Bloomington Petroglyph Park| Ancient Anasazi Indian Rock Art Petroglyphs

September 24, 2011

Bloomington Petroglyph ParkIt’s true.  In the St. George neighborhood of Bloomington, you can actually park your car right in front of a neighborhood building lot and walk 20 feet and see amazing ancient petroglyphs up close.  So close you can actually touch them.  However, please don’t come in contact with the ancient petroglyphs as human skin oil will degrade the old Indian art.

The Utah park is called Bloomington Petroglyph Park.  In the middle of a 0.5 acre lot, a huge boulder appears to have been split in two.  In the middle are really cool images carved into the rock by Anasazi Indians that were most likely the ancestors of the current Navajo tribe in Utah.  In fact, the park is right on Navajo Drive in Bloomington. Bloomington Indian Rock Art

Apparently the boulder and ancient art was discovered during the development of the St. George neighborhood.  The building lot was either purchased or donated to the state of Utah, who turned it into a mini-State park.

Old Indian Trail Map in St. GeorgeThe carved images left behind on the rocks most likely either tell a story, or leave trail directions.  You can recognize some images as humans, horses, and perhaps deer.

Bloomington Petroglyph Park is located on the northeast corner of Geronimo Road and Navajo Drive in the St. George Bloomington neighborhood.  Directions to the park from St. George vacation rentals are below.  Bloomington is the meeting place of southern Utah’s Great Basin and the Mojave Desert.

Site Name: Bloomington Petroglyph Park
Country: United States Region: The Southwest Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: St. George, UT
GPS directions Latitude: 37.052830N  Longitude: 113.6154W bloomington ancient rock story
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R November 10, 2011 at 9:07 am

“by Anasazi Indians that were most likely the ancestors of the current Navajo tribe in Utah”???
Are you kidding me? There is no connection whatsoever between the Anasazi (which, by the way, is not politically correct anymore – they are called “Ancient Puebloans” today) and the Navajo. It would be nice if the author had done his or her homework before writing this.

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