Autograph Rock is located on a privately owned ranch in Cimarron County. Access is restricted. Permission must be obtained prior to each visit, and is granted by the site's owners through the Cimarron Heritage Center. The site is closed for the winter, usually from October-April. High fire danger or ranch operations may require temporary closures. There are no restrooms, picnic facilities or trash receptacles.
Autograph Rock is a certified site of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail. The landowners, the Cimarron Heritage Center, and the National Park Service have all joined together to ensure the continued preservation of this site.
The reliable water source of a live spring has lured people to Autograph Rock for thousands of years. But, it was the opening of trade between Mexico and the United States in 1821 that brought hundreds of travelers through Cimarron County on the Santa Fe Trail. The soft sandstone rock contains over 800 names of some of these travelers. Names such as F.B. Delgado, J.D. Ochoa, Julian Sandoval, W.H. Abbott, C.C. Calvin, and T. Potter are an example of the rich cultural interchange the Santa Fe Trail forged through business partnerships and travel.

As of Dec., 2007 this site is closed to visitors!  We are in a drought situation and the ranch has already been hit by wildfires--so no trespassing or visiting at this time.

Coronado's Signature 1
Coronado's Signature 2
Billy Dixon
Delgado
Brown
Beatty
Howard
Petroglyph 1
Petroglyph 2
Petroglyph 3
Petroglyph 4
Petroglyph 5