Pahvant Valley Heritage Trail

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Located in a broad, arid, north-south trending valley in the Great Basin Physiographic Region, the Pahvant Valley encompasses most of southeastern Millard County, Utah. Its extent is defined by the Pahvant Range to the east and the Cricket Mountains to the west. The Pahvant Valley Heritage Trail is bounded by the town of Delta, Utah and Highway 50 and 6 to the north, the town of Fillmore and Interstate 15 to the east, the town of Kanosh and the Kanosh Road to the south, and Highway 257 to the west. 

The route is predominately on dirt roads with varying degrees of seasonal maintenance. All-wheeled drive vehicles are strongly recommended in those locations. The road to the Lava Tubes is extremely rough and is best driven with an all-terrain vehicle. 

Fort Deseret

Established in 1860 along the nearby Sevier River, the settlement of Desert was another outpost for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Settlers built a small community here and grew crops by damning the nearby river.

GPS: 39.2648, -112.6539

Great Stone Face

This natural geologic feature is said to look like images of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. A steep rocky trail takes you closer to this natural formation, also known as the "Guardian of the Desert."

GPS: 39.2340, -112.7516

Sunstone Knoll

Sunstone Knoll is formed of volcanic vents that erupted during the early Pleistocene (1.6 million years to about 750,000 years ago), which left deposits of basaltic lava and volcanic breccia (angular, broken rock fragments held together in a matrix of finer grained material). 

GPS: 39.1489, -112.7188

Clear Lake

This area is managed by the Utah Department of Natural Resources.

Go to the Utah DNR Waterfowl Management Area site for more information.

Lace Curtain

The cliff is known as the "Lace Curtain" because of its mysterious lacey pattern caused by ancient Lake Bonneville after the Pahvant Butte volcanic eruption.

GPS: 39.1360, -112.5544

Pahvant Butte (viewpoint)

About 15,500 years ago, a volcano erupted from the bottom of the rising Ice Age Lake Bonneville. Pahvant Butte (also known as Sugarloaf). When the eruption ceased, a volcanic cone called a luff cone was left to the mercy of erosion by Lake Bonneville.

GPS: 39.0807, -112.5773

Devil's Kitchen Petroglyph's

More than one hundred petroglyph panels have been identified at this rich site.

GPS: 39.0567, -112.5086

Lava Tubes

The tubes formed as the surface of lava streams cooled and the subterranean lava left the crusted over surface. 

GPS: 38.9126, -112.5309

Hole in the Rock

Walking the trail at the base of the ridge, you'll see a series of petroglyphs etched into the rocks

GPS: 38.8797, -112.6393