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Things To Do in Alta: The Living Planet Aquarium #1 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
The Living Planet Aquarium
725 East 10600 South Sandy UT
~2.31 miles from Alta city center
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Living Planet Aquarium 725 East 10600 South Sandy, UT 84094 801-355-3474 Visit this exciting aquarium for educational exhibits and interactive displays exploring the world under the sea.
http://www.thelivingplanet.com
Things To Do in Alta: Alta Ski Lifts #2 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Alta Ski Lifts
11231 Sandy Gulch Rd Sandy UT - 801-572-3939
~2.33 miles from Alta city center
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late 1800s Alta was virtually treeless all available trees had been used for building buildings and as supports inside mines.
Things To Do in Alta: Taylor Rental Center #3 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Taylor Rental Center
10520 S 700 E Sandy UT - 801-571-2292
~2.35 miles from Alta city center
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Party Rentals, Tent Rentals, Equipment Rentals and Costume Rentals-Serving the needs of party and event, and tool and equipment.
http://www.taylorrental.com
Things To Do in Alta: Downtown Sandy #4 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Downtown Sandy (Neighborhood)
Sandy UT
~2.75 miles from Alta city center
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Things To Do in Alta: Downtown Midvale #5 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Downtown Midvale (Neighborhood)
Midvale UT
~5.60 miles from Alta city center
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Things To Do in Alta: Downtown Snowbird #6 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Downtown Snowbird (Neighborhood)
Snowbird UT
~8.97 miles from Alta city center
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Things To Do in Alta: Utah's Hogle Zoo #7 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Utah's Hogle Zoo
Salt Lake City UT
~9.17 miles from Alta city center
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Traveler Description: Family-friendly entertainment at affordable prices: this zoo features more than 1,100 animals fom all over the world. Attraction type: Zoo, Lake, Science museum, Other Activities: Walking Address: 2600 East Sunnyside Ave. Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Tel: 801-582-1631
Things To Do in Alta: Snowbird/Alta #8 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Snowbird/Alta
Alta UT
~11.10 miles from Alta city center
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Summer of 2006 marks the completion of a $5.6 million renovation to the Cliff Lodge that includes completely revamped rooms with new furnishings, flat screen televisions, bathroom tile, fixtures, art and free wireless internet access. In addition, the spa level rooms now offer Tempur-Pedic beds. Inside you’ll also find four outstanding restaurants, three lounges, the Cliff Spa and a variety of theme shops.
Things To Do in Alta: Sugar House Park #9 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Sugar House Park
Salt Lake City UT
~11.47 miles from Alta city center
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Sugar House Park, or Sugarhouse Park, is located between I-80, 2100 South, 1300 East, and 1700 East in Salt Lake City, Utah. The park is at the heart of the Sugar House neighborhood and is the site of a fireworks show and concert every Independence Day of the United States (July 4th) and a popular sledding location in the winter. The park was the location of Sugar House Prison, Utah's first state prison, until 1951 when the current prison was opened in Draper, Utah.
Things To Do in Alta: Downtown Lehi #10 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Downtown Lehi (Neighborhood)
Lehi UT
~11.97 miles from Alta city center
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Things To Do in Alta: This is the Place Heritage Park #11 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
This is the Place Heritage Park
Salt Lake City UT
~13.28 miles from Alta city center
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The This Is the Place Heritage Park is located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA at the foot of the Wasatch Range and near the mouth of Emigration Canyon. The location of the park is where, on July 24, 1847, Brigham Young first saw the Salt Lake Valley that would soon become the Mormon pioneers' new home. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe that Young had a vision shortly after they were exiled from Nauvoo, Illinois. In the vision, he saw the place where the Latter-day Saints would settle and "make the desert blossom like a rose" and where they would build their State of Deseret. View of the Salt Lake Valley from the original 1921 monument As the account goes, Brigham Young was very sick with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and was riding in the back of a wagon. After exiting Emigration Canyon and cresting a small hill, he asked to look out of the wagon. Those with him opened the canvas cover and propped him up so he could see the empty desert valley below. He then proclaimed, "It is enough. This is the right place. Drive on." The words, "this is the place," were soon heard throughout the wagon train as the Mormon pioneers descended into the valley, their long journey having come to an end. However well known this story is amongst the inhabitants of Utah, there is little to no recollection of this phrase in contemporary journals until Wilford Woodruff recorded it later in a personal journal. Over the next several years, tens of thousands of Mormon pioneers emerged from Emigration Canyon and first saw their new home from this same location. A Utah state holiday, Pioneer Day, occurs each year on July 24 to commemorate the Mormon pioneers' entry into the valley.
