Salt Lake City Travel Information
Salt Lake City is the cultural and political center of Utah. With a
metro area of 1 million residents, Salt Lake is Utah's most populous
city by a significant amount, yet remains remarkably pleasant and
livable. It has plenty of cultural offerings, numerous parks and some
inspiring buildings, including the splendid structures of the Mormon
Temple
Square and the historic This is the Place Monument.
Some of the other spectacular draws of the city include the Clark
Planetarium, which includes Utah’s very first 3-D IMAX Theater.
Surrounding the Planetarium is Downtown’s Gateway, a partly open air
shopping center that spans blocks. Hogle Zoo and Tracy Aviary are
delightful for wildlife lovers, if the Zoo can be very crowded on the
weekends. The Museum of Fine Arts has a beautiful wide range of works
and performance landmarks such as Hale Theatre and Ballet West are
well worth seeing.
Salt Lake City sits very attractively in a valley beneath the
Wasatch Mountains. The mountains provide a wonderful backdrop and a
variety of great recreational opportunities. In winter, piles of dry
snow smother the Wasatch, providing excellent downhill skiing at 7
large resorts within 45 minutes of downtown, including Alta, Solitude, Snowbird and Brighton. In summer, there is good
hiking and mountain biking. Wasatch’s Little and Big Cottonwood
Canyons are known for their rockclimbing spots. Head a little farther
north to the delightful water and amusement park Lagoon to cool off
after a day of exercise.
Salt Lake City is located in north central Utah along I-15 and
I-80. It is part of the Wasatch Front, the name given to the string of
cities and suburbs that forms a continuous urban area along the
Wasatch Mountains from Ogden to Provo. View
Area Map.
To learn more about Salt Lake City, select a topic of interest from
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