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Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S.

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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.

Get in

Getting to Salt Lake City

The Wasatch Front region is served by three airports, but you will most likely fly into Salt Lake City International Airport. The two smaller airports near Ogden and Provo respectively are served by a very small number of flights and are mostly of interest to travelers who live in the direct vicinity.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Utah State Capitol

    350 N State St (just north of downtown; public transit: UTA Bus 200 (stops at four places around the Capitol grounds)),.

  2. 02
    Salt 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),.

  3. 03
    Salt 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),.

  4. 04
    Hogle Zoo

    2600 E Sunnyside Ave (at the mouth of Emigration Canyon on the east side of the city),.

  5. 05
    Clark Planetarium

    Has plenty of free exhibits, and paid admission to laser shows and IMAX movies.

  6. 06
    Natural History Museum of Utah

    Best known for Jurassic-era dinosaur skeletons; also features several exhibits related to Utah's landforms and earliest human inhabitants.

Do

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

Eat

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.

How locals move

Getting around Salt Lake City the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Salt Lake City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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