Ride Report - June 3, 2025: Little Salt Lake, Parowan Petroglyphs, and Frisco Kilns

This was a bigger ride. I wanted to take the opportunity to ride to southern Utah before it got too hot. The weather was fantastic. It was 75 degrees and sunny pretty much everywhere.

The original plan was just to see the Frisco Kilns, but the Parowan petroglyphs were so close I decided to extend my trip a little bit. In total it was just under 500 miles. I left at 9:40am and returned at 8:00pm.

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Little Salt Lake

Just outside Parowan is the little salt lake. It was mostly fenced off. If you ever wonder what the great salt lake will look like in 30 years, here ya go.

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

This was a neat little attraction. I was a little surprised by how nice the amenities were. There were many descriptive signs, a well-maintained path, benches with shade, and a vault toilet.

I'm not complaining, but it seemed a little overkill considering there were only 4 or 5 good petroglyphs. It's not like every rock had carvings in it.

Still, it was something fun to see.

Frisco Kilns

This was my favorite place of the trip. I was just expecting to see some old kilns, but there is still a decent amount of the abandoned town you can explore.

The road is paved most of the way there. Though there is about a half mile of dirt road you have to go on at the very end. It was quite rugged, though highway vehicles are just barely able to traverse it.

There was some cool abandoned machinery there as well. This looks like some kind of rail laying device.

And of course there are the kilns. It looks like they don't want people going in them anymore. So future visits may not be as cool.