Paria Road

Exit78 Photo of the Day #12

Road to Paria (aka Pahreah), Utah, ghost town, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, October 9, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II) 37°11’10″N 111°59’44″W

Road to Paria (aka Pahreah), Utah, ghost town, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, October 9, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II) 37°11’10″N 111°59’44″W

We were just on our way through, so didn’t take this inviting road into the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from the pull-out where we had stopped for a stretch and photo break.

Paria, Utah[1]

Paria /pəˈriːə/, (rhymes with “Maria”) or Pahreah, 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. (more)


  1. Paria, Utah – Wikipedia
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