Things To Do in Alta: Rice Eccles Stadium #12 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Rice Eccles Stadium
Salt Lake City UT
~13.77 miles from Alta city center
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Rice–Eccles Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Mountain West Conference. It served as the main stadium for the 2002 Winter Olympics; the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held at the stadium, which was temporarily renamed "Rice–Eccles Olympic Stadium." When Salt Lake City was awarded the 2002 Winter Olympics in 1995, it was obvious that Rice Stadium was not suitable to serve as the main stadium. The concrete, timber and earth-fill facility had been built in 1927 and was showing its age. In 1996 U of U athletic director Chris Hill announced plans to rebuild Rice Stadium with a new facility that would be up to Olympic standards. It was initially expected to take three years to completely overhaul the facility. However, in 1997, Spencer Eccles, a Utah alumnus and chairman of Utah's biggest bank, First Security Corporation, announced that the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation would donate $10 million toward the project. In recognition of this gift, the U of U won permission from the Eccles family to add George Eccles' name to the stadium alongside that of Robert L. Rice, who had funded the original renovation project to Rice Stadium in 1972. Before it was called Rice Stadium, it was called Ute Stadium. In 1927, Ute Stadium opened with a Utah win over Colorado Mines. Immediately after the final home game on November 15, fittingly a 31–14 victory over Rice, most of Rice Stadium was demolished for the renovation. Only the south-end stands, built in 1982, remained. The stadium did not miss a football season, as the project was timed not to disrupt the 1997 home schedule. The new stadium was ready less than 10 months later for the 1998 home opener, a 45-22 win over Louisville on September 12. The stadium now seats 45,017 and has a 6 story press box.
Things To Do in Alta: Gilgal Sculpture Park #13 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Gilgal Sculpture Park
Salt Lake City UT
~13.94 miles from Alta city center
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The Gilgal Sculpture Garden is a small public city park, located at 749 East 500 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The park, which is filled with unusual symbolic statuary associated with Mormonism, notably to the Sphinx with Joseph Smith's head, was a labor of love designed and created by LDS businessman Thomas Battersby Child, Jr. (1888-1963) in his spare time. The park contains 12 original sculptures and over 70 stones engraved with scriptures, poems and literary texts. Gilgal Sculpture Garden is the only designated "visionary art environment" in the state of Utah.
Things To Do in Alta: Utah Museum of Fine Art #14 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Salt Lake City UT
~13.94 miles from Alta city center
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The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is Utah's primary resource for culture and visual arts. It is located in Salt Lake City, Utah on the University of Utah campus near Rice–Eccles Stadium. Works of art are displayed on a rotating basis. It is a university and state art museum. Today the Utah Museum of Fine Arts allows the public opportunities to experience different cultures from its extensive art collections. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is accredited by The American Association of Museums. It has a cafe and store located inside the building along with more than 20 galleries. Permanent art collections for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts include over 17,000 works of art. The different cultures represented include African, Oceanic and the New World, Asian, European, American, and the Ancient and Classical World.
Things To Do in Alta: Red Butte Garden and Arboreteum #15 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Red Butte Garden and Arboreteum
Salt Lake City UT
~13.99 miles from Alta city center
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Red Butte Garden and Arboretum is a botanical garden and arboretum operated by the University of Utah, in the foothills of the Wasatch Range in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. It is open year-round to the public. Red Butte Garden contains 18 acres (0.073 km2) of botanical gardens and several miles of hiking trails through native vegetation. The garden began in 1930, when Dr. Walter P. Cottam, co-founder of The Nature Conservancy and chairman of the Botany Department at the University of Utah, began using campus land for plant research. In 1961, the Utah legislature designated the University's campus landscape as the State Arboretum. In 1983, the University dedicated 100 acres (0.40 km2) at the mouth of Red Butte Canyon for a regional botanical garden.
