Mount Van Cott, Salt Lake City

Name: Mount Van Cott
Address: Salt Lake City, United States

#107 among attractions in Salt Lake City

Nature, Natural attraction, Vernacular architecture, Mountain

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Mount Van Cott is a mountain located in the Wasatch Mountain Range immediately east of the University of Utah with an elevation of 6,351 feet. The mountain is a common spot for hikers as well as mountain bikers and has many access trails. The east side of the University of Utah offers direct access to trails to the summit. Most trails to the summit branch off of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The most obvious of these trails is a scar on the mountain that is located on its southwestern flank. The mountain is named after Lucy May Van Cott, the first dean of women at the University of Utah and daughter of John Van Cott. ()

Elevation: 6351 ftProminence: 28 ftCoordinates: 40°46'54"N, 111°49'26"W

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Mount Van Cott – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, George S. Eccles 2002 Legacy Bridge, Natural History Museum of Utah, Fort Douglas.

1 miS
Garden, Park, View point
Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Salt Lake City
27 min walk • Red Butte Garden and Arboretum consists of a botanical garden, arboretum, and amphitheatre operated by the University of Utah, in the foothills of the Wasatch Range in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It is open year-round to the public.
1.3 miSW
Bridge
George S. Eccles 2002 Legacy Bridge, Salt Lake City
34 min walk • The George S. Eccles 2002 Legacy Bridge is a pedestrian bridge on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The bridge was complete in 2001.
1.2 miS
Museum, Natural history museum, History museum
Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City
32 min walk • The Natural History Museum of Utah is a museum located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The museum shows exhibits of natural history subjects, with an emphasis on Utah and the Intermountain West. The mission of the museum is to illuminate the natural world and the place of humans within it.
1.2 miSW
Museum, Forts and castles
Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City
31 min walk • Camp Douglas was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah, to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route. In 1878, the post was renamed Fort Douglas.
1.2 miSW
Botanical garden
State Arboretum of Utah, Salt Lake City
30 min walk • The State Arboretum of Utah is an arboretum located across the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as on an additional site at Red Butte Garden and Arboretum.