Granite Mountain, Salt Lake City

#163 among attractions in Salt Lake City

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite its name, Granite Mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance, physical characteristics, and chemical composition. This is the same material used to construct the Salt Lake Temple and the facade of the LDS Conference Center. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 40°34'23"N, 111°45'47"W

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Granite Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Little Cottonwood Canyon, Lone Peak, Pfeifferhorn, Old Mill Golf Course.

2.9 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City
75 min walk • Little Cottonwood Canyon lies within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest along the eastern side of the Salt Lake Valley, roughly 15 miles from Salt Lake City, Utah. The canyon is part of Granite, a CDP and "Community Council" designated by Salt Lake County.
3.2 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture
Lone Peak, Salt Lake City
82 min walk • Lone Peak, a mountain peak southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States is the center of the Lone Peak Wilderness, established in 1978.
4.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture
Pfeifferhorn, Lone Peak Wilderness
105 min walk • The Pfeifferhorn is the 11,331 feet triangularly-shaped peak located in the most isolated part of the Lone Peak Wilderness Area of the Wasatch Mountains in northern Utah, United States.
5 miNW
40°38'20"N • 111°48'11"W
Old Mill Golf Course, Salt Lake City
128 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
6.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture
Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City
156 min walk • Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range 12 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The 15-mile-long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping and fishing in the summer.
6.5 miSW
Park
Draper Historical Park, Salt Lake City
165 min walk • The Draper Park School, at 12441 South 900 East in Draper, Utah, is a Classical Revival style building that was built in 1912 and extended later. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was named after Dr. John R. Park who, early in his career, was a school teacher in Draper.
4.2 miNW
Reportedly haunted, Vernacular architecture
Cottonwood Paper Mill, Salt Lake City
107 min walk • The Cottonwood Paper Mill is an abandoned stone structure located at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was built in 1883 by the Deseret News under the direction of Henry Grow.
4.9 miW
40°34'53"N • 111°51'18"W
Sandy Amphitheater, Salt Lake City
124 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
2.2 miW
Romanesque revival architecture
Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio
56 min walk • The Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio is a historic building in Sandy, Utah. It was built in 1903-1905 as a meeting house for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and designed in the Romanesque Revival architectural style. It was acquired by sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks in 1966, and remodelled as his art studio.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Mountain
Twin Peaks, Salt Lake City
65 min walk • Twin Peaks is an American television series, running from 1990 to 1991; and in 2017. Twin Peaks may also refer...
6.3 miNW
Tudor Revival architecture
Ray F. and Ethel Smith House
161 min walk • The Ray F. and Ethel Smith House, at 1697 E. Vine St. in Murray, Utah, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. It is a one-and-a-half-story "English Tudor period revival cottage" built in 1937, associated with early farming families in the area.