Fort Douglas
Fort Douglas was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fort Douglas was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah. Its purpose was to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. Over time, it grew into a significant military base in the region, until it was officially closed in 1991 pursuant to BRAC action. Following the closure, a small section of the former fort was retained by the military and operated as the Stephen A. Douglas Armed Forces Reserve Center, until 2026.
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Worth seeing in and around Fort Douglas
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Utah
The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education.
1.1 km · public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 02Rice–Eccles Stadium
Rice–Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Big 12 Conference.
1.5 km · football stadium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, US · Wikipedia - 03This is the Place Monument
The This is the Place Monument is a historical monument at the This Is the Place Heritage Park, located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. It is named in honor of Brigham Young's famous statement that the Mormon pioneers should settle in the Salt Lake Valley.
2.2 km · monument in Salt Lake City, Utah USA · Wikipedia - 04Hogle Zoo
Utah's Hogle Zoo is a 42-acre Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums accredited facility. Located at the mouth of Salt Lake City's Emigration Canyon, Hogle Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the Intermountain West, and houses over 800 animals representing 139 species.
2.4 km · zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 05Utah Museum of Fine Arts
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is a state and university art museum located in downtown Salt Lake City on the University of Utah campus. Housed in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building near Rice-Eccles Stadium, the museum holds a permanent collection of nearly 20,000 art objects.
1 km · art museum in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 06Natural History Museum of Utah
The Natural History Museum of Utah is a museum located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The museum shows exhibits of natural history subjects, with an emphasis on Utah and the Intermountain West.
1.5 km · museum in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 07Mount Wire
Mount Wire is a mountain located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah with an elevation of 7,146 feet. The mountain is named after Lester Wire, an American policeman of Salt Lake City, Utah, who in 1912 developed the first red-green electric traffic light.
3 km · mountain in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 08Matthew Stanford Robison Memorial
The Matthew Stanford Robison Memorial is a gravesite marker located in Salt Lake City Cemetery. It was designed by Matthew Stanford Robison's father Ernest.
2.5 km · memorial located in Salt Lake City Utah · Wikipedia - 09Jon M. Huntsman Center
The Jon M. Huntsman Center is a 15,000-seat indoor arena in the western United States, on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. It is the home of the Utah Utes of the Big 12 Conference, the primary venue for basketball and gymnastics.
600 m · arena at the University of Utah · Wikipedia - 10J. Willard Marriott Library
The J. Willard Marriott Library is the main academic library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. The university library has had multiple homes since the first University of Utah librarian was appointed in 1850.
1.1 km · academic library, University of Utah · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fort Douglas
- Airports
- Salt Lake City (SLC), 13 km
- Stations
- Trolley, 3.4 km · 900 East, 2.9 km · Stadium, 1.7 km · University Medical Center, 700 m · University South Campus, 800 m
- Boise → Fort Douglas479 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · $160–230
- Las Vegas → Fort Douglas586 km · quickest by air, 4h 36m · $180–260
- Denver → Fort Douglas592 km · quickest by air, 5h 39m · $230–340
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