Site type guide
Geoglyph
Geoglyph sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
18 geoglyph sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Geoglyph sacred sites overview
Geoglyph sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
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Blythe Intaglios
Blythe, California, United States
In the Colorado Desert, fifteen miles north of Blythe, six colossal figures lie etched into the earth....
Geoglyphs of Acre, Brazil
Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil
Across thirteen thousand square kilometers of western Amazonia, more than four hundred geometric earthworks lie carved into the land — circles, squares, and compound forms...
Líneas de Nazca
Nazca, Ica, Peru
Across fifty square kilometres of Peruvian desert, the Nazca people etched more than a thousand kilometres of lines and hundreds of figures into the earth between 500 BC...
Nasca - El Araña
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Spider geoglyph measures forty-seven metres in length and is rendered with remarkable anatomical detail....
Nasca - El Árbol
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Tree geoglyph consists of a short, thick trunk that splits and expands into numerous large branches decorated with smaller twig-like extensions in a lush, flourishing...
Nasca - El Astronauta
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Astronaut is a humanoid figure etched into a hillside rather than the flat desert floor, making it unusual among Nazca geoglyphs....
Nasca - El Caracol
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Caracol depicts a spiral form approximately sixty metres across.
Nasca - El Colibrí
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Hummingbird is perhaps the most iconic of all Nazca geoglyphs. At ninety-three metres long, its pointed beak, well-defined wings, and elegant tail are rendered with...
Nasca - El Cóndor
Nazca, Ica, Peru
At one hundred and thirty-four metres, the Condor is one of the largest figurative geoglyphs in the Nazca corpus....
Nasca - El Garza
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Heron geoglyph depicts a long-necked wading bird stretching across the desert floor, approximately three hundred metres in length.
Nasca - El Loro
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Parrot depicts a tropical bird with head, beak, and crest visible. Lower portions partially erased.
Nasca - El Manos
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Hands geoglyph depicts two human hands reaching upward, one with four fingers and one with five. Visible from the Mirador alongside the Tree.
Nasca - El Mono
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Monkey geoglyph measures ninety-three by fifty-eight metres and is instantly recognisable by its spiralling tail and distinctive nine-fingered hands....
Nasca - El Pelícano
Nazca, Ica, Peru
At approximately two hundred and eighty-five metres, the Pelican is one of the longest figurative geoglyphs....
Nasca - El Perro
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Dog geoglyph depicts a canine figure approximately fifty-one metres in length with straight parallel legs, an open mouth, and upright ears and tail.
Nasca - La Ballena
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Whale geoglyph depicts a marine creature approximately twenty-seven metres in length on the desert floor....
Nasca - La Flor
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Flower — petals radiating from a centre, approximately eighty metres across.
Nasca - La Lagartija
Nazca, Ica, Peru
The Lizard, approximately 188 metres, is bisected by the Panamericana Sur highway. Upper portion visible from the Mirador.
Key questions
Geoglyph sacred-site questions
- What geoglyph sacred sites are included?
- Geoglyph sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 18 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these geoglyph sites located?
- Major country clusters include Peru, Brazil, United States.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Pre-Columbian, Indigenous.
- Can I view geoglyph sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.