Things To Do in Alta: Downtown Salt Lake City #16 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Downtown Salt Lake City (Neighborhood)
Salt Lake City UT
~14.04 miles from Alta city center
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Things To Do in Alta: Salt Lake Public Library Main Building #17 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Salt Lake Public Library Main Building
Salt Lake City UT
~14.10 miles from Alta city center
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The Salt Lake City Public Library system's main branch building is an architecturally unique structure in Salt Lake City, Utah. Located at 210 East 400 South across from the Salt Lake City and County Building and Washington Square, and the grounds around the building is sometimes referred to as Library Square. The Salt Lake City Public Library was originally housed in the Salt Lake City and County Building in 1898. Thanks to a donation of land and money by a John Quackenbos Packard in 1905, a new library was built at 15 S State Street which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This library remained in use until it outgrew the building in the early 1960s. The city library was then moved to a new home across from the City and County Building at the intersection of 500 S and 200 E. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on December 28, 1962, and the building was dedicated on October 30, 1964. In 1965, the old library was renovated into the Hansen Planetarium, funded by a donation of $400,000 from Beatrice M. Hansen.
Things To Do in Alta: Utah Museum of Natural History #18 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Utah Museum of Natural History
Salt Lake City UT
~14.16 miles from Alta city center
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The Utah Museum of Natural History (UMNH) is a museum located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The museum shows exhibits of natural history subjects, specifically about Utah's natural history. The mission of the museum is to illuminate the natural world and the place of humans within it.
Things To Do in Alta: University of Utah #19 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
University of Utah
Salt Lake City UT
~14.30 miles from Alta city center
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The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university 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. It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900. It is one of ten institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 90 graduate degree programs. Graduate studies include the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the School of Medicine, Utah's only medical school. As of 2008, there are 21,526 undergraduate students and 6,685 graduate students, with 85% coming from Utah and 7% coming from foreign countries. Just over 10% of students live on campus. The university's athletic teams, the Utes, participate in NCAA Division I athletics (FBS for football). Its football team has received national attention in recent years for winning the 2005 Fiesta Bowl and the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
Things To Do in Alta: Wells Fargo Center #20 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Wells Fargo Center
Salt Lake City UT
~14.43 miles from Alta city center
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The Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was built in 1998 and is the tallest skyscraper in Utah, standing 24 stories above street level and 400 feet (120 m) tall at roof level, 422 feet (129 m) at its highest point (does not include antena). The American Stores Tower was originally built as the corporate headquarters for American Stores (owners of Sav-on, Osco, Jewel grocery/pharmacy stores.) Shortly after completion, the company was acquired by Albertsons on August 3, 1998, and the building became known as the Delta Tower shortly thereafter. When Albertsons decided to move operations to the Hardware Building on 400 West near North Temple, the building was purchased by Wells Fargo Bank, and renamed to its current name.
Things To Do in Alta: Salt Palace Convention Center #21 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City UT
~14.57 miles from Alta city center
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The Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center, known as the Salt Palace is a convention center in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is named after Utah's 11th Governor, Calvin L. Rampton. The current convention center boasts 515,000 square feet (47,800 m2) of exhibit space, 164,000 square feet (15,200 m2) of meeting space including a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) grand ballroom, and 66 meeting rooms. The Salt Palace served as the Olympic Media Center during the 2002 Winter Olympics. In honor of the "founding father" of Salt Lake's convention and tourism business, as well as Utah's proactive economic development efforts, the Utah State Legislature overwhelmingly voted to officially change the name of the Salt Palace Convention Center to the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center in the fall of 2007.
Things To Do in Alta: Capitol Theater #22 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Capitol Theater
Salt Lake City UT
~14.57 miles from Alta city center
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The Capitol Theatre home of Ballet West, Utah Opera and the Broadway across America series is a pretty cool space that seats about 1,800. If you get a chance to see a live performance here I'd recommend it. Built between 1900 and 1910 the Capitol is one of the older buildings downtown. The inside has been re-done in a way that has tastefully modernized it and left its historic authenticity intact.
