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Interesting Facts ~ Utah is the 30th most populous and the 13th most extensive of the 50 states ~ ~The state attained statehood on January 4, 1896, becoming the 45th state to join the union ~ ~ Bonneville Salt Flats have hosted world land-speed record runs since the early 1900s ~ ~ Natural Bridges National Monument became the world’s first International Dark Sky Park ~ ~ Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere ~ ~ Park City Mountain is among the largest ski resorts in the United States by acreage ~ ~ Bear River is the longest North American river that does not reach the sea ~ ~ Uinta Mountains are the highest east–west trending range in the contiguous USA ~ ~ More than 60% of Utah’s land is federally managed public land ~ ~ Antelope Island State Park protects island habitats and a free-roaming bison herd ~ ~ Bear River supplies a major share of Great Salt Lake’s freshwater inflow ~ ~ Bryce Canyon holds one of Earth’s biggest collections of hoodoos ~ ~ State sits where the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau meet ~ ~ State has the youngest median age of any U.S. state as of 2024 ~ ~ State has the highest concentration of dark-sky places in the world as of 2025 ~ ~ State official nickname is the Beehive State ~ State motto is “Industry” ~ ~ State rural freeways can be posted as high as 80 mph (129 km/h) ~ ~ State has 29 counties ~ State postal abbreviation is UT ~ ~ State hosted the Winter Olympics in 2002 with venues still used today ~ ~ State name comes from the Ute people, it is explained as “people of the mountains.” ~ ~ State highest point is Kings Peak at 13,528 ft (4,123 m) ~ ~ State lowest point is Beaver Dam Wash at about 2,180 ft (664 m) ~ ~ State new state flag became official on March 9, 2024 ~ State flower is the sego lily ~ ~ State lies in the Mountain Time Zone and observes Daylight Saving Time ~ ~ State tree is the quaking aspen, adopted in 2014 ~ State bird is the California gull ~ ~ State fossil is Allosaurus ~ State dinosaur is Utahraptor, designated in 2018 ~ ~ State “Mighty Five”: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion ~ ~ Goblin Valley State Park is packed with mushroom-shaped “goblin” rock formations ~ ~ Zion’s Narrows lets hikers wade between towering vertical canyon walls ~ ~ Golden Spike National Historical Park preserves the meeting point and locomotives ~ ~ Interstate 70 between Green River and Salina has no services for 106 miles (171 km) ~ ~ “The Greatest Snow on Earth” is a long-running state ski slogan ~ ~ Buckskin Gulch is one of the longest and deepest slot canyons in the Southwest ~ ~ Bingham Canyon Mine depth of about 3,900 ft (1,200 m) and 2.5 miles (4 km) wide ~ ~ Angels Landing in Zion now requires a permit to limit crowding and protect the trail ~ ~~~~~~~~ |
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