Provo Travel Information
Provo is Utah's third largest city, with about 116,217 people. It is a
clean,
pleasant city situated between the beautiful Wasatch Mountains and
250-square
mile Utah Lake. Provo's main claim to fame is Brigham Young
University, a 30,000-student university founded and run as the leading
Mormon institution
of higher
learning. It is the largest church-affiliated university in the
country and
its cultural offerings and sports programs play an integral role in
Provo. The museums are excellent and BYU football season is greeted
with wild college-town fervor.
The mountains surrounding Provo provide good hiking, mountain
biking and fishing among stunning alpine scenery. Provo River is
especially attractive to brown and rainbow trout fishermen and Provo
Canyon is filled with trails. In winter, you'll find
downhill and
cross-country skiing at Sundance Ski Resort, owned by Robert
Redford. Also near
town are the Mt. Timpanogos Cave National Monument and Bridal Veil
Falls.
Provo is located in the middle of the state, just off I-15, about
45 miles
south of Salt Lake City. It is one of several cities that form a
sprawling urban
area along the western base of the Wasatch Mountains (the "Wasatch
Front").
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