Parowan Valley , originally known as the Little Salt Lake Valley , is a basin in Iron County , Utah , United States.
3-836: Its lowest point is at 5,695 feet (1,736 m) in the Little Salt Lake . Fremont Wash , Red Creek , Parowan Creek and other tributaries all drain into the Little Salt Lake. In times that the lake overflows it is drained through the Parowan Gap that passes through the Red Hills into Jackrabbit Wash , in Cedar Valley . This article about a location in Utah is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Little Salt Lake Little Salt Lake (also called Parowan Lake ),
6-526: Is a dry lake in east‑central Iron County , Utah , United States . The lake has an elevation 5,682 feet (1,732 m) and is located on the southwestern edge of the Parowan Valley at the eastern foot of the Red Hills , immediately east of the Parowan Gap , west of Interstate 15 and Paragonah , and northwest of Parowan . Little Salt Lake originally was a seasonal, shallow, brackish sink fed by springs, Fremont Wash and streams emerging from
9-623: The Hurricane Cliffs in the Parowan Valley. Local Native American people lived in the vicinity of the lake, who called it "Paragoon," which meant "vile water." Long ago a creek drained the lake westward through the Parowan Gap in the Red Hills. Later Americans named the lake, Little Salt Lake in contrast to the larger Great Salt Lake to the north. Its original Piute name with some alteration
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