Local servicesHospitalAlta View Hospital7.5 miPost officeAlta Canyon Post Office6.6 miTown hallCottonwood Heights City Hall7.2 miPoliceSalt Lake County Sheriff's Office Cottonwood Heights Precinct6.9 miFire stationUnified Fire Authority Station 113 - Snowbird3.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeJoyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences9.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSalt Lake City International Airport SLC22 miInterstateI-2157.7 miUS highwayUS 899.3 miAmtrakAmtrak Station SLC18 miLight railDraper Town Center StationUtah Transit Authority (UTA)7.8 miCoachDraper (Exit 291)Salt Lake Express9.7 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 5 min5:56 am – 9:01 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 16 min7:46 am – 5:03 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 73°F, lows 50°FColdest month December: highs 30°F, lows 15°F47 in of rain a year, on about 93 dayswettest month January458 in of snow a year, on about 85 days0 days above 90°F, 209 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Alta station, 5 mi away
Nearby landmarksTwin Peakspeak · 2.9 miRed Pine Lakelake · 1.3 miTANNERS FLAT CGcampground · 1.6 miLisa Fallswaterfall · 1.6 miThunder Mountainpeak · 1.8 miWhite Pine Lakelake · 2.0 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsTimpanogos Cave National Monumentnational monument · 7.4 mi · 250 acresHidden Valley Parkpark · 5.1 miQuail Hollow Parkpark · 5.2 mi · 59 acresWasatch Mountain State Parkstate park · 7.8 mi · 20,944 acresWasatch National Forestnational forest · 7.9 mi · 876,514 acresUinta National Forestnational forest · 10.9 mi · 807,839 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes76 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197010 of magnitude 4+, 2 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.7 on 18 Mar 202024 mi away, near Magna, UtahMost recent: magnitude 3.5 on 14 Feb 202620 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively HighSalt Lake County, UT, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsAvalanche Very HighWinter weather Very HighEarthquake Relatively HighWildfire Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality33% of days had good air in 2025121 of 365 days measured228 moderate, 15 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 1 unhealthy daysMedian index 57, worst day 175main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Salt Lake County monitors, UT
Drinking waterUniversity of Utahserves 57,080 people from surface water purchased1 health-based violation since 2021latest Mar 2022: Groundwater, treatment technique4 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation9,063 ft2,762 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
