
Thank you for visiting our "Welcome to Salt Lake City page".
Salt Lake City is the "Crossroads of the West" with easy assess to national parks and countless recreational excursions and adventures. The city is a regional center for government, culture, and the arts. Visitors enjoy great shopping, hundreds of restaurants, NBA Utah Jazz basketball and other professional sports, free Mormon Tabernacle Choir concerts, the largest Genealogical Libray in the World and more!
Salt Lake lies in a mountain valley with the Wasatch Mountains to the east and north rising above the city to 11,000 feet. The Oquirrh Mountains border the western edge of the valley and rise to 9,500 feet. Salt Lake's official elevation is 4,330 feet above sea level. Salt Lake enjoys four distinct seasons.
Attractions in the Salt Lake City area include:
� Home of the largest genealogical library on earth
� Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics
� Home of the world renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir
� LDS Temple Square (Joseph Smith Building, LDS Conference Center, Assembly Hall, Tabernacle, etc.)
� Conference will be two blocks away from two major shopping centers: ZCMI Center and Crossroads Plaza
� Utah's Museum of Fine Art at University of Utah
� University of Utah Natural History Museum
� Cathedral of the Madeleine
� Off Broadway Theatre
� Historic Trolley Square
� Hansen Planetarium
� Utah's Hogle Zoo
� Factory Stores (Outlet Shopping) at Park City
� Ballet West
� Bingham Copper Mine (World's largest open pit mine)
More informaion about Salt Lake City can be obtained by visiting the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau at:http://saltlake.org or by phone 801.521.2822.