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Salt Lake City - Scenic Drives

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There are several possible scenic drives through the Wasatch Mountains surrounding Salt Lake City. Each of the drives are particularly good in fall when the leaves change color. Your options are presented below.

Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway		14 miles oneway	45 min.

	This 14-mile long scenic drive offers pretty mountain scenery similar to Little Cottonwood Canyon. As in Little Cottonwood, there are picnic areas and campgrounds and access to numerous hiking trails.

Bountiful-Farmington Loop Road Scenic Backway		24 miles oneway	2-1/2 hours

	This scenic backway provides great views over the Great Salt Lake. Most of the route is through scrub brush but there is some more substantial timber. The road is comprised of three, sometimes steep, gravel forest service roads that can be rough and washboarded.

Guardsman Pass Road	14 to 22 miles	1 hour

Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway		22 mile roundtrip	1-1/2 hours

	This scenic byway takes you from the edge of Salt Lake City up into the beautiful mountain scenery of the Wasatch Mountains. Along the 11-mile drive are picnic areas and campgrounds, the ski resorts of Snowbird and Alta and access to hiking trails.

Middle Canyon Road	25 miles oneway	1-1/2 hours

Pioneer Memorial Scenic Backway		34 miles oneway	1 hour

	This backway follows the original route of the Donner-Reed Expedition of 1846. It climbs through Emmigration Canyon east fo Salt Lake City and then descends to Hwy 65. It ends at popular 680 acre East Canyon Reservoir. .

Pony Express Trail National Back Country Byway	133 miles (214 km)	5 hours to drive the byway.

Silver Island Mountain National Back Country Byway	54 miles (86 km)	3 hours to drive the byway.

South Willow Road	16 mile roundtrip	1 hour

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