| TOP SALT LAKE CITY AREA ATTRACTIONS |
| Hogle Zoo |
| The Hogle Zoo is a zoo located in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the state's largest zoo, containing a variety of animals from different ecosystems. The zoo lies across the mouth of Emigration Canyon from This Is The Place Heritage Park
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| Wheeler Historic Farm |
| The Farm is a restoration of the turn-of-the-century dairy farm of Henry J. Wheeler. Maintaining the farm presents to the public the history of Utah family agriculture. It is a representation of the rural lifestyle in Salt Lake County from 1890-1920 and presents the best farming methods of the Progressive Era. Historic demonstrations and exhibits are just a few of the things that will take you back in time. Here you may discover the old time farm lifestyle once common for most families in Utah but which is now largely past and gone.
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| Liberty Park |
| The largest and most central property of the city's public park system, this 80 acre playground offers recreational activities for all. Children applaud the Children's Garden and boating pond, playground, amusement park and snack bar. Older visitors enjoy the swimming pool and the tennis park's 16 lighted courts. Recent developments have added a well-conceived interactive map that uses pools and fountains to depict the topography of Utah. Liberty Park is also home to the ever-popular Tracy Aviary, the Chase Mill and the Chase Home Museum of Folk Art.
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| Kennecott Copper Mine |
| Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (KUCC) is a mining, smelting, and refining company. Its corporate headquarters are located in Magna, Utah, USA. Kennecott operates the largest open-pit copper mine in the world in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah. The company was first formed as 1898 as the Boston Consolidated Mining Company. The company first used the name Kennecott in 1936. The current corporation was formed in 1989.
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| Red Butte Gardens |
| 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 (72,844 m²) of botanical gardens and several miles of hiking trails through native vegetation. |
| The Tracy Aviary |
| Tracy Aviary is located on eight acres of land in the heart of Salt Lake City. A charitable act by Salt Lake City banker Russell Lord Tracy founded Tracy Aviary when he donated his private bird collection to Salt Lake City and its children. Open to the public since 1938, Tracy Aviary maintains a collection of approximately 400 birds representing about 135 species. Many of these birds are considered rare or endangered.
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| Children's Museum of Utah |
| The Children‘s Museum of Utah was founded in 1978 by a group of dedicated parents, educators, and community leaders who all believed that children learn best by doing. Driven by a deep desire to make a difference, this group of founders spearheaded the development of the original Children‘s Museum of Utah. But The Children‘s Museum of Utah was really just the first chapter. |
| Antelope Island |
| Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (68 km²), is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the Western United States.[1] The island lies entirely within Davis County, in the southeastern portion of the lake and becomes a peninsula when the lake is at extremely low levels. Antelope Island holds populations of pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, 600 American Bison and millions of waterfowl. The Bison were introduced to the island in 1893, and have proven to be a valuable genetic pool for Bison breeding and conservation purposes. |
| EnergySolutions Arena |
| The EnergySolutions Arena is an indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States owned by Larry H. Miller. The arena seats 19,911 for basketball, has 56 luxury suites, and 668 club seats. Opened in 1991, the Arena was known as the Delta Center until EnergySolutions purchased the naming rights, effective November 20, 2006. The EnergySolutions Arena is the home of the NBA's Utah Jazz.
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| Rice Eccles Stadium |
| Rice-Eccles Stadium is the football stadium for the University of Utah Utes, located on the university's campus in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was originally built in 1927 at a cost of $133,000. The 2002 Winter Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held at the stadium, renamed temporarily as "Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium." The stadium also hosted the massive Day of Celebration in July 2005. |
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