#23 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Gateway Mall
400 West 200 South Salt Lake City UT
~14.69 miles from Alta city center
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Things To Do in Alta: Beehive House #24 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Beehive House
Salt Lake City UT
~14.81 miles from Alta city center
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The Beehive House is one of the two official residences of Brigham Young, an early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). The Beehive House gets its name from the Beehive sculpture atop the house. It was designed by Young's brother-in-law and architect of the Salt Lake Temple, Truman O. Angell, who later designed Young's other residence, the Lion House. The Beehive house was constructed in 1854, two years before the Lion House. The Lion House is adjacent to the Beehive House, and both homes are one block east of the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square on the street South Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is constructed of adobe and sandstone. Young was a polygamist, and the Beehive House was designed to accommodate him and his wives and his children by them. As Young's family grew, the Lion House was built to accommodate them and became his official residence after its construction. Upon completion of the Lion House, Young's wife Lucy Ann Decker Young (1822-1890) and her children were the primary occupants of Beehive House. The Beehive House served as the executive mansion of the Territory of Utah from 1852 to 1855 and was where Young entertained important guests. After Young's death, it served as the residence of two subsequent Church Presidents, Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith, both of whom died in the mansion. Smith, who died in 1918, was the last LDS President to practice polygamy, living with four remaining wives at the time of his death. A beehive atop the mansion was used by Young to represent industry, an important concept in Mormonism. In fact, prior to statehood, the territorial government requested that the state be named Deseret, another word for "Honeybee" according to Latter-day Saint belief. Instead, the United States government chose to name the state Utah, after the Ute Indians, though the beehive was later incorporated into the state's official emblem. The Young family maintained the home for a period of time after Young's death, but eventually sold the house to the LDS Church. After this time it was used as the official home of Church Presidents, later as the home economics wing of Latter-day Saint University, and then a dormitory for young women. The Young Women's organization of the Church also rented out rooms in the home for wedding receptions. Under Church ownership, the Beehive House, at 67 E. South Temple, was restored in 1960. It is now a historic house museum with period furnishings to depict the Young family's life in the mid 1800s.
Things To Do in Alta: Lion House #25 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Lion House
Salt Lake City UT
~14.82 miles from Alta city center
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The Lion House was built in 1856 by Brigham Young in Salt Lake City, Utah to accommodate his family of approximately 27 women and 56 children. Truman O. Angell, Brigham Young's brother-in-law, who designed the Salt Lake City Temple was also involved in the design of this home, which got its name from the statue of a lion over the front entrance, made by William Ward. The house is situated at 63 East South Temple, near the corner of South Temple and State Street just one block east of Temple Square. It is adjacent to Young's other official residence, the Beehive House. Brigham Young died in the Lion House in 1877.
Things To Do in Alta: Clark Planetarium #26 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Clark Planetarium
Salt Lake City UT
~14.82 miles from Alta city center
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The Clark Planetarium is situated within the Gateway District at the intersection of 400 West and 100 South in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The Clark Planetarium opened in April 2003, replacing the historic Hansen Planetarium under a grant from the Clark Foundation in cooperation with Salt Lake County. This theater is the first "pitless" digital dome planetarium in the USA. The dome is a 55-foot (16.8 m) perforated aluminum dome manufactured by Astro-tec Manufacturing Inc. The theater seats 205 and features individual interactive seat button controls. Designed around Evans & Sutherland's Digistar 3 planetarium system, six high resolution projectors mounted behind the dome at the cove line (the bottom perimeter of the dome) work together, each "blending" its edges to form a single seamless video stream over the entire dome. A specially tuned 13,000 watt sound system with 5.1 surround sound and 21 speakers is installed behind the screen. Shows in this hemispherical theater cover a variety of space-related themes, from fully immersive 3D productions to live-narrated current events programs to family shows to music entertainment performance. Clark Planetarium Productions is one of the few informal science education institutions with the resources to create and distribute its own fulldome animation content. This planetarium features an IMAX certified big screen theater. The ATK IMAX at Clark Planetarium is dedicated to a science and nature emphasis but occasionally includes entertainment-oriented films in the evening. Daily shows feature both 3D and 2D films.
