Salt Lake City Attractions

Park City Mountain
Park City Utah was the official venue for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Unlike Deer Valley Resort, Park City Mountain features skiing and snowboarding along with tubing, sledding, and a host of other activities. With over 360 inches of snow each year, Park City Mountain is a family friendly resort with something for every member of the family. Listed on SKI Magazine’s top 10 family resorts in North America, Park City Mountain offers more than 3,300 acres of terrain, 107 designated trails (17% Beginner Terrain, 51% Intermediate Terrain, 32% Advanced Terrain), 750 acres of bowl skiing and riding, and four terrain parks.

Temple Square Salt Lake City
Temple Square Salt Lake City is Utah's most popular tourist destination, hosting several million visitors a year on its 10-acre block. Located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, Temple Square has nearly 20 Mormon heritage attractions within three city blocks.

Visitors to Temple Square can take a 45-minute free tour of the square beginning at the center flagpole every 5-10 minutes, or take a self-guided tour with the information we provided below on Temple Square’s most popular buildings and monuments.

UTA Trax Lightrail
The Utah Transit Authority's 19.5-mile UTA TRAX light rail system currently features three rail lines originating in the heart of Salt Lake City at Salt Lake Central Station. The UTA Frontrunner train heads north out of Salt Lake City on the purple route. The red University TRAX Line travels east, connecting passengers to the University of Utah and University Medical Center, and the blue, Salt Lake/Sandy Line heads south, connecting you to Sandy Utah and The Hansen House! UTA Utah has extension plans to add four more lines to this system, including an airport connector. Two extensions are currently under construction, both heading west from South Salt Lake and Sandy Utah respectively.

Heber Valley Historic Railroad
Heber Valley is a gorgeous backcountry, rural wilderness area located between the Wasatch and Uinta mountain ranges. Spotted with lakes, trout streams and golf courses, Heber Valley is a dairy and mining community that also enjoys year-round visitors who come to area because of its unique beauty and ideal location only 20 miles south of  the Park City Utah Ski area, 50 miles southeast of Salt Lake City Attractions and 36 miles southeast of The 1887 Hansen House.

The Living Planet Aquarium
The Living Planet Aquarium was founded in 1997 by marine biologist Brent Andersen. Opened in 2004 as a temporary exhibit in the Gateway Mall, the Preview Exhibit of The Living Planet Aquarium was a 10,000 square foot exhibit featuring freshwater animals and marine life. Popularity was so high that the exhibit relocated to Sandy Utah in the summer of 2006. Just down the road from the Hansen House in Salt Lake Utah, this 43,000 square foot Utah Aquarium is a must-see during your Utah vacation. The Aquarium Sandy Utah now enjoys 250,000 visitors per year and features many educational and community oriented programs.

Clark Planetarium
The Salt Lake City Clark Planetarium, originally named the Hansen Planetarium, opened in 1965 as a cutting-edge space science education center. With expansions and program additions in 2003, Clark Planetarium replaced the historic Hansen Planetarium and became a nationwide leader in star show production and space education.
Exhibits
The Clark Planetarium features 19 free exhibits within its 15,000 square-foot facility. “Science on a Sphere” (SOS) is one of the planetarium’s newest exhibits. SOS is a computer animated globe by NOAA that projects video image sequence sets into the globe including Earth’s weather systems, plate tectonics, ocean temperatures and the Earth at night. “Newton’s Daydream” is an audio-kinetic sculpture by artist George Rhoads.

Deer Valley Skiing
Deer Valley Resort was named the number one ski resort in North America for 2008 and again in 2009 by readers of SKI Magazine. Opened in 1981, Deer Valley Skiing in Park City Utah is a spectacular Ski Resort Utah with exciting skiing and excellent customer service. Deer Valley is a luxurious, well designed, elegant and world-class ski resort with 2,026 skiable acres and an annual snowfall of 300”. Deer Valley Skiing also restricts the number of skiers on the slopes to allow for an uncrowded and exceptional ski experience. Deer Valley’s host of ward-winning restaurants, scenic chairlifts and opportunities for mountain biking, hiking, golfing, river rafting, fly fishing, concerts and hot air ballooning make this Ski Resort Utah one of the most favored ski resorts in North America.

The Canyons Utah

The Canyons Resort in Park City Utah adds to the wealth of world-class Utah Ski Areas within minutes of the Hansen House. With 163 ski trails, 17 lifts, 8 mountains, 3,700 acres of diverse train ski bowls, and two terrain parks, The Canyons is one of North America’s largest single ski and snowboard resorts.

Offering less expensive lift tickets than neighboring Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain, The Canyons Utah has somewhat fewer crowds than the other Park City Ski Resorts.