Hundreds of carved figures also dot the sandstone cliffs at the White Mountain Petroglyph site and range from 200 to 1000 years old.

Like its neighbor, Wilkins Peak, White Mountain is a member of the Green River Formation,Technically a plateau & aformation of the intermontane Lake Gosiute environment during the Eocene epoch.

[7] Pilot Butte is located directly on top of White Mountain, and was named by early travelers in the region as a signal that they were close to the Green River.

[10] Hundreds of carved figures dot the sandstone cliffs at the White Mountain Petroglyph site in Wyoming’s Red Desert.

Etched into the stone surface some 200 to 1,000 years ago, several figures appear to portray bison and elk hunts while others depict geometric forms or tiny footprints.