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The Nebraska Answer to Stonehenge Just north of Alliance, Nebraska, along Highway 87, stands a replication of Stonehenge, England’s ancient mystical alignment of stones that chart the sun and moon phases. Stonehenge stands alone on a plain in England. Carhenge towers over the plains of Nebraska. Carhenge consists of the circle of cars, three standing trilithons within the circle, the heel stone, slaughter stone, and two station stones. Sir John Aubrey first recognized the earthworks and great stones as a prehistoric temple in 1648. It was not until excavations undertaken in the 1920’s that there were found to be holes cut to hold timber uprights. A total of 56 holes were discovered and named the Aubrey Holes in honor of his observation.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, Nebraska's answer to Stonehenge
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance in Western Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
The foreigners' grave at Carhenge in Nebraska. The text on the car says: Here lie three bones of foreign cars. They served our purpose while Detroit slept. Now Detroit is awake and America's great!
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Car-asaurus (front right), by an unknown artist, The Fourd Seasons by Jim Reinders (center), Car-nestoga by David Kowalski (left back), and the Three Bells, built by Leonard Reinders, representing the three Reinders siblings (left front)
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Cross-shaped sculpture made form car parts at Carhenge near Alliance, Nebraska
“The Ford Seasons” (AKA “The Fourd Seasons”) is made up of four cars standing on end in various colors and heights sticking out of the ground. The car artwork was created by Jim Reinders (the same artist who created Carhenge itself) who was inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Each car represents one of the four seasonal stages of wheat grown in the area: the “spring” car is green, the “mature” car is yellow mature, the “late summer/after harvest” car is pink(ish), and the “winter” car is white.
Car-Nestoga by David Kowalski at Carhenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Car-Nestoga by David Kowalski, resembling a "Covered Wagon", is a tribute to the pioneers crossing the plains along the Oregon Trail in wagons. It is one of several art installations at Carhenge, near Alliance in the Great Plains region of Nebraska
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance in Western Nebraska
Graffiti Car, Covered Wagon, and the Fourd Seasons at the Carhenge instllation in Western Nebraska
The Car Art Preserve at Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
"20th Century Carsule" - a time capsule buried June 21, 2003 by Jim Reinders for his 75th birthday. To be unearthed June 21, 2053
The Car Art Preserve at Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
"The Ford Seasons" (AKA "The Fourd Seasons") is made up of four cars standing on end in various colors and heights sticking out of the ground. The car artwork was created by Jim Reinders (the same artist who created Carhenge itself) who was inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Each car represents one of the four seasonal stages of wheat grown in the area: the 'spring' car is green, the 'mature' car is yellow mature, the 'late summer/after harvest' car is pink(ish), and the 'winter' car is white.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance in Western Nebraska
Half-buried car in front of the Carhenge-Stonehenge installation
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance in Western Nebraska
Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska, in the High Plains region of the United States. Instead of being built with large standing stones, as is the case with the original Stonehenge, Carhenge is formed from vintage American automobiles, all covered with gray spray paint. Built by Jim Reinders, it was dedicated at the June 1987 summer solstice.
Carhenge, a replica of Stonehenge near Alliance in Western Nebraska
Cars arranged like the rocks at Stonehenge
