Utah

A major city in Utah is Salt Lake City, which is the capital of Utah. It is the most highly populated city in Utah. Top Tourist Sites Some top tourist sites include the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, which was created in 1996, is a natural rock formation over twice the size of Rhode Island. Its "steps" are over 900 feet high. Outside the town of Vernal is a cast of the skeleton of a diplodocus, which is a dinosaur. It is over 60 feet high. In Bonneville Salt Flats, (approximately 125 miles west from Salt Lake City) there is a totally flat salt bed that has the world's fastest speedway.Cars can go over 600 miles per hour! At Golden Spike National Historic Site (north of the Great Salt Lake), there is the nation's first transcontinental railroad. State Symbols Bird: Seagull Flower: Sego Lily Nickname: Beehive State Motto: Industry Famous or Fun Facts The Great Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in North America and is one of the biggest in the world. It also is the second saltiest body of water to the Dead Sea. It can be nine times saltier than the ocean. Kings Peak is the highest point in Utah at 13,528 feet. A famous outlaw named Butch Cassidy was born in Utah. Geography Utah has many mountains, plains, canyons, and deserts. 30% of Utah is made up of forests and most of them are in the mountains. Also, in some parts of Utah, the land is so flat that you can see the Earth's roundness by gazing at the horizon. Climate Utah has temperate weather, or warm summers and cold winters. ||
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