The Mormon Road was used by Forty-niners in 1849 and Mormon colonists and other travelers from then on. Both routes passed southward from the Beaver Dam Mountains to the Virgin River along the Beaver Dam Wash to where it met the river.
The Mormon Trail was employed by Forty-niners in 1849 and later used by Mormon settlers and other travelers. Both routes followed a similar course from the Beaver Dam Mountains to the Virgin River along the Beaver Dam Wash, where they converged.