Signal Hill Petroglyph Site
Tucson, Arizona, United States
A major Hohokam-era rock art locality in the Tucson Mountain District (west unit) of Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Arizona. The small boulder-covered hill immediately north of the Signal Hill picnic area preserves over 200 petroglyphs created by pecking through desert varnish and is one of the park’s best-known visitor-accessible rock art sites.
Claims about Signal Hill Petroglyph Site
Evidence
- NPS place page provides visitor-access coordinate for Signal Hill (trailhead/picnic area) in Saguaro NP West
- NPS cultural resources brief identifies Signal Hill as the largest petroglyph site in the Tucson Mountain District
- NPS describes the hill’s approximate dimensions (about 200 ft across at base; about 40 ft high)