Things To Do in Alta: Joseph Smith Memorial Building #27 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Joseph Smith Memorial Building
Salt Lake City UT
~14.83 miles from Alta city center
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The Joseph Smith Memorial Building is named in honor of Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City. Previously the Hotel Utah, it is now an administrative building. On January 03, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic The corner of Main Street and South Temple has long been important in Utah history. Prior to construction of the Hotel Utah in 1909-11, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' general tithing office, bishop's storehouse, and the Deseret News printing plant were located on the site. Work on the Second Renaissance Revival style hotel, designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm of Parkinson and Bergstrom, began in June 1909. Two years later, on June 9, 1911, the Hotel Utah opened for business. While the LDS church was the primary stockholder, many Mormon and non-Mormon community and business leaders also purchased stock in the effort to provide the city with a first-class hotel. "The largest and finest bar in the West [was built] in the basement of the Hotel" to pay off a $2M construction loan. The financing was secured by Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley, from New York financier Charles Baruch. But the scheme obviously required the sales of hard liquor. When informed of building a bar, “President [Joseph F.] Smith went through the ceiling; which was it to be, the word of Wisdom or fiscal soundness?" In the end, President Smith capitulated. The ten-story building has a concrete and steel structure and is covered with white glazed terra cotta and brick. Various additions and remodelings have occurred throughout the years, including a substantial expansion to the north and modifications to the roof-top dining facilities. The building ceased operations as a hotel in August 1987. A major remodeling and adaptive reuse project to accommodate both community and church functions was completed in 1993. Church leader Gordon B. Hinckley chose the name when he observed that there were many monuments to pioneer leader and Utah founder Brigham Young, but none to Joseph Smith.
Things To Do in Alta: Abravanel Hall #28 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Abravanel Hall
123 West South Temple Salt Lake City UT - (801) 355-2787
~14.87 miles from Alta city center
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Abravanel Hall is home to the Utah Symphony and part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts. Adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple Street this architectural masterpiece has become a landmark.
http://www.finearts.slco.org/facilities/abravanel/abravanel.html
Things To Do in Alta: Salt Lake Assembly Hall #29 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Salt Lake Assembly Hall
Salt Lake City UT
~14.90 miles from Alta city center
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The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is one of the buildings owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the southwest corner of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is a Victorian Gothic congregation hall. Rough granite walls are laid out in cruciform style making the hall's exterior look like a small gothic cathedral. Twenty-four spires mark the perimeter of the building's footprint and a tower rises from the intersection of the floor plan's apparent crucifix. The cruciform layout is complemented by Stars of David circumscribed high above each entrance. These symbolize an LDS perception that they are a re-gathering of Biblical Tribes of Israel. However, the deceptively gothic exterior conceals a more modern interior lacking vaulted ceilings. Although built of quartz monzonite rock from the same quarry as the Salt Lake City Temple, the Assembly Hall's unhewn exterior looks much different. The stones for the Assembly Hall were not cut as exactingly as the Temple's. This accounts for the building's dark, rough texture and the broader masonry joints between stones. Seagull Monument sits directly in front of the building to the east.
Things To Do in Alta: Salt Lake Temple #30 of 30 Things To Do in Alta
Salt Lake Temple
Salt Lake City UT
~14.91 miles from Alta city center
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The Salt Lake Temple is the largest (of more than 130 around the world) and best-known temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the sixth temple built by the church overall, and the fourth operating temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois. The Salt Lake Temple is the centerpiece of the 10 acre (40,000 m²) Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. Although there are no public tours inside the temple (because it is considered sacred by the church and its members, a temple recommend is required), the temple grounds are open to the public and are a popular tourist attraction. Due to its location at LDS Church headquarters and its historical significance, it is patronized much by Latter-day Saints from many parts of the world. The Salt Lake Temple is also the location of the weekly meetings of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.[1] As such, there are special meeting rooms in the Salt Lake Temple for these purposes, including the Holy of Holies, which are not present in other temples. The official name of the Salt Lake Temple is also unique. In the early 2000s, as the building of LDS temples accelerated dramatically, the Church announced a formal naming convention for all existing and future temples. For temples located in the United States and Canada, the name of the temple is generally the city or town in which the temple is located, followed by the name of the applicable state or province (with no comma). For temples outside of the U.S. and Canada, the name of the temple is generally the city name (as above) followed by the name of the country. However, for reasons on which the Church did not elaborate (possibly due to the historical significance and worldwide prominence of the temple), the Salt Lake Temple was granted an exception to the new rule and thus avoided being renamed the Salt Lake City Utah Temple. The Temple is intended to evoke the Temple of Solomon at Jerusalem. It is oriented towards Jerusalem and the large basin used as a baptismal font is mounted on the backs of twelve oxen as was the brazen sea in Solomon's Temple.




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