An informational kiosk at the gravel parking area offers a little information about the old townsite.
Trails drop from the parking area into the basin that at one point was beneath water.
Dry dust and rough Mojave flora make up most of the walk to the townsite.
The brief walk follows singletrack and doubletrack toward the townsite.
Only extremely basic signage exists at the town. It may pay off to learn a little bit before you do this hike.
Most of the town is gone, but old tree stumps, wooden fences, and some foundations remain.
Old building foundations and some rusted metal objects are spread throughout the townsite.
St. Thomas building foundations.
St. Thomas building foundations.
The foundation of the St. Thomas Schoolhouse building, which later doubled as the Mormon church, remains at the far end of the townsite.
Signs of a past era when St. Thomas lay below the surface of Lake Mead.
St. Thomas building foundations.
The remains of St. Thomas' Hanning Ice Cream Parlor offer some of the most dynamic building remains still standing in the townsite.
The ice cream parlor illuminated by a dramatic sunrise.