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Interesting alcoves along the Paria River. According to the BLM: In September 1998, flash floods undermined the buildings and created a … Today little remains of the town or the movie set because all the buildings have either collapsed, burned, or Old Paria, Pahreah Townsite, movie set, Painted Desert, Vermilion Cliffs, various rock strata of the Rimrocks, Grand Colorful Badland Hills in Old Paria, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah. Pahreah was inhabited from 1870 until 1929 and was later used as a filming location for many western movies. There are no developed campsites. Here’s the view out the other side of The Box towards the old townsite of Paria as more clouds filled the sky to the west. Old Paria (aka Old Pahreah) is an easy side trip off US-89 between Kanab and Page, accessible to all passenger cars except during or after a rain. Old Paria Townsite 1 images 1 contributors Laurent Martres . The Buckskin trailhead is two miles south on a dirt road near an old homestead site called White House Ruins. Jared hikes ahead of me as we approached the exit on the other side of The Box. Old Fence Post from an old movie set in old Paria town between Kanab and Page Arizona in the Grand Escalante National Monument. About this spot. NAME: Pahreah or Pahreah COUNTY: Kane ROADS: 2WD GRID: 8 CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer. Pictures of the West, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah: Wooden building in the original Paria movie set (since dismantled) The Upper Paria doesn’t get as much attention as the Lower Paria a little farther south. The BLM Paria Canyon Rangers Station is in Utah, 43 miles east of Kanab on US 89 near milepost 21. Pahreah, also referred to as Old Paria, is a ghost town nestled along the Paria River in the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument in Kane County, Utah. Paria or Pahreah (/ p ə ˈ r iː ə /, rhymes with "Maria"), is a ghost town on the Paria River in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in central Kane County, Utah, United States. By car the site of the former Paria Movie Set can be accessed by taking Highway 89 west from the Casitas 5 miles or east of Kanab for 35 miles, and turning north into a dirt parking lot with a stone monument to the Pareah Townsite. REMAINS: Movie set one location and original remains another.UPDATE: Pahreah was destroyed by fire set by arsonists in late 2006. Laurent Martres . Paria Box Sunstar. The Upper Paria (rhymes w/ “Maria”) is located in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and is a braided river in a much more wide-open canyon than its lower counterpart which is famous for its narrows. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime. Around 1999 the original structures/facades had been removed much to my dismay after bringing a friend to see it. Paria (aussi appelé Old Paria, Pahreah, Paria movie set… ) est un lieu unique au coeur du Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, en Utah. 64mm 10/2100s f/8 ISO 800. Then we returned the way we had come. The Wire Pass trailhead is a few miles further down that same road. COMMENTS: Pahreahh is the movie set and about 2 milies farther along the road is Pahreah, the original Mormon town. There isn’t much left at the old townsite, just some stones, and pieces of collapsed roofs remain along with old rusted tin cans, etc. It was inhabited from 1870 to 1929, and later used as a filming location . We are continuing down memory lane with the Old Paria Movie Set near Pahreah Townsite, UT.