Camping	Outings & Sightseeing:	Shopping & Services
Education	- Especially for Kids	Skiing:
Entertainment	- Especially for out-of-town Guests	- Downhill
Golf	Mortgage Loan Officer	- Nordic
Hiking	Parks (City)	Sledding
National Parks	Recreation Centers
Nightlife	Scenic Drives

Camping

• Albion Basin in Little Cottonwood Canyon
• Dead Horse Point State Park, near Moab and Canyonlands (great sunsets) Devil's Garden, Arches National Park
• Goblin Valley State Park, near Green River (great rock formations)
• Jordanelle Reservoir (great fishing and very nice campgrounds)
• Kodachrome Basin State Park (near Bryce Canyon)
• Payson Lakes (not too far away, takes reservations, swimming available) San Rafael Reef (secluded, bring your own water)
• Snow Canyon, St. George
• Southern Utah National Park Campgrounds: Bryce, Zion, Cedar Breaks, Capitol Reef
• Spruces Campground in Big Cottonwood
• Canyon Tanners Flat in Little Cottonwood Canyon
• Uinta Mountains: dozens of campgrounds east of Kamas in a rugged wilderness area

Education

• The University of Utah has a great continuing education program, with something for everyone. You can pick up a catalog at their office at the University. As a spouse to a U employee, you also get a discount!
  
• The Salt Lake and Granite school districts have classes for both adults and children.
• Gallivan Center schedules free noontime classes through Salt Lake Community Education.
• City Libraries have story times for children and various programs for adults. Check your local branch for listings.
• Westminster College offers night classes with financing available.

Entertainment 

There seems to always be some kind of festival or event going on in or near Salt Lake; watch the newspapers, including the free ones in stores and libraries, for information.

• Gallivan Center "Salt Lake City's Outdoor Living Room" has various events scheduled year round (free concerts, free movies, and more!).
• Tower Theatre & Broadway Theater are Salt Lake City's art theaters.
  
• Temple Square has the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, free concerts in Assembly Hall, Mormon Youth Chorus and Symphony and Organ Recitals.
• Salt Lake City has the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Ballet West, Utah Opera Company, Ririe Woodbury Modern Dance Company, Repertory Dance Theater, a host of local theater companies, Comedy Circuit, and many touring performers and shows. Discount tickets are often available through the university.
• Professional sports teams include the Utah Jazz, Grizzlies, Salt Lake Bees & Utah Blitz.
  
• The EnergySolutions Arena, E-Center, Kingsbury Hall, USANA Amphitheater, Red Butte Garden, The Venue, The Depot, The Great Salt Air are the primary venues that host music concerts.

Golf

Hiking 

Two great hiking books:  Hiking the Wasatch by John Veranth, and Best Hikes with Children in Utah by Maureen Keilty.

• Foothills above Salt Lake City & the ancient Lake Bonneville Shoreline Trail (as easy or as strenuous as you wish with great views of the city and the valley)
• Trails in all the Wasatch Canyons: Big and Little Cottonwoods; Millcreek; Neffs; Provo; Red Butte; American Fork; etc. (for all levels of abilities)
• Good hikes with kids:
• Little Cottonwood Canyon:  White Pine Trail; Cecret Lake trails
• Big Cottonwood Canyon:  Snowbird Barrierfree Trail; Lake Mary, Silver Lake; Donut Falls
  

National Parks

 

Nightlife 

The Bayou, Red Door, Green Street, Circle Lounge, The Tavernacle, The Spot, Port O’Call, Lumpy’s,  Club Axis, Coyotz, Liquid Joe's

Outings and Sightseeing

Wasatch Canyons; Lagoon Amusement Park; Timpanogos Cave; Alpine Slide; Heber Valley Historic Railroad; Bingham Copper Mine; Dinosaur Park (Ogden); Gardner Historic Village; Clark Planetarium; Tracy Aviary; Antelope Island; Hill AFB Museum; Picnicking in Wasatch canyons or parks; The Gateway; Red Butte Garden; Thanksgiving Point; Park City Utah Olympic Park

Mortgage Loan Officer

Especially for Kids:

The Salt Lake telephone directory has a good section on area attractions. Also try www.slc.gov (the official website for Salt Lake City) and www.gocitykids.com to find out all the things happening for children. 

