General Information for the Council Rocks Hike

This is not really a hike in the same sense as most of the others on this website, but it is a very interesting place to visit.  Once there, one can roam around the area and enjoy the views and the pre-history present in the rocks.  There is one interpretive sign at the Council Rocks that was placed there by the Forest Service.  This sign tells a bit of history associated with this site.  Otherwise there are no other markers or signs that will direct you to this site.  To get to the trailhead it is best to drive north on Forest Service road 687 from Middlemarch Road. The side road that you need to turn onto to get to the trailhead is Forest Service road 687K (note the signs on both side of the side road)

There are no toilets or any other facilities at this site.  The nearest facilities are probably in Tombstone about16 miles southwest.

North and just a little east of the Pictograph Rocks with the Interpretive sign is private property as indicated on the Forest Service Map of this area.  This private property has a main compound and what appears to be ruins to the west of the compound.  There is also another very interesting looking rock formation just to west of the compound.  This whole general area is the area associated with the Whitehouse Ruins.  The Whitehouse Ruins are what is left of a 19th century ranch. 

Also note that on the Forest Service map, the location of the marked "Council Rocks" is to the east and north of where the interpretive sign and pictographs are located.  The Forest Service map places the "Council Rocks" at a GPS location of N 31o 54.56160' and W 110o 01.98960' closer to the private property and the compound.