| All Ft Piute California Petroglyph Sites can be accessed through the links below | |||
| Ft Piute 1a | Ft Piute 1b | Ft Piute 2 | Ft Piute 3 |
| Ft Piute 4 | Ft Piute 5 | Ft Piute 6 | Ft Piute 7 |
| Ft Piute 8 | Ft Piute 9 | Ft Piute 10a | Ft Piute 10b |
| Ft Piute 11 | Ft Piute 12 | Ft Piute 13a | Ft Piute 13b |
| Ft Piute 14 | |||
| Fort Beale (later known as
Fort Piute) was established late in 1859 by Captain James Carleton, 1st
Dragoons.
The fort was located at Piute Spring along
the Mojave Road and was manned by a handful of soldiers until the start
of the Civil War.
During the civil war it was garrisoned by
state militiamen from the California Volunteers until the end of the war
when it was once again manned by troops from Camp Cady, California and
renamed Fort Piute.
The fort only stayed in business for a
short time until it was once again abandoned by the middle of 1868. |
| Fort Piute, CA is an
incredible place.
Not only do you have the military history,
but there is a hiking trail through Piute Gorge, wild flowers during the
spring, wildlife, and some of the best petroglyph sites that I have seen
in a while.
They are literally everywhere.
What I strongly recommend is using a
National Geographic topo map or some other topo map of the area.
On it you will see three marked petroglyph
sites plus the fort.
Use these locations as a starting point and
go from there; that is exactly what we did and we found tons of rock
art. |
| A few things: We made
two trips during April 2011. The temperatures were perfect and the
wildflowers were great, but some kind of giant mutant biting flies ate
me alive.
During the summer, the temperatures are
over 100 degrees so have a lot of water.
Take a topo map, a GPS, and a
high-clearance 4WD is recommended. |
| Below are a few useful links: |
| Mojave National Preserve |
| Digital Desert Fort Piute |
| Desert USA |
| Fort Piute by Deborah Wall |
| Fort Piute by Margo Bartlett Pesek |
| Fort Piute is located approximately 5 miles south of the Nevada border in California and about 8.5 west of US 95. |
| Return to "Out of State" Petroglyph Sites | |
| Petroglyph Sites A-L | Petroglyph Sites M-Z |
| Gold Butte Nevada Petroglyphs | |
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