Big Cottonwood Canyon
Big Cottonwood Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range 12 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The 15-mile -long canyon provides hiking, biking, picnicking, rock-climbing, camping, and fishing in the summer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Doughnut Falls and Solitude Mountain Resort.
Doughnut Falls
Waterfall
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Doughnut Falls is a waterfall in the Big Cottonwood Canyon near Silver Fork, south of Midvale in Salt Lake County, Utah. Access to Doughnut Falls is from the Mill D Trailhead towards the Jordan Pines picnic area.
Solitude Mountain Resort
Sports venue
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Solitude Mountain Resort is a ski resort located in the Big Cottonwood Canyon of the Wasatch Mountains, thirty miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. Solitude Mountain Resort is situated 2 miles southeast of Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Dog Lake
Dog Lake is a lake in Salt Lake County, Utah located between Millcreek Canyon and Big Cottonwood Canyon. The lake can be accessed by hiking trails from either canyon. Dog Lake is situated 2 miles north of Big Cottonwood Canyon.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alta and Brighton.
Alta
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Alta is a small town at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake County, part of the Wasatch Range region of Utah.
Brighton
Village
Brighton is a town in eastern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brighton is situated 3½ miles southeast of Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Snowbird
Locality
Snowbird is an unincorporated community in Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Snowbird is situated 4 miles south of Big Cottonwood Canyon.
Big Cottonwood Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 4,734 feet
- Description: canyon in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
- Categories: canyon and landform
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Big Cottonwood Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Big Cottonwood Canyon”
- Russian: “Биг-Котттонвуд-Каньон”
- Spanish: “Big Cottonwood Canyon”
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