Brighton Recreation Area
Brighton Recreation Area is in Salt Lake, Utah and has an elevation of 8,911 feet. Brighton Recreation Area is situated nearby to Brighton Ski Resort, as well as near the mountain saddle Guardsman Pass.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brighton Ski Resort and Solitude Mountain Resort.
Brighton Ski Resort
Resort
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Brighton Ski Resort is a ski area in the western United States, located in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Brighton, Utah. About thirty miles from downtown Salt Lake City, it is owned and operated by Boyne Resorts. Brighton Ski Resort is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Brighton Recreation 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 north of Brighton Recreation Area.
Guardsman Pass
Mountain saddle
Guardsman Pass (elevation 9,717 feet is a high mountain pass in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The pass is located on the boundaries of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest to the west, and the Bonanza Flats backcountry area to the east. Guardsman Pass is situated 2 miles east of Brighton Recreation Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brighton and Alta.
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.
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.
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 west of Brighton Recreation Area.
Brighton Recreation Area
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.59662° or 40° 35′ 48″ northLongitude
-111.58742° or 111° 35′ 15″ westElevation
8,911 feet (2,716 metres)Open location code
85GCHCW7+J2GeoNames ID
5771984
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