Parowan East Petroglphs Gallery

I first visited Parowan Gap on July 10, 2013, with my wife Dorothy.  Back in those days I had very little experience with rock art and very little knowledge as well.  Dorothy and I were on a little vacation and were staying at the Red Mountain Resort in St. George, Utah.  We took a day trip up to Cedar Breaks (for a little break in the heat) and I noticed the Parowan Gap Petroglyph Site on my roadmap, so we stopped by and took a look.  I took a few photos but the quality was dismal.  Fast forward six years to July 12, 2019, and I once again found myself at Parowan Gap.  I stopped by the site on my way to meet up with a Utah Rock Art Research Association (URARA) group  in Delta, Utah.  This time I was armed with a better camera and the experience of having visited and studied many rock art sites.   I had run across a brief reference somewhere to a site called “Parowan East”, but I no specific information about the location or content of the site.  So that afternoon (July 12, 2019), after spending several hours enjoying and photographing the Parowan Gap Site, I set out to see if I could find this “Parowan East” site.  I started driving very slowly on Gap Road headed east toward the town of Parowan, carefully scanning the hills and cliffs with my binoculars.  About a mile from the Gap, I found a single spiral element on a small boulder, but nothing that would qualify as a site.  After about four miles and just before Gap Road reaches the Great Little Salt Lake, I finally spotted the site, high up on the left side of the road.  I climbed up to the site and spent about an hour exploring and photographing.  The site had a number of nice elements and panels, but was nothing on the scope of the Gap Site.  I was quite proud of myself for finding this site, and enjoyed my time there.  To see my blog post that includes my visit to Parowan East, look here.  Below are some of the photos I took that day– I hope you enjoy them!