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Wasatch Mountain State Park Visitors Center, April 2016. Established in 1961, Wasatch Mountain State Park is Utah's most developed state park. Named for the Wasatch Mountains, [Note 1] the park consists of 21,592 acres (8,738 ha), and sits at an elevation of 5,900 feet (1,800 m). [5] Wildlife in the park includes deer, elk, wild turkeys, and moose.
Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum: Uintah: 2 acres (0.8 ha) 5,300 ft (1615 m) 1959 58,042 Houses a state-owned museum of natural history. Utah Lake State Park: Utah: 308 acres (125 ha) 4,500 ft (1372 m) 1970 132,954 Adjoins Utah Lake, the state's largest body of fresh water. Wasatch Mountain State Park: Wasatch
Just outside Midway, Homestead Drive curves to the west at the entrance of Wasatch Mountain State Park. At this point, State Route 222 turns right onto Warm Springs Road to continue north, taking a jog to the east to skirt the east edge of the golf course on the state park (staying on Homestead westward is the route of former SR-220).
The Wasatch Range (/ ˈ w ɑː s æ tʃ / WAH-satch) or Wasatch Mountains is a mountain range in the western United States that runs about 160 miles (260 km) from the Utah-Idaho border south to central Utah. [1] It is the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region. [2]
Soldier Hollow is a small hollow in the Wasatch Range that is located within the Wasatch Mountain State Park in northwestern Wasatch County, Utah, United States. [1] [2]The hollow was formerly a Native American encampment and was later used by a group of Army surveyors in the 1850s. [3]
Soldier Hollow is located in the southeasternmost part of Wasatch Mountain State Park, a 21,592 acres (8,738 ha) nature preserve created in 1961, which became a state park in 1968. [ 2 ] The venue received its name from the hollow at the mouth of which it is located. [ 1 ] [
The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek, whereas the east slope drains to Snake Creek. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,900 feet (884 meters) above Snake Creek in 1.5 mile (2.4 km).
The area is accessed by State Route 92, through what is officially called the "Alpine Loop Scenic Byway." [ 1 ] Visitors entering American Fork Canyon from the west can follow SR-92 up the canyon to the summit of the Alpine Loop, down the east side of Mount Timpanogos , past Sundance Ski Resort and then out into Provo Canyon to the south.