The White River Narrows Archeological District is located in east central Nevada, about 90 miles south of Ely and 150 north of Las Vegas. It is transected by State Highway 318, which is also known as the Sunnyside Cutoff. It is a shortcut to Ely and it passes by Sunnyside and the Sunnyside Ranch. Noted for its outstanding rhyolite cliffs and petroglyphs, the White River Narrows is on the National Register of Historic Places. The park is controlled by the BLM. Cattle can sometimes be seen grazing throughout the bottom of the long and alternating wide and narrow canyon. The flat canyon floors are surrounded by high, steep walls making this place a perfect pen for grazing animals. In contrast to the nearby desert at lower elevations, the floor of this long canyon has grasses and plants which cattle find suitable for grazing. It is not difficult to imagine that deer and other high desert grazers such as Big Horn Sheep favored this area in the past, before it was used for open range cattle grazing.

As one walks the length of this series of canyons it becomes apparent that the barriers provided by the steep canyon walls makes each little sub canyon or valley a perfect corral. Either end can be cut off and few escape routes exist. From the grazers point of view these valleys are protected by the high canyon walls from predictors. The canyon walls also protect against the persistent, cold wind that blows through this desert in the fall and winter times of the year. Because 1) the valley floors are so wide, and 2) surrounded by the 50 meter cliffs in most places, and 3) the valley floors appealed to grazing type animals, we would expect that this is a perfect place to trap and hunt these animals.

This idea is possibly the scene depicted in the petroglyphs that can be found in some areas. The panel shown here depicts a lot of different images, but the dominant theme seems to be a hunting or herding scene where Big Horn sheep are drawn next to a fence-like image. Notable are images located in many nearby areas that depict anthropomorphic figures that are particular to the immediate area. The 'Pahranagat Man' is an image that is found throughout this area.