Especially for out-of-town-guests:

Park City; Temple Square; Pioneer Museum; Heber Valley Historic Railroad; Snowbird Tram; Wasatch Canyons; This is the Place State Park; Antelope Island; Pioneer Memorial Museum; Sundance Resort in Provo Canyon; Skiing; Grizzlies (hockey), Bees (baseball); Jazz (basketball); REAL (soccer) games; Univ. of Utah sports teams.

Parks (City) 

• Sugarhouse Park (2100 S 1602 E)
• Liberty Park (1300 S 600 E, has paddle boats, Tracy Aviary, children's rides)
• Lindsey Gardens (M and 8th Avenues)
• Tanner Park (2760 South 2700 East)
• Big Cottonwood Park (4300 S 1300 E)
• Evergreen Park (3425 S. 2230 E)
• Dimple Dell Park (in Sandy, has a lot of hiking trails)
  
• Arcadia (1825 S Lakeline Dr, 2950 E)
• Fairmont Park (900 E 2361 S)
• Laird Park (1800 E 1200 S)
• Reservoir Park (1300 E, South Temple)
  
• Sunnyside Park (840 S 1600 E)
• Westminster Park (990 E 1700 S)

Recreation Centers

Salt Lake County operates 12 recreation centers, 17 aquatic centers, and 3 ice centers. The recreation centers all have unbelievable amounts of sports programs and activities for children. They offer baseball, basketball, swimming, football, soccer, gymnastics, ice skating, hockey, dance, martial arts, skating, skiing, snowboarding, track & field, racquetball, frisbee, golf, tennis, volleyball, wrestling, softball and tons of other programs for children & adults. So check them out! You can find a listing at www.recreation.slco.org

Scenic Drives

• Skyline Drive in the Avenues
• All Wasatch canyons: Big and Little Cottonwood, Millcreek, Provo, etc.
• Mount Timpanogos highway to Robert Redford's Sundance Resort

Shopping and Services

Skiing (Downhill)  

Big Cottonwood Canyon: 

• Solitude (popular for all levels of skiing, punch & half day) 

• Brighton (best family ski location-free lifts for kids!) 

Little Cottonwood Canyon: 

• Snowbird (largest % of expert runs)  

• Alta (lower prices, skiers only)
  

Other:

• Park City Mountain Resort

• Deer Valley ($$, larger resorts) 

• The Canyons  

• Snowbasin (expensive; nice resort in Ogden)  

• Sundance in Provo

*Alta and Snowbird offer residents a discount on season passes. You must go to the GME office and get proof of student status and purchase your ticket before Labor Day. Also, if you are looking to purchase equipment, you may want to check out Gart Sports Ski-a-Grab sale the week before Labor Day! You can get great prices on last year model skis!

Skiing (Nordic)

• Solitude Nordic Center (well-groomed and scenic, fee; Big Cottonwood Canyon)
• White Pine Touring Center (groomed, pastoral setting, fee; Park City Golf Course)
• Sundance (machine-groomed and scenic, fee; Provo Canyon)

There are a multitude of wonderful trails in all the canyons. Among the most popular are Mill Creek Canyon (groomed weekly, follows road up canyon, small fee. Dogs allowed with restrictions); Mountain Dell Golf Course; Spruces Campground; This is the Place State Park; Rockport State Park (near Park City). Know what you are doing before setting out on your own; avalanches are common in these areas. There are avalanche safety classes available in the area as well.

Sledding

• Sugarhouse Park
• Donut Falls trailhead in Big Cottonwood Canyon
• Mountain Dell Golf Course in Parley’s Canyon
• Flat Iron Mesa Park in Sandy
• Gorgoza Park tubing facility (off I-80, Park City)