Long day hike or overnighter. Go another 0.9 mile and park on the left across from the trailhead sign. You can also park at the Panorama Point Junction and hike down the road to the trailhead. B.C. Later, the ancestral Puebloan cultures left their marks in the canyon, but apparently stayed only briefly. Throughout all this use, however, the special character of the canyon has been wonderfully preserved.
All visitors have the responsibility to do their part to keep it that way.
The Great Gallery is the last of four interpretive stops made by the ranger. When you reach the Great Gallery, stop for lunch, rest awhile, and marvel at a few things. The ranger might toss out a few theories, and the NPS keeps some interpretive information at the Great Gallery, but nobody really knows what went on at the Great Gallery thirty centuries ago. The North Trail starts out flat and well defined through the junipers and pinyon pines on North Point Mesa. After about a mile, the trail drops into North Trail Canyon.