Anasazi Ridge

The oldest three kids and I made the hike to Anasazi ridge during our Thanksgiving trip to St. George. Anasazi ridge (also known as Land Hill) is kind of a strange place. There is no real trail head, no signs on how to get there. It’s public BLM-owned land, but it’s a tough place to find out in the middle of nowhere.

After parking and hiking about a half mile up and over seemingly barren ridge, we found the spot. There were lots of big boulders filled with petroglyphs. It was well worth the hike. The kids had a ball scrambling around the rocks finding different shapes and symbols.

When you’re there, it’s easy to imagine a bored Indian scout who is on lookout with nothing to do except carve some pictures into the rocks. There were tons of little petroglyphs hidden all over the surrounding rocks.

After the kids tired of looking for more pictures, they entertained themselves by jumping the gaps between the big boulders. No one got hurt.

I’d easily recommend this as a place to go while visiting St. George. It was a fun and cheap way to burn off some energy, get out and enjoy the sun, and kill a few hours.

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  1. It’s a good thing Mom (me) didn’t go cause from the looks of those pictures I may have put the kibosh to all that jumping. πŸ™‚ It was just too windy to take the little ones out there but it sounds like I missed a lot of fun.

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