Parrish Creek

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Parrish Creek
Parrish Creek
EtymologySamuel Parrish
Location
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • location Spring in the Wasatch Range, Utah
 • coordinates 40°56′48″N111°48′30″W / 40.94667°N 111.80833°W / 40.94667; -111.80833
 • elevation8,580 feet (2,620 m)
Mouth  
 • location
 Centerville, Utah
 • coordinates
 40°55′24″N111°51′56″W / 40.92333°N 111.86556°W / 40.92333; -111.86556
 • elevation
4,600 feet (1,400 m)
Basin features
River system Parrish Canyon

Parrish Creek is a stream in Davis County, Utah, United States. [1]

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The creek begins at a spring about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) south-southeast of Bountiful Peak in the Wasatch Range at an elevation of approximately 8,580 feet (2,620 m). It flows southwest to a point in the foothills 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. [2] [3] 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.) [4] After settling along the steam. Mr. Parrish built one of the first (albeit crude) mills in Davis County. [5]

A short way up a trail that roughly follows the stream bed there are some Native American pictographs. [6] 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 7.84 miles (12.62 km) with an elevation gain of 4,670 feet (1,420 m). [3] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parrish Creek
  2. ↑ Barber, Clint (10 Apr 1948). "Mountain Streams Make This Utah Garden Spot". Deseret News . Salt Lake City. p. 2. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 mountaingazelle (29 Oct 2014). "Parrish Creek". summitpost.org. Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
  4. ↑ "Joel Parrish". rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
  5. ↑ Tullidge, Edward William (1889). Tullidge's Histories. Vol. 2. Salt Lake City: Press of the Juvenile Instructor. p. 59. ISBN   1343533449 . Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Jeff (7 Feb 2015). "Parrish Creek Pictographs - Centerville, Utah". thetrekpalanner.com. Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
  7. ↑ Baker, Steve (12 Nov 2009). "Hike of the week: Parrish Creek Trail — Davis County". Deseret News . Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
  8. ↑ Staff (7 May 2013). "Utah Hike of the week: Parrish Canyon Trail overlooking Centerville". The Salt Lake Tribune . Salt Lake City: MediaNews Group . Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
  9. ↑ "Parrish Creek Trail" (PDF). co.davis.ut.us. Davis County. 2011. Retrieved 27 Mar 2016.
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