•  Some history of Three Rivers, New Mexico, Petroglyph Site

The Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site in New Mexico, southwest United States, is a BLM-managed Park. Here visitors can view Native American rock art. And visitors can directly access the petroglyphs. The Park is one of the largest and most interesting petroglyph sites in New Mexico.

The site is about 17 miles north of Tularose and some 28 miles sourth of Carrizozo on US Highway 54. At the community of Three Rivers, turn east onto CR B30 and travel about five miles on paved road. The road is well marked with signs.

There are over 21,000 glyphs depicting birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants. There are also many geometric and abstract designs over 50 acres of New Mexico's northern Chihuahuan Desert.

Most of the petroglyphs here decorate a long, basalt ridge rising from the upper Tularosa Basin at the base of the Sacramento Mountains. The rock art was created by Jornada Mogollon people between about 900 and 1400 AD.