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By day, visitors can hike, cycle, and view ancient petroglyphs left behind by the area's Indigenous Northern Paiute people, before spending the night gazing up at the twinkling canopy.
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Early in the episode, Motswana leads Smith on a hike to see petroglyphs that are more than 80,000 years old.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
Don't miss these Knowledge transmission Archeologists study ancient rock art, which includes paintings on rock (pictographs) or peckings in rock (petroglyphs) to learn about the cultures of ancient peoples.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Check out ancient petroglyphs in the Thumb Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park in Cass City in the Thumb offers a glimpse of ancient Native American rock carvings known as petroglyphs.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Nov. 2025
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Early in the episode, Motswana leads Smith on a hike to see petroglyphs that are more than 80,000 years old.
—Abigail Wise, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
Don't miss these Knowledge transmission Archeologists study ancient rock art, which includes paintings on rock (pictographs) or peckings in rock (petroglyphs) to learn about the cultures of ancient peoples.
—Julian Dossett, Space.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Check out ancient petroglyphs in the Thumb Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park in Cass City in the Thumb offers a glimpse of ancient Native American rock carvings known as petroglyphs.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Petroglyph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petroglyph. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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