Red Butte
Red Butte is a scenic viewpoint in Salt Lake, Utah and has an elevation of 6,604 feet. Red Butte is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Mount Wire, as well as near the locality Federal Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Wire and Natural History Museum of Utah.
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 2,300 feet southeast of Red Butte.
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 1¼ miles southwest of Red Butte.
Mount Van Cott
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 1 mile northwest of Red Butte.
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 2 miles west of Red Butte.
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 3 miles southwest of Red Butte.
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 3½ miles west of Red Butte.
Red Butte
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.77448° or 40° 46′ 28″ northLongitude
-111.80514° or 111° 48′ 19″ westElevation
6,604 feet (2,013 metres)Open location code
85GCQ5FV+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 356679654OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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