Block U

The Block U is a large concrete hillside letter on Mount Van Cott in Salt Lake City, Utah. The stylized "U" is a logo of the University of Utah and is located just north of the university’s campus.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University Hospital and Primary Children’s Medical Center.

University Hospital

Hospital

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The University of Utah Hospital is a research and teaching hospital on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It serves as a major regional referral center for Utah and the surrounding states of Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado. University Hospital is situated 3,000 feet south of Block U.

Primary Children’s Medical Center

Hospital

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Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The hospital has 289 pediatric beds and is affiliated with the University of Utah School of Medicine. Primary Children’s Medical Center is situated 3,000 feet south of Block U.

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Hospital

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Huntsman Cancer Institute is an NCI-designated cancer research facility and hospital located on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Huntsman Cancer Institute is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Block U.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Federal Heights and The Avenues.

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.

The Avenues

Neighborhood

The Avenues is a neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah, located northeast of downtown on the lower slopes of the Wasatch Mountains. Its street layout consists largely of numbered east–west avenues and lettered north–south streets. The Avenues is situated 1½ miles west of Block U.

Yalecrest

Neighborhood

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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 south of Block U.

Block U

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: letter U on Mount Van Cott in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Categories: hillside letter, geoglyph, and tourism
Location: Salt Lake, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.77937° or 40° 46′ 46″ north

Longitude

-111.83987° or 111° 50′ 24″ west

Open location code

85GCQ5H6+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33908511

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=geoglyph

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q4927176

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