Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Jedediah Smith's Trail - Great Salt Lake

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, August 18, 2024

1. Jedediah Smith's Trail - Great Salt Lake Marker

Inscription.
"Coming to the point of the ridge [Timpie Point]... I saw an expanse of water extending far to the North and East...The Salt Lake a joyful sight was spread before us. ...I had traveled so much in the vicinity of the Salt Lake that it had become my home of the wilderness. After coming in view of the lake I traveled East [and] found a spring of fresh water and encamped."
Jedediah Smith June 27, 1827

Erected 2017 by Oregon-California Trails Association - Utah Crossroads Chapter, National Society of Daughters of the American Colonists, Jedediah Smith Society,. (Marker Number JSTU-1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the California Trail series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 27, 1827.

Location. 40° 44.799′ N, 112° 11.126′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is on Frontage Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12408 Frontage Road, Salt Lake City UT 84116, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Garfield & Lake Point Resorts (here, next to this marker); Pioneer Black Rock Resort (here, next to this marker); Looking Back in Time (approx. 2.3 miles away); Black Rock Historic Site (approx. 2.4 miles away); Empress Theatre (approx. 4.7 miles away); Magna Community Baptist Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Pleasant Green Ward (approx. 5.2 miles away); Buffalo Park (approx. 5½ miles away).

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, August 18, 2024

2. Jedediah Smith's Trail - Great Salt Lake Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 19, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.