Hueco Tanks State Historic Site
4 expert reviews
“This park... is internationally renowned for its rock climbing and is a big draw for lovers of the pictographs left by the Kiowa, and Jornada Mogollon tribes who dwelt here. ”
– Fodor's
"This 860-acre park contains three small granite mountains that are pocked with depressions (hueco is Spanish for ‘hollow’) that hold rainwater, creating an oasis in the barren desert. "
"Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia. " Full review
"People have visited these rocky hills in West Texas for thousands of years, looking for rainwater in the huecos, or natural rock basins. This place also provided food and shelter to those..."