Location, Location, Location: What's Nearby?

Transportation

Salt Lake's wide streets and flat valley floor lend themselves to easy cycling.

We are

• one block from a bus stop
• five-eighths mile from a bike lane
• one mile from the belt route around Salt Lake, I-215
• one mile from interstate I-80
• one and a half miles from interstate I-15
• one and three quarters mile from a light-rail station
• half an hour from the Salt Lake International Airport

Shopping and Schools

Nearby schools and shops include

• The Open Classroom at _ (where many Wasatch Commons kids go)
• _ Elementary
• _ Junior High
• West High School
• hispanic shop--?
• Smith's Food and Drug

The Greater Community: Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City has a population of _. Glendale is one of the more ethnically diverse parts of Salt Lake, with many recent immigrants and refugees.

Setting

Climate

Salt Lake City is in USDA 5. The usual daily temperature range is _ to _ in the summer and _ to _ in the winter. However, about once a decade we get a summer with temperatures of 110oF or a winter in which temperatures drop to -10oF. Most precipitation is in the form of snow. The wettest months are April and October, with average precipitation of _ and _.

Geology

Salt Lake City is situated on the Wasatch Front, the west side of the Wasatch Mountain Range, stretching _ miles north to south. The elevation (valley floor) is 4,_ feet. The latitude is _, and the longitude is _. The Wasatch is on the Colorado Plateau, part of the Rocky Mountains. The geological formation is called "basin and range"; rows of mountains are separated by broad flat valleys. Due to the mountains, the west side of the Front receives about _ inches of rain annually, compared to Utah's average of _ inches - which explains why most of the population of Utah lives on the Wasatch Front.

2010, formatting 4/9/2018

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