Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, Archaeological site with petroglyphs in New Mexico, United States.

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site is an archaeological location where thousands of rock carvings are etched into the dark surface of stones across a desert landscape. The area consists of rolling terrain with walking trails that guide visitors past individual rocks bearing these ancient marks.

The Jornada Mogollon people carved the petroglyphs between about 1000 and 1400 AD. A six-year project by the Archaeological Society of New Mexico's Rock Art Recording Field Schools recorded the carvings; photographs and records are kept at the Bureau of Land Management district office in Las Cruces.

The rock carvings depict birds, humans, animals, and geometric patterns that reveal what mattered to the people who created them long ago. As you walk the trails, you see how certain symbols appear together, hinting that specific locations held particular meaning for the artists.

The site is easy to explore on foot, with marked trails that pass the main rock formations. Early morning or late afternoon visits work best, as the sun at a low angle makes the carvings easier to see.

The name comes from the meeting of Indian Creek, Golondrina ("Swallow") Creek and Three Rivers near the site, not from three river channels. Between 1000 and 1400 AD the Jornada Mogollon people pecked over 21,000 images into the rock here.