Red Butte Dam
Red Butte Dam is a dam in Salt Lake, Utah and has an elevation of 5,449 feet. Red Butte Dam is situated nearby to the locality Federal Heights, as well as near the neighborhood Yalecrest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Van Cott and Mount Wire.
Mount Van Cott
Scenic viewpoint
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Mount Van Cott is a mountain located in the Wasatch Mountain Range immediately east of the University of Utah with an elevation of 6,351 feet. The mountain is a common spot for hikers as well as mountain bikers and has many access trails. Mount Van Cott is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Red Butte Dam.
Mount Wire
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Milonica, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Wire is a mountain located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah with an elevation of 7,146 feet. The mountain is named after Lester Wire, an American policeman of Salt Lake City, Utah, who in 1912 developed the first red-green electric traffic light. Mount Wire is situated 1 mile southeast of Red Butte Dam.
Natural History Museum of Utah
Museum
Photo: Jimijames, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Natural History Museum of Utah is a museum located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The museum shows exhibits of natural history subjects, with an emphasis on Utah and the Intermountain West. Natural History Museum of Utah is situated 1 mile southwest of Red Butte Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Federal Heights and Yalecrest.
Federal Heights
Locality
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. Federal Heights is situated 1½ miles west of Red Butte Dam.
Yalecrest
Neighborhood
Photo: Kellymwhite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yalecrest is a residential neighborhood located on the East Bench of Salt Lake City. It runs south from Sunnyside Avenue to 1300 South and east from 1300 East to 1900 East. Yalecrest is situated 2½ miles southwest of Red Butte Dam.
The Avenues
Neighborhood
The Avenues is a neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is named after the perfectly gridlike, closely laid out roads called Avenues and Streets. First surveyed in the 1850s, the Avenues was Salt Lake City's first neighborhood. The Avenues is situated 3 miles west of Red Butte Dam.
Red Butte Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7773° or 40° 46′ 38″ northLongitude
-111.81216° or 111° 48′ 44″ westElevation
5,449 feet (1,661 metres)Open location code
85GCQ5GQ+W4OpenStreetMap ID
way 878636945OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Red Butte Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Red Butte Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Utah)”
- Cebuano: “Red Butte Dam”
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