Mt. Carmel School & Church

When the United Order's true believers seceded in 1875 to found Orderville two miles up the valley, this is the town they left behind — Mt. Carmel, home to families who wanted something short of all things in common. Its 1880 log building served as school, chapel, and dance hall until fire took the structure in 1919; the rock church that replaced it by 1923 still stands on US-89. By then Mt. Carmel's own children were riding a covered wagon to Orderville each day to learn. National Register-listed; tours by appointment through the Daughters of Utah Pioneers.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mount Carmel Junction — 1.6 mi
  The crossroads where the road to Zion meets the highway to Bryce
• Best Friends Animal Sanctuary — 11 mi
  The largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the United States
• Checkerboard Mesa — 12 mi
  A 900-foot dome of Navajo sandstone scored into a natural grid, near Zion's east entrance
• Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park — 15 mi
  Sweeping dunes of coral-colored sand framed by red cliffs

More markers nearby

• Orderville Cemetery — 2.4 mi
• United Order Industries — 2.5 mi
• Old Rock Schoolhouse — 2.6 mi
• Orderville Bell — 2.6 mi