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Park City

UT · 40.6594, -111.4997

Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway and Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway are 2 of 7 signed byways within 30 miles of Park City, Utah.

Long before Park City became a world class mountain resort and venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, it was famous as a silver mining town, and boasts a lively and colorful past. Founded by prospectors in the late 1860s, Park City continued to mine silver until the early 1970s.
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7 scenic drives near Park City

Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Park City. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.

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    Provo Canyon Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 10 mi out

    Runs through Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

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    Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway

    State scenic byway · 26 mi out

    Runs through Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Day-trip loops

Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.

How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Park City?

Byway's engine bakes one loop from Park City: 4 h, 121 miles, 4 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.

What is there to stop at on a day trip from Park City?

The 4 h loop stops at McPolin Barn, Fear Factory, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and Coalville Ledge. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.

Within reach

Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.

Scenic byways

Public land

Campgrounds

Lookouts

Named places

  • Olympic Flame · 0 mi
  • Masonic Hill · 0 mi
  • City Park · 0 mi
  • Chakra Sea · 0 mi
  • Park City Scape · 0 mi
  • Winter Olympics 2003 · 1 mi
  • Winter Games 1992 1994 1998 · 1 mi
  • Winter Games 1980 1984 1988 · 1 mi

A day out of Park City, planned on real roads

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