World’s Longest Art Gallery, The Nine Mile Canyon sets world record
Utah, United States--Ninemile Canyon (also Nine Mile Canyon), a canyon approximately 40 miles (64 km) long, located in Carbon and Duchesne counties in eastern Utah, United States, is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people; this site of over 10,000 images sets the world record for being the World’s Longest Art Gallery, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
"Ninemile Canyon (also Nine Mile Canyon) is a canyon, approximately 40 miles (64 km) long, located in Carbon and Duchesne counties in eastern Utah, United States.
"Promoted as "the world's longest art gallery", the canyon is known for its extensive rock art, most of it created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people. The rock art, shelters, and granaries left behind by the Fremont make Ninemile Canyon a destination for archaeologists and tourists alike.
"Rock art and other ancient artifacts are now protected by law and, although enforcement is difficult, outright looting and malicious vandalism are largely a thing of the past. Ninemile Canyon's rock art, however, is still at risk. Carved and painted mainly on weathered sandstone panels, the images are susceptible to erosion, which is accelerated by touching and airborne dust. The dust is a special concern as heavy industrial traffic in the canyon increases." (Wikipedia)
"The Nine Mile Canyon located in the desert of eastern Utah is the world's longest art gallery in the world. This canyon boasts tens of thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs along a stretch of 40 miles," the Forbes magazine says.
"The art in the canyon was created by the Fremont culture and the Ute people and depict everything from local wildlife to cultural displays and beliefs. As you can imagine, this site of over 10,000 images is a treasure trove of information for archaeologists and an opportunity for tourists to step back in time a thousand years ago.
"In the 1880s, this canyon was used to transport goods through the eastern Utah mountains. A road was constructed through the canyon in 1886 to connect Fort Duchesne to the railroad line located in Price, Utah. However, today the canyon is primarily visited by tourists interested in learning more about the Ute and Fremont people."
"Referred to as the "World's Longest Art Gallery," Nine Mile Canyon offers a profound glimpse into the lives and cultures of those who thrived thousands of years ago. Directed by Tim Riley, the museum's curator, it stands as a repository of artifacts and knowledge, preserving the stories of indigenous peoples through their ancient relics," the Fox 13 News Utah says.
"Dubbed the "Longest Art Gallery in the World," the nearby Nine Mile Canyon boasts an unparalleled density of rock art images, offering a window into diverse indigenous cultures spanning millennia.
"Venturing into Nine Mile Canyon, visitors embark on a 40-mile odyssey through ancient history. Riley guides explorations to various sites adorned with petroglyphs and pictographs, each panel narrating tales of bygone eras."
"Often described as 'the world's longest art gallery' the 46 mile long Nine Mile Canyon provides visitors with myriad recreational opportunities, ranging from hiking, biking, and exploring the many side canyons (please respect private property), to picnicking, to viewing rock art, historic inscriptions, and remnants of the prehistoric and historic, and current uses of the canyon by its inhabitants," the Bureau Of Land Management says.
"The canyon offers scenic views of the flat canyon bottom, used by past and present residents for cattle grazing and agriculture, to large craggy canyon walls and outcrops topped by pinyon, juniper, and sagebrush. Visitors to the canyon often approach from the town of Wellington, south of Price, Utah. A loop trip is possible by taking the road though Gate Canyon to the town of Myton, west of Vernal, Utah.
"Facilities include several identified rock art panels; a picnic area, restrooms and historic homestead at Cottonwood Glen; trailheads to rock art panels, hiking, parking lot and bathrooms at Daddy Canyon; and trailheads to rock art sites and a Fremont Village past Frank's Canyon in Cottonwood canyon."
"Nine Mile Canyon is often referred to as the world's longest art gallery. Located in the state of Utah, the Canyon is five times longer than its name indicates and full of cliffs. But it is also loaded with thousands of ancient images or petroglyphs that go back in time to the mysterious disappearance of a Native American culture," the Voice of America says.
"At Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, breathtaking views like this one are everywhere. In this arid environment of cliffs and rocks, there are also thousands of ancient carvings known as petroglyphs. As a result, the area has become known as the world's longest art gallery.
"Nine Mile Canyon, in eastern Utah, is more than 60 kilometers long. Between 1000 and 1250 AD, the canyon was occupied by the Fremont Indians who left evidence of farming and hunting together with images painted on rocks called pictographs -like these - as well as thousands of petroglyphs."
"The Nine Mile Canyon in the Utah desert, Western United States, is known as “the world’s longest art gallery” because it is filled with thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs, some over a thousand years old," the historydaily.org says.
"The canyon stretches for 40 miles , so it’s not exactly clear why it’s called Nine Mile Canyon. It became a main transport corridor in the region during the 1880s. In 1886, a road was constructed through the canyon, linking Fort Duchesne to the railroad through the city of Price.
"Through the rock canvas, the indigenous people expressed the stories of their tribes. Many of the drawings depict hunting scenes and animal life. Analysis of the location of hunting and hunting-related sites shows that they tend to occur in clusters at or near the mouths of several side canyons."
"Deep in the Utah desert, about 125 miles from Salt Lake City, Nine Mile Canyon is filled with tens of thousands of petroglyphs and pictographs, some over a thousand years old. The earliest images have been traced to the ancient native peoples known as the Fremont, who carved their culture out of – and into – the canyons of Utah," the Atlas Obscura says.
"The canyon runs for 40 miles, so it’s not exactly clear why it’s called Nine Mile Canyon. One theory is that the explorer and surveyor John Wesley Powell may have used a nine-mile transect (a method used by cartographers) to map the area. However, that’s just a guess by the Bureau of Land Management, who oversee the site.
"It’s been called “the world’s longest art gallery”, with extensive and intricate images from the Fremont era (generally about 400 CE to about 1400 CE), but also from later Native Americans (mostly Ute) and western settlers and explorers during the 19th century. Many of the images depict hunting scenes and animal life (bison, lizards, birds), but some defy easy identification. So of course it’s been proposed that some of these, say, less-decipherable images depict so called “ancient astronauts”.
"When you think of famous art galleries, you might picture the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim, or the Louvre. While each of those places certainly offer plenty of amazing art, the Beehive State is actually home to the world’s longest art gallery. That’s right – this art gallery stretches for 46 miles, and it features art created more than a thousand years ago," the Only In Your State says.
"Don't let the name fool you - this canyon is much longer than nine miles, and ancient petroglyphs and pictographs stretch for 46 miles along its cliffs. There are tens of thousands of images, created by Fremont and Ute people, as long ago as 950 A.D.
"The rock found in the canyon is sandstone, mudstone, and limestone. Though these images have weathered time thus far, they're still in danger of disappearing. When you visit, make sure not to touch the art. Oils from your skin can damage it, and we want to continue to preserve it for generations to come."
"Nine Mile Canyon is often referred to as the “World’s Longest Art Gallery” due to its impressive concentration of rock art panels. These remarkable pictographs and petroglyphs, created by Native American cultures over thousands of years, provide a window into their lives, beliefs, and cultural practices," the We're in the Rockies says.
"Despite its name, Nine Mile Canyon is actually 46 miles long. It got its “Nine Mile” name from an early explorer and it has always been attached to the area. The 46-mile-long road provides a lovely scenic drive as you wind through the canyon, with multiple marked stops, pullouts, and picnic areas to break up the drive.
"The rock art in Nine Mile Canyon was done by the Fremont Peoples, who lived here around 1,000 AD, and the Ute Indians, who lived here during the last few hundred years. There are over 1,000 rock art panels (collections found on one wall), and over 10,000 images in Nine Mile Canyon, making it the densest collection of rock art in the world."
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