Abandoned Record
About Pahreah
Paria or Pahreah (, rhymes with "Maria"), is a ghost town on the Paria River in Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument in central Kane County, Utah, United States. It was inhabited from 1870 to 1929, and later used as a filming location.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Pahreah, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Pahreah is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Pahreah
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1886 Escalante sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Paria NW sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Paria sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Escalante sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Escalante sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Fivemile Valley sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Smoky Mountain sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Pahreah
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Utah index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Pahreah": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Paria, Utah": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7136991.
- USGS GNIS 1455097.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).