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Experience Utah's breathtaking mountain beauty on a fun scenic drive in the Wasatch Mountains surrounding Salt Lake. Plan your next scenic drive using this helpful guide of where to see the best fall colors, scenic byways, and mountain grandeur of Utah.

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Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway

Location: U-210, beginning at eastern border of the Salt Lake Valley

This scenic byway takes you from the edge of Salt Lake City...

Middle Canyon Road

Location: Through the Oquirrh Mountains between Tooele and south suburban Salt Lake City

Length: 25 miles one way
Time: 1-1/2 hours
Time: Drivable May to...

Millcreek Canyon Road

Location: Through Millcreek Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Salt Lake City.

This wonderfully pleasant and easy drive winds through heavy...

South Willow Road

Location: 6 miles south of Grantsville west of Tooele

Length: 16 mile round-trip
Time: 1 hour
Time: Closed in the winter
Surface(s): Paved Maintained Dirt or...

Big Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway

Location: In Big Cottonwood Canyon 23 miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City

This 14-mile long scenic drive offers pretty mountain scenery similar...

Pioneer Memorial Scenic Backway

Location: Through Emigration Canyon east of Salt Lake City to Hwy 65

This backway follows the original route of the Donner-Reed Expedition of...

Bountiful-Farmington Loop Road Scenic Backway

Location: Between Salt Lake City and Ogden in the Wasatch Mountains east of I-15

This scenic backway provides great views over the Great...

Guardsman Pass Road

Location: Connects Big Cottonwood Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City to Park City

Length: 14 to 22 miles
Time: 1 hour
Time: Drivable May to...