Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S.
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The population was 199,723 at the 2020 census, while the Salt Lake City metropolitan area has an estimated 1.3 million residents and is the 46th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is also part of the larger Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo combined statistical area, an urban corridor along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front with a population of approximately 2.8 million. It is one of the principal urban centers within the Great Basin, along with Reno, Nevada.
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Worth seeing in and around Salt Lake City
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.
3.8 km · public coeducational space-grant research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 02Delta Center
Delta Center is an indoor venue in Salt Lake City. Opened in 1991, the arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association and the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League.
1.2 km · indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 03Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Dedicated in 1893, it was constructed over a period of 40 years.
1.1 km · temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 04Rice–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.
3.6 km · football stadium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, US · Wikipedia - 05Temple Square
Temple Square is a 10-acre complex, owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the center of Salt Lake City, Utah. The usage of the name has gradually changed to include several other church facilities that are immediately adjacent to Temple Square.
1.1 km · religious complex in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 06LDS Conference Center
The Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the premier meeting hall for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Completed in 2000, the 21,000-seat Conference Center replaced the traditional use of the nearby Salt Lake Tabernacle, built in 1868, for the church's twice-yearly general conference and other major gatherings, devotionals, and events.
1.3 km · building in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 07Utah State Capitol
The Utah State Capitol is the house of government for the U.S. state of Utah. The building houses the chambers and offices of the Utah State Legislature, the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, the state auditor and their staffs.
1.8 km · state capitol building of Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 08Diocese of Salt Lake City
The Diocese of Salt Lake City is a diocese of the Catholic Church for the State of Utah in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Las Vegas.
1.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 09Salt Lake Tabernacle
The Salt Lake Tabernacle, formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle, is located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, in the U.S. state of Utah. The tabernacle was built from 1863 to 1875 to house meetings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1.1 km · building in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia - 10Maverik Center
Maverik Center, originally known as the E Center, is a 12,600-seat multi-purpose indoor arena located in West Valley City, Utah, United States. Construction on the arena started in 1996 and was completed in time to hold its first event on September 22, 1997.
8.2 km · Indoor multi-purpose arena in West Valley City, Utah, United States · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Utah State Capitol
350 N State St (just north of downtown; public transit: UTA Bus 200 (stops at four places around the Capitol grounds)),.
- 02Salt Lake City and County Building
451 S State St (at the corner of University Blvd & State St.; public transit: UTA TRAX Red Line (Library Station) and Bus 1, 4, 200, 205, 209, 451, 455, 470, 472, and 473),.
- 03Salt Lake City Main Library
210 E 400 S (next to the Salt Lake City and Country Building; public transit: UTA TRAX Red Line (Library Station) and Bus 4 and 455),.
- 04Hogle Zoo
2600 E Sunnyside Ave (at the mouth of Emigration Canyon on the east side of the city),.
- 05Clark Planetarium
Has plenty of free exhibits, and paid admission to laser shows and IMAX movies.
- 06Natural History Museum of Utah
Best known for Jurassic-era dinosaur skeletons; also features several exhibits related to Utah's landforms and earliest human inhabitants.
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Things to do
Salt Lake City is a hub for an incredible variety of outdoor recreation. Summer activities available in the area include camping, hiking, rock-climbing, mountain biking, boating, and fishing. Popular trails within the city include City Creek Canyon and the walking paths at
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Where to eat
While not known as a hotbed of culinary innovation, there is one delicacy that originates from Utah: fry sauce, a condiment made by mixing ketchup and mayonnaise, sometimes with seasonings depending on the recipe, and eaten on French fries, onion rings, etc.
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Getting to Salt Lake City
- Airports
- Salt Lake City (SLC), 8 km
- Stations
- Salt Lake City International Airport, 7.9 km · Murray North, 9.3 km · Old GreekTown, 1.3 km · Planetarium, 1.2 km · Arena, 1.2 km
- Boise → Salt Lake City476 km · quickest by road, 5h 50m · $44–60
- Las Vegas → Salt Lake City583 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · $160–230
- Denver → Salt Lake City597 km · quickest by air, 4h 16m · $190–290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Salt Lake City
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Salt Lake City. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe Capitol Reef area is a great place to spend the night to make that a 2 day trip from SLC to those parks.
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