Salt Lake City Map - EXPLAINED

There is no other city that began the way Salt Lake City did. The map of Salt Lake City may look like a simple grid but there's actually way more to this famous Utah city map.

You may know it from the fear factor haunted house episode (featuring the famous Nightmare on 13th haunted house) or the real housewives of salt lake city but probably don't know the most interesting thing about Salt Lake City, its history.

Leave a comment with any questions you have and we’ll make sure to include it in a future video.

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[DanielsimsSteiner]

So fun making this about my home! Utah is so unique, I love it.

[rickosborne]

As an SLC transplant, I'll say this - the grid and naming system makes it so easy to find your way around and instantly know where a place is, based just on its address. Coming from Orlando - which was apparently laid out in homage to a spilled bowl of spaghetti, it was a nice change.

[lemueljr]

Utah folklorist here: the wide streets were more likely to contain fires more easily to city blocks rather than jumping streets and threatening the whole city. I believe it was Wilford Woodruff who clarified that in a letter.

[geoffgreen]

So in Salt Lake City, the streets are referred to by their number, starting as mentioned in the video at Temple Square. However, something that often confuses visitors is how the names are written as opposed to how they are spoken aloud. "300 West" on a map or street sign is "Third West" when spoken aloud. "2100 South" is "Twenty-First South." North, South, and West Temple are the streets that border Temple Square to the respective directions, and Main Street borders Temple Square on the east. "100 East" is actually "State Street, " which leads up to the Capitol Building. So if you wanted to know where the Main Branch of the Salt Lake City Library is, I would tell you it's at "Fourth South and Second East, " that is four blocks south and two blocks east of Temple Square.

[jayc]

Those obscenely wide streets have allowed for a lot of modern urban amenities to flourish in the city. For example, it has allowed for wide sidewalks that provide space for landscaping, benches, etc. It’s allowed for the easy construction of light rail lines right on busy streets. Bike lanes were easily implemented with so much space to work with. Angled street parking has been added to what has essentially become restaurant/night life district. State Street was even turned into a river during historic flooding in the 1980’s!

[redmesa]

4:50 Deseret is a Mormon term, meaning of the hive. They likened themselves to a colony of bees, building & producing.
That is why Utah is called the beehive state.
I wondered about this for decades, until I started trucking in Utah regularly. The road layout was explained to me by a local Utah driver.
Gotta give those early settlers credit. They were very ingenious !

[PopcornNinjapwn]

I've waited so long for this! As a out of state and non-LDS student at the U, I've absolutely fallen in love with Salt Lake City and Utah. I'm so happy you did a breakdown on the map!

[terramater]

Yes, SLC is booming. But at a huge cost, unfortunately: As you mentioned, the Great Salt Lake is drying up, a phenomenon that's happening to many terminal lakes across the globe. We started researching for a new video about it and realized that the case for the GSL is unique and alarming: the exposed soil underneath its water could eventually make the city unliveable very soon. People need to be aware of that bc there are still viable measures to prevent such a scenario.

[betweentheaisle]

Currently a student of Utah history right now and you did an incredible job summing up this period in 8-9 minutes. Great job!

[AstroMagi]

Worth mentioning is Samuel Newhouse, an early-20th century millionaire who financed many of the buildings in the Exchange Place Historic District (400 S/Main St). This area was intentionally built as a counter to the LDS-owned business areas centered around Temple Square. Even today, you can feel the difference between the northern side of downtown and the southern side on a Friday or Saturday night. City Creek and the areas around it close early while the Exchange Place has an active bar and restaurant scene late into the night.

[Fireneedsair]

As a geography geek, I dug this video. I love cultural geography and maps and historical info. SLC is one of my favorite cities. Always managed to stop off on my travels and explore. The wide streets, leafy east side neighborhoods and beautiful location always entranced me. Good work

[baseballbatbros]

Dude this is like, one of the most well-constructed, interesting, and quality YouTube videos that I've watched in a minute. Instant subscriber.

[reedanderson]

Not only is SLC gridded out in large squares, but practically every city and town in Utah has the same layout

[dougberrett]

Growing up in Salt Lake Valley, the grid system was taken for granted. When I first studied Cartesian coordinates, I was pleasantly surprised that I already knew how they worked. Just like Salt Lake City’s street system.

[sjames]

Great video! Interesting, respectful and informative. It's fun to see the city I live in be explained in such a way.

[JConnn]

Have lived in Salt Lake for 30 years and just learned more from this 9 minute video than I did from any Utah history class I ever took. 10/10 beehives.

[jasontempest]

It's weird but I live in Australia, Cairns Australia to be exact and yet for some years now I've had a fascination with Salt Lake City and the LDS church, especially LDS Temple Architecture. I've been to the United States now twice and have visited the usual spots like LA, San Fran, NYC, Philly, DC, Chicago and of course Las Vegas. Las Vegas was the closest I got to Mormon Country and I do recall that LV was originally settled by LDSs. That said I found the country around LV more interesting than the City itself.

I hope next time to perhaps drive from LA through LV and up into Utah and Salt Lake City and find out why this mountain city is in my thoughts and dreams so often.

Great Video BTW.

[cameronmckinnon]

Fellow Utahn here that loves our unique and quirky state (and its history). Please make this a continuing series!

[ericlee]

Finally! We’ve been waiting for new map explained!

[LivingInSaltLakeCity]

As somebody who also makes tons of videos about Utah, this was a great video. Very well made and well produced. Thanks for sharing our city!