Cave Springs

These caves, as the name suggests, have a number of springs in them, and both for the water of the springs and for the shelter they provided, were important to the native Americans who lived in the area and later to the cowboys who ran cattle in the area. They are found in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. The inset shows the remains of an old cowboy camp and there are also pictographs left by the native Americans in some of the caves.