The Barry M. Goldwater Range is filled with reminders of more than 10,000 years of civilization, including pottery sherds, prehistoric settlements, ancient roads and trails, abandoned mining operations, and historic and prehistoric gravesites. The range also contains a historically significant road, the Camino del Diablo, that was listed in 1978 on the National Register of Historic Places. This rough, unpaved road crosses the southern portion of the range and dips into Mexico.
Pictographs adorn flat rocks in many places.
The range contains historic and prehistoric roads and trails, abandoned mining operations, ancient gravesites, and other reminders of the past. Many sites on the range contain evidence of the intensive human use described in the Cultural History page. Petroglyphs on the Goldwater Range To protect the range's remnants of the past, care has been taken to avoid disturbing or destroying significant cultural resources during ground activities by the military or the public. Special protection is provided for archaeologically significant sites and surrounding areas that could be impacted by both the military and the public. Because of the high potential for encountering culturally significant objects on the range, surveys are performed by qualified archaeologists at areas where ground activities are planned.