Location: Salt Lake City
Top Things to do in Salt Lake City
Top Restaurants in Salt Lake City
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Salt Lake City, Utah (UT)
Known for the stunning backdrop afforded by the towering Wasatch Mountains –
and the endless opportunities for outdoor recreation they provide – Salt Lake offers
visitors a uniquely vibrant and dynamic urban experience. As one of North America’s
most accessible destinations, Utah’s capital city offers year-round excitement and
activities for the entire family, alongside a contemporary edginess and vitality that’s
helped the “new” Salt Lake become a renowned culinary destination.
Restaurants in Salt Lake City
1. The Salt Lake Masonic Temple
2. Salt Lake City Cemetery
3. Temple Square
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5,021 reviews
Dominated by a magnificent six-spired temple, the square is the symbolic heart of the worldwide Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints.
Reviewed By R5238KCsilviam
Short, informative tours are offered every few minutes in different languages and I highly recommend taking one. In addition to walking through the beautiful grounds with lovely flower beds, great architecture and art, we were able to enter the Tabernacle and listen to an organ concert.
4. The Tabernacle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,318 reviews
Home to the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Tabernacle Organ.
Reviewed By W7418DStinak
We attended the weekly Sunday morning service of the Music and the Word, where believers of all faiths are warmly welcomed to immerse themselves in the glorious and inspiring music of the Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra. What a fabulous way to spend 30 minutes on a Sunday morning! Do not miss this!
5. Wheeler Historic Farm
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 209 reviews
A working historic farm!
Reviewed By tallred6 - Midvale, United States
We LOVE coming here to go on a stroll past the farm animals, get a ride on a tractor around the property, or to just stroll by the stream and ice ponds. Great all seasons of the year, and a wonderful chance for photos.
6. Governor's Mansion
7. Joseph Smith Memorial Building
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 674 reviews
Building owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, housing two restaurants, a small movie theater and a variety of banquet halls for rent.
Reviewed By LuckyBarber - Toronto, Canada
To reiterate the subject title, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building is an extravagant, luxurious, posh Building to behold; a treat for your visual senses. Indeed, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building is sublimely beautiful both in it elegant exterior design, as well as for its noble, high-class, epicurean interior decor, design, and amenities. We were told by its internal Guide that in its glorious, century-old past, it served as a hotel, and hosted USA Presidents, and assorted entertainment-industry celebrities. Today, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building is a public venue and lounge, and an "active museum" of sorts. When you visit the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, please make it a point to go to the top floor. You will thus be treated to sublime, uninterrupted views of the Temple Square, and of the Temple itself. The view is spell-binding; it will render you speechless and breathless. Moreover, the panoramic view of the top floor affords you the vista of the expansive downtown Salt Lake City core. When you properly plan your itinerary -- and to mark any special personal occasion that you desire to bless with lush gallantry -- you may elect to dine at the top-floor "The Garden Restaurant." You may dine at a window-side table that extends to you the aforementioned beautiful view of the Temple, Temple Square, and downtown Salt Lake City. The Garden Restaurant on the top floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building renders an experience at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building truly unique and special. The Joseph Smith Memorial Building is exclusively beautiful and calming, and most assuredly worthy of your time to visit, behold, dine, and experience. I will return to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building as my personal "go to" venue whenever I am in Salt Lake City to dine at The Garden Restaurant with my girlfriend to further treat her like a Princess, and to properly set the regal mood of my sojourn to Salt Lake City.
8. Utah State Capitol
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,510 reviews
Seat of state government and striking architectural landmark.
Reviewed By W7418DStinak
We had no time to actually go inside the capitol building, but we walked the grounds and took lots of pictures. The day was stellar, so the views of the SLC area were stunning. The visitor center, immediately across the street, had lots of free brochures, maps, and travel guides for all of Utah, as well lots of awesome and affordable gifts and collectibles.
9. Brigham Young Monument and Meridian Marker
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
This monument honoring Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church, is also the starting point of the city's street numbering system.
Reviewed By 866TaylorB - Chicago, United States
When my wife and I first visited Salt Lake City several years ago, I recall the strange feeling I had when, after touring the Beehive House, one of Brigham Young's official residences, the tour guide didn't volunteer to inform us where the man who led the Mormons' exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley and was the first President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was buried. In fact, the site is just around the corner from the Beehive House. Since then, a lot of things have changed. The Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument or the Brigham Young Monument and Meridian Marker, also known as the Brigham Young Cemetery, is located at Main and South Temple Streets in Salt Lake City. Just 11 persons were buried in the cemetery, all family members. It was dedicated as a memorial park to the Mormon pioneers in 1974, which was the 173rd anniversary of Brigham Young's birth. The park was redesigned and restored in 2000 and features a beautiful entrance way. Among those buried in the cemetery are Brigham Young and his legal, non-plural wife, Mary Angell; Eliza Snow, who was sealed to Mormon founder Joseph Smith; Joseph Young, the first son of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell; Alice Young Clawson, the fourth child of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angell; Lucy Ann Decker, Brigham Young's first polygamous wife; and Mary Van Cott Young, Brigham Young's 51st wife.
10. Salt Lake Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,617 reviews
The original granite temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Reviewed By prchearing
The Salt Lake Temple is a very special and beautiful place. The building is magnificent, and its history is fascinating. It was built by pioneers who had been driven out of the United States and established their home in the desert valley of the Rocky Mountains. The massive stones for the building were cut from a granite quarry in the canyons and hauled by ox cart. What an amazing feat. The grounds are always beautiful, and the Christmas lights are spectacular! However, I think the best feature of this place is the sweet peaceful feeling that rests on you when you enter. The temple and the grounds are expected to be closed for four year for refurbishment.
