Painted Rock (San Luis Obispo County, California)

Painted Rock
Aerial view of Painted Rock looking south, taken February, 2019.
LocationCarrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Nearest cityTaft, California
Coordinates35°8′46.02″N 119°51′42.27″W / 35.1461167°N 119.8617417°W / 35.1461167; -119.8617417
Governing bodyUnited States Bureau of Land Management

Painted Rock is a smooth horseshoe-shaped marine sandstone rock formation with pictograph rock art about 250 feet across and 45 feet tall near Soda Lake within the Carrizo Plain National Monument[1] on the southwest side of the northern Carrizo Plain, west of Bakersfield and about 70 miles (110 km) east of San Luis Obispo and 45 miles (72 km) west of Taft, in California, United States.

  1. ^ "BLM Carrizo Plain". Blm.gov. 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-09-12.