Express Shuttle costs $8(one-way) from the airport to downtown hotels. Bus stops are located in the parking structure between Terminals 1 and 2. THe Utah Transit Authority runs a bus from the airport to the city center every day for $2.25 one way. The fare is $2.50 and trains will run every 15 minutes.
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Riders can board at the station and Welcome Center just outside terminal one. Travel to and from Salt Lake City can be either direct or through a number of other international airports around the United States.Īs of April 2014, the TRAX light rall line will run from the airport to downtown Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City boasts a large international airport, welcoming 20 million passengers from around the world in 2012 alone. Areas of Utah primarily range from arid to semi-arid, with the exception of the higher elevation areas in the Wasatch that benefit from the lake effect. The Uinta Mountains (highest peak 13,258 ft/4123 m) run east to west. The Wasatch Mountain Range (highest peak is 11,928 ft/3,636 m) runs down the center of northern Utah and hosts world-famous ski resorts. Sandstone formations dominate the southern landscape, creating spectacular natural arches, mesas, buttes and vistas. It hosts three unique geologic regions: the Colorado Plateau, the Great Basin, and the Rocky Mountains. The primary economic industries in Utah include mining, outdoor recreation, tourism, transportation, services, and information technology and research.
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Utah, whose name is derived from one of its first native residents, the Ute tribe, is the fastest growing state in the United States and was rated in 2012 as the “best state to live in” by Money magazine. The city is easily explored on foot, by bicycle, or by using the TRAX public transit system.Ĭlick he re to go to an interactive map of the city. There is ample access to hospitals and places of worship. The local music scene is very diverse, with a variety of venues supporting local music nightly. The City Creek Center area, located just across from the Convention Center, is the downtown arts hub, and has several theaters and galleries. Museums include the LDS Church History Museum, the Clark Planetarium, the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, a Natural History Museum, and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Salt Lake has every amenity a traveler could need. October average temperatures range from a daytime high of 65 ☏/18 ☌ to an evening low of 46 ☏ /6 ☌.
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Temperatures remain warm enough for comfortable outdoor recreation. In the fall, nearby canyons are filled with the vibrant colors of aspen groves and other trees. Several Lake Bonneville shorelines can be distinctly seen on the foothills or benches of nearby mountains. The Salt Lake Valley floor is the ancient lakebed of Lake Bonneville, which existed at the end of the last Ice Age. The highest summit visible from Salt Lake City is Twin Peaks, which reaches 11,330 feet (3454 m). It is bordered by the Great Salt Lake to the northwest and by the steep Wasatch and Oquirrh mountain ranges to the east and west, respectively. The city is located in the northeast corner of the Salt Lake Valley. Salt Lake City is 4,327 feet (1,320 m) above sea level. Salt Lake is best known for hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics, serving as the international home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and having strong outdoor recreation and tourism industries. Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah, has a metropolitan area population of about 1 million.
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