Three Kings
Three Kings is a central rock art panel on the McConkie Ranch. Because there is so much rock art in the area, I've given this and the surrounding panels their own page. Castleton lists this in the Dry Fork-Ashley Creek section of his book. Castleton v.1, p.16.
If you've made the effort to get to McConkie Ranch, you should really see both major panels and everything in between.
The petroglyphs and pictographs on McConkie Ranch are on private property. However, the McConkie family allows visitors to the rock art with some conditions. Essentially, the family expects you to respect their property and the art, which everyone should do at all rock art sites. The family also relies on donations to maintain the area's accessibility to visitors. They suggest a donation of $5.00 per person, but donations are not required. Additional donations can be made here. A map of the trails can be found here.
The trail to the Three Kings panel splits as one approaches the cliff. One is mostly a straight shot to the viewing point for the Three Kings panel, while the other takes you up to the cliff.
Coordinate for the parking area:
UTM: 615269, 4489193
Decimal Degrees: 40.54548, -109.63873
Lat/Long: 40º 32' 43.72", 109º 38' 19.42"
Coordinate for main panel:
UTM: 616047, 4488568
Decimal Degrees: 40.53974, -109.62967
Lat/Long: 40º 32' 23.06", 109º 37' 46.81"
This photo is from quite a distance, but if you look carefully there are a dozen or more glyphs
These first five photos are taken from the path directly to the Three Kings panel.
This was in the upper left of the previous photo. It looks like the rock face fell off, destroying a similar petroglyph.
These two are close-ups of the previous photo.
We debated these dots for some time and decided that they were intentional.
We also debated this for a while and came to the same conclusion: they were intentionally placed there.
Castleton, v.1 p.24.
Castleton, v.1 p.19.
Castleton, v.1 p.23.
They are faint, but there is a figure near the center and a couple more under the farthest extended tree branches.
The same panel from different angles. Castleton, v.1 p.24.
Castleton, v.1 p.24.
These two are close-ups of the previous photo.
The same panel from different angles.
The famous Three Kings panel. Currently, the trail ends a good distance from this panel, so the only way to see it is with good binoculars or a telephoto lens.
Castleton, v.1 p.18; Slifer, p.176
This figure was impossible to see without magnification.