NAME: Noah's Ark -#3205
LENGTH: 1.0 Miles
DIFFICULTY: More difficult
HIKING TIME: 2 hours to top and back
TRAILHEAD LOCATION:
From Cedar City travel north on 1- 15 18 miles to Parowan. From Parowan take State Road #143 south, approximately 3 miles to FR #049 in First Left Hand Canyon. Follow FR #049 to entrance of Vermillion Campground. Enter campground, cross Bowery Creek, and keep left. Trailhead is on south side of road, at an elevation of 6,920 feet.
DESCRIPTION:
The trail travels south away from campground into a timbered draw. The trail goes through an old fence then starts to climb through scrub oak and into a north slope of mixed conifer. The $rail works out of timber and along a ridge of pinyon juniper to the edge of a red rock formation. Good view across canyon to Vermillion Castle can be seen here. Trail continues to climb, sometimes fairly steep, until it works under a large rock rim and cave. Trail switches back through a slide of red rock and finally climbs out to a platform with beautiful views in all directions including fabulous rock formations.
PERTINENT USGS MAP(S): Parowan