded pictographs.  The gallery below include enhanced pictures using DStretch:

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