From here, with only a few horses and little prospect for water or feed, the troop headed towards the south and the safety of water. Today, the Parowan Gap is only slightly better known than it was back then. A dirt road runs to it from the pleasant little town of Parowan and keeps going west from here out into the desert. Three small plaques describe the area, though one of the plaques ignores the petroglyphs and talks only about the Mormon explorers. There is a gravel pullout and a fence protecting the sites.
Drawings litter the canyon wall.
We don't know a thing. You can stare at the walls all day and they will reveal no more, and no less, of a picture than when you arrived. It is a complete mystery. I like that. Gap Parowan is in southern Utah along Interstate 15, about a 25-minute drive north of Cedar City.