Our second stop along the Pahvant Valley Heritage Trail takes us to a petroglyph panel below the Great Stone Face rock formation. Supposedly, the great stone face, which is nothing more than a large hoodoo atop the overlooking ridge, resembles the facial profile of Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of Mormonism. I'm not all that familiar with the man's image and so, I can't really say.
The petroglyph panel itself, known by the name of it's nearby geologic monument, is surrounded by a fence to protect it from vandals. The markings are etched into a large boulder with an wide exposed face. The images are somewhat chaotic, but some forms can be discerned, including an atlatl and a snake. Other then the scale of the panel, there is nothing particularly unique about the rock art here, but it was only a short diversion and worth the detour.
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