Capital: Salt Lake City
Largest City: Salt Lake City
Abbreviation: UT
Joined the Union: January 4, 1896
Nickname: The Beehive State

Undoubtedly a diversely stunning state, Utah harbors some of America’s most iconic and ethereal landscapes. Many of the tourist hotspots are found inside the Big Five – Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion – top-ranked national parks that are located in the southern portion of the state. Even the heavily-populated Wasatch Front is renowned for its geography, with settlements abutting and climbing the slopes of the dagger-shaped snowcapped peaks that tower over the region. And there are plenty more features which add to Utah’s already stacked resume, like the speed-inducing terrain at the Bonneville Salt Flats, the gorges at Dinosaur National Monument and the brush of the Great Basin. With such variety and attraction, hardly any other state can compare.

Areas to Explore

ARCHES

BRYCE CANYON

CANYONLANDS

CAPITOL REEF

SALT LAKE CITY

ZION