On Twin Sister Road (Road 3400 S) near City of Rocks Road (Road 3075 S), on the left when traveling west.
"A ride ... brought us to the outlet of this romantic vale, a very narrow pass - just wide enough for a wagon, and on either side very high, jagged and thin walls of granite ... called the 'Pinnacle Pass'" - J.G. Bruff, Aug 29, 1849
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On City of Rocks Road (Road 3075 S) near Twin Sisters Road (Road 3400 S), on the right when traveling south.
"The gray granit rocks stand in pyramid monument & dome forms., here & there towering aloft. The road winds along between them. Emigrants names are written ... on these curious structures" -- Augustus Ripley Burbank, Aug 4, 1849 Guidebook . . . — — Map (db m123987) HM
On West 3700 South near Junction Valley Road, on the left when traveling west.
"At the entrance of the pass was a pleasant little spring & fine branch." - Wakeman Bryarly, Jul 20, 1849
Guidebook available
Trails West Inc, P.O. Box 12045 Reno NV 89510 — — Map (db m138456) HM
On City of Rocks Road (Road 3075 S) at Elba-Almo Road, on the left when traveling west on City of Rocks Road.
"We enter a gorge of the hills which in a short time brings us to a large ampitheatre surrounded with rock of every kind of fanciful character." -- Joseph Middleton Aug 26, 1849 Guidebook Available
Trails West Inc. P.O. Box 12045, Reno . . . — — Map (db m123955) HM
On Elba-Almo Road near 3000 South, on the left when traveling south.
...with a wide plain at our left and high mountains at our right and being within sight of the...Salt Lake Route which road intersects our trail seven miles further on. - Emigrant journal entry (Lewis), circa 1850, describing . . . — — Map (db m123953) HM
The flow of emigrant traffic through City of Rocks ebbed after 1852 and virtually ceased following the completion of the Transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad. The City of Rocks remained an important transportation center, serving as a relay . . . — — Map (db m240524) HM
On Circle Creek Overlook Road near City of Rocks Road (Highway 3075 S), on the left when traveling west.
This vast scene holds many intriguing stories. If the land could speak, it would tell of pioneers and wagons crossing the wide Ralf River Valley from Strevell Pass to Emigrant Canyon bound for California in 1843-1882. The land would speak of stage . . . — — Map (db m123956) HM
Near City of Rocks Road (Road 3077 S) near Twin Sisters Road (Road 4300 S), on the left when traveling west.
There are thousands of names here I registered on a large Rock. -- Richard Augustus Keen at City of Rocks, June 22, 1852
Throughout the West emigrants recorded their passing by writing their names -- often with axle grease -- at unique . . . — — Map (db m123960) HM
On Elba-Almo Road at 3000 South, on the right when traveling south on Elba-Almo Road.
Dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in a most horrible Indian massacre 1861. Three hundred immigrants west bound. Only five escaped. — — Map (db m119536) HM
On Twin Sister Road (Road 3400 S) near Birch Creek Road, on the left when traveling west.
At City of Rocks we were met with all kinds of Christmas greeting ... we sat down to a Christmas dinner that only youth and vigor could do justice to.... Jim has erected a Christmas tree, and decorated it with cranberries and pop corn, and on it . . . — — Map (db m124001) HM
On Twin Sister Road (Road 3400 S) near City of Rocks Road (Road 3075 S), on the left when traveling west.
After dinner a ride of 2 miles brought us to the outlet of this romantic vale, a very narrow pass, just wide enough for a wagon, and on either side very high, jagged. and thin walls of granite.... This is called the "Pinnacle . . . — — Map (db m123988) HM
On City of Rocks Road (Road 3075 S) near Twin Sisters Road (Highway 3400 S), on the right when traveling west.
Surrounded by high Rocky and very ragged looking mountains -- this valley we take the liberty to call Pleasant Valley, as it is a very good and pleasant for camping. -- Leander V. Loomis, circa 1850, describing the Circle Creek . . . — — Map (db m123961) HM
On Elba-Almo Road near 3000 South, on the left when traveling south.
That this journey...is perilous, the deaths of many testify...as I passed the fresh made graves, I have glanced at the side boards of the wagon, not knowing how soon it might serve as a coffin for some one of us. Lodisa Frizzell, 1852 . . . — — Map (db m123952) HM
On Twin Sister Road (Road 3400 S) near Birch Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.
They rise in a cone-like form from the bottom of the valley to a height of from 400 to 600 feet they are round and quite regular in form, tapering gradually to a point. -- Emigrant journal entry (Sawyer) describing the Twin Sisters, circa . . . — — Map (db m123994) HM
