Wasatch Range

Cities

The cities along the Wasatch Range are grouped into valleys. (Listed in geographical order from north to south.)

Cache Valley

• Logan – home to Utah State University (USU); population 53,000.

Northern Wasatch Front

• Brigham City – generally considered the northernmost city of the Wasatch Front; population 20,000
• Ogden – center of the northern Wasatch Front; old industrial city and home to Weber State University; population 87,000
• Layton – rapidly-growing bedroom community south of Ogden, near Hill Air Force Base; population 82,000
• Farmington – home of Lagoon Amusement Park
• Bountiful – suburb north of Salt Lake City; population 46,000

Salt Lake Valley

• Salt Lake City – capital of the state, center of the LDS church and home of Temple Square, home to the University of Utah and site of Salt Lake City International Airport; population about 200,000
• West Valley City – large mixed-use suburb southwest of Salt Lake City; population 140,000
• Millcreek – a large suburban city due south of Salt Lake City; population 63,000 within city limits
• Murray – mixed-use suburb near the center of the valley; population 51,000
• West Jordan – rapidly-growing mixed-use suburb west of Sandy; population 117,000
• Sandy – mostly bedroom community in the southern portion of Salt Lake Valley, with a distinct commercial region; population 97,000
• Draper – bedroom community at the southern end of Utah Valley, population 51,000
• Cottonwood Heights - bedroom community between Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood Canyons, southeast of Salt Lake City, population 34,000

Utah Valley

• Lehi – home to Thanksgiving Point; population 76,000
• American Fork – population 33,000
• Orem – mixed-use suburb alongside Provo in the southern Wasatch Front and home to Utah Valley University (UVU); population 98,000
• Provo – central city of the southern Wasatch Front and home to BYU; population 115,000
• Springville – bedroom community just south of Provo, home to the Springville Museum of Art; population 35,000
• Spanish Fork – home to the valley's main fairground; population 43,000
• Payson – home to Peteetneet Academty; population 21,000
• Santaquin – generally considered the southernmost town along the Wasatch Front; population 14,000

Snyderville Basin

Snyderville Basin in east of Salt Lake City through Parley's Canyon.

• Park City – Main venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics and home of the Sundance Film Festival; population 8,400

Heber Valley

Heber Valley is south of Snyderville Basin and east of Utah Valley. It can be accessed from Utah Valley via Provo Canyon.

• Heber – Near three large reservoirs, Jordanelle, Deer Creek, and Strawberry; population 17,000
• Midway – Soldier Hollow was the site of the 2002 Olympics cross-country skiing; population 6,000

Other destinations

• Alta – It is incorporated as a town, but it is mostly a ski resort.
• Antelope Island – An island in the Great Salt Lake.
• Provo Canyon and Sundance – Natural attractions and ski resort.
• Great Salt Lake State Park – one of the easiest ways to visit the Great Salt Lake's shore

Get in

The normal entry point to the Wasatch Front by air is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC).

I-15 runs the entire length of the Wasatch Front (north-south).

I-80 cuts through Salt Lake Valley and Snyderville Basin (west-east).

Get around

The availability of public transportation varies throughout the region, ranging from good (Salt Lake City) to sparse (southern Utah Valley). Car is the most common method of transport. Within the Salt Lake Valley, the Trax light-rail system goes to most destinations.