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Region in Utah, United States
Photo: Garrett from Salt Lake City, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Wasatch Range is a region of north central Utah consisting of the Wasatch Front and the Wasatch Back. The Wasatch Front is generally defined by the cities along the western side of the Wasatch Mountains, most of which are bordered to the west by either the Great Salt Lake or Utah Lake. At the center of the Wasatch Front is Salt Lake City, the state's largest city and capital. The majority of the state's population live in this region, with a population of more than 2.6 million (2018). The Wasatch Back consists of several valleys on the eastern side of the Wasatch Mountains.
The normal entry point to the Wasatch Front by air is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC).
Read in the guideThe availability of public transportation varies throughout the region, ranging from good (Salt Lake City) to sparse (southern Utah Valley). Car is the most common method of transport.
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home to Utah State University (USU); population 53,000.
generally considered the northernmost city of the Wasatch Front; population 20,000
center of the northern Wasatch Front; old industrial city and home to Weber State University; population 87,000
home of Lagoon Amusement Park
capital of the state, center of the LDS church and home of Temple Square, home to the University of Utah and site of Salt Lake City International Airport; population about 200,000
large mixed-use suburb southwest of Salt Lake City; population 140,000
a large suburban city due south of Salt Lake City; population 63,000 within city limits
mostly bedroom community in the southern portion of Salt Lake Valley, with a distinct commercial region; population 97,000
bedroom community at the southern end of Utah Valley, population 51,000
bedroom community between Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood Canyons, southeast of Salt Lake City, population 34,000
home to Thanksgiving Point; population 76,000
population 33,000
mixed-use suburb alongside Provo in the southern Wasatch Front and home to Utah Valley University (UVU); population 98,000
central city of the southern Wasatch Front and home to BYU; population 115,000
bedroom community just south of Provo, home to the Springville Museum of Art; population 35,000
home to the valley's main fairground; population 43,000
generally considered the southernmost town along the Wasatch Front; population 14,000
Main venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics and home of the Sundance Film Festival; population 8,400
It is incorporated as a town, but it is mostly a ski resort.
An island in the Great Salt Lake.
Natural attractions and ski resort.
one of the easiest ways to visit the Great Salt Lake's shore
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