Parrish Creek is a stream in
Davis County,
Utah
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, United States.
The creek begins at a spring about south-southeast of
Bountiful Peak
Bountiful Peak is a mountain summit located in Davis County, Utah, United States.
Description
Bountiful Peak is situated in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains, and it is set on land managed by Wasatch-Cache National F ...
in the
Wasatch Range
The Wasatch Range ( ) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Gr ...
at an elevation of approximately . It flows southwest to a point in the
foothills
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northeast of the eastern end of Parrish Lane (400 North) in
Centerville.
Parrish Creek was named after Samuel Parrish, a pioneer settler in the area.
The creek and the community had originally been named Duel, after a pair brothers that were settlers in the area. (However, the name of the community was later changed to Cherry Creek, and then Centerville, while the name of the creek was changed to Parrish.) After settling along the steam. Mr. Parrish built one of the first (albeit crude) mills in Davis County.
A short way up a trail that roughly follows the
stream bed
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there are some
Native American pictographs
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. There is another trail that runs south of the creek (along the ridge which separates Parrish Canyon from Centerville Canyon) that is one of the recommended hiking routes to Bountiful Peak. The west end of that trail begins along the
Bonneville Shoreline Trail, and the east end connects with Skyline Drive. The trail (to the peak) is about with an elevation gain of .
See also
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List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by drainage basin, watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are liste ...
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Wasatch Front
The Wasatch Front is a major metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. It consists of a chain of contiguous cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from Santaquin in the south to Pleasant View in the n ...
References
External links
Parrish Creek Pictographs - Centerville, Utah*
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Rivers of Davis County, Utah
Rivers of Utah