Salt Lake County Tourism

You’re ready to get out of town, but you need a new place to go. Tired of Hawaii (again)? You need to find something new. And your new vacation can be Salt Lake County – contains Salt Lake City where you can check out where the Olympics once were, or to find some great skiing. Yes, Utah is about more than just Mormons.

Cities in Salt Lake County

If you’re looking for ways to keep your family entertained on vacation, you have plenty of cities from which to choose in Salt Lake County. Whether you decide to stick in one city or you travel around, you might want to start in a smaller town since that will be cheaper on your budget. That way, you can blow all of your money on the hills.

• Alta
• Bluffdale
• Cottonwood Heights
• Draper
• Herriman
• Holladay
• Midvale
• Murray
• Riverton
• Salt Lake City
• Sandy
• South Jordan
• South Salt Lake
• Taylorsville
• West Jordan
• West Valley City

Take time to review all of the hotels and motels in the area, to be certain you have a place that can take care of your basic needs, while also giving you some amenities that will remind you that you’re on vacation. Think free DSL or cable.

Things to Do in Salt Lake City

Since you’ll probably spend most of your time in Salt Lake City, here are some the tourist highlights everyone will ask about anyway when you get home.

• Church History Museum
• Salt Lake City Main Library
• Salt Lake City and County Building
• Utah State Capitol
• Sugar House
• Grand America Hotel
• Hogle Zoo
• Clark Planetarium
• Utah Museum of Natural History
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts
• Rice Eccles Olympic Stadium
• The Living Planet Aquarium

You might want to do the educational things first so that you have something smart to tell people when you get home, but then start shopping and going to the nightclubs later on so you actually have a good time too.

No matter why you need to get away from it all, Salt Lake County is the place to turn when you want something different, and you don’t want to be bored. Oh, and yes, traveling to visit the Mormon church is always an option. Now THAT would make for a great story when you get home.