Big Cottonwood Creek
Big Cottonwood Creek is located in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Salt Lake City. It is part of the Big Cottonwood Creek Watershed, which ranges in elevation from 5,000 to 10,500 feet with the headwaters around 9,600 feet.- Type: Stream
- Description: creek in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
- Also known as: “We-en-de-quint Creek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Murray North station and Meadowbrook station.
Murray North station
Railway station
Photo: An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Murray North station is a light rail station in Murray, Utah, United States serviced by the Blue Line and the Red Line of Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail system.
Meadowbrook station
Railway station
Photo: An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meadowbrook station is a light rail station in South Salt Lake, Utah, served by the Blue Line and the Red Line of Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail system.
Kennecott Nature Center
School building
The Kennecott Nature Center is a nature observation center and classroom located in an area of wetlands alongside the Jordan River in Murray, Utah. The center is operated by the Murray City School District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Murray and Taylorsville.
Murray
Town
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, the city had a population of 50,637 as of the 2020 United States Census. Murray is situated 1½ miles southeast of Big Cottonwood Creek.
Taylorsville
Town
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Taylorsville is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The population was 60,448 at the time of the 2020 census. Taylorsville is situated 1½ miles southwest of Big Cottonwood Creek.
South Salt Lake
Town
Photo: SSLaker3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Salt Lake is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah and a core inner suburb of Salt Lake City proper, and thus part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The population was 26,777 at the 2020 census. South Salt Lake is situated 2 miles northeast of Big Cottonwood Creek.
Big Cottonwood Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Cebuano—“Big Cottonwood Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Big Cottonwood Creek”
- Cebuano: “Big Cottonwood Creek”
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