Wasatch Back
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The Wasatch Back is a region in the Rocky Mountains in northern Utah, United States, on the east side of the Wasatch Mountain range. The name Wasatch Back differentiates it from the Wasatch Front, which is the region on the western side of the Wasatch Mountains. The terms are commonly used in local media,[1][2] and also in scholarly and scientific discussions of the region.[3][4][5][6]
While the Wasatch Front includes most of Utah's more populous cities (such as Salt Lake City, Ogden, Layton, and Provo}, the Wasatch Back has a lower population, and the landscape is generally more rural and mountainous with smaller communities such as Park City, Heber City, and Morgan. Summit County (home to Park City) is within the Wasatch Back region, and as of 2019 the county has one of the highest household income levels in the United States.[7]
Originally a mining and agricultural region, the Wasatch Back has experienced rapid residential growth through the 1990s and continuing into the 2000s.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Local recreational activities include skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, hiking, boating, and horseback riding.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Park City is the site of numerous concerts and festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival held every January.
Communities
Morgan County
Cities
- Morgan (county seat)
Census-designated places
Unincorporated places
- Croydon
- Littleton[8]
- Milton[9]
- Peterson
- Porterville
- Richville[10]
- Stoddard[11]
- Taggarts[12]
- Whites Crossing
Summit County
Cities
Towns
Census-designated places
Unincorporated communities
- Bountiful Peak Summer Home Area
- Castle Rock
- Christmas Meadow Summer Home Area
- Emory
- Grass Creek
- Monviso
- Rockport
- Uintalands
- Upton
Wasatch County
Cities
- Heber City (county seat)
- Midway
Towns
Census-designated places
Unincorporated communities
- Center Creek
- Deer Mountain
- Mayflower
- Soldier Creek Estates
- Soldier Summit
- Wildwood (part)
References
External links
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- ↑ https://www.parkrecord.com/2024/02/20/more-snow-is-coming-to-the-wasatch-back-this-week/
- ↑ https://www.abc4.com/news/northern-utah/traffic-alert-expect-traffic-delays-in-weber-co-friday-morning/
- ↑ Sagers, Larry A. "Landscape Design Series 14." (2005).
- ↑ Lund, William R., et al., eds. Geology and Resources of the Wasatch: Back to Front. Utah Geological Association, 2017.
- ↑ Sam, Duc Minh. Forgetting and Remembering Native Land Use and History in the Wasatch Back. MS thesis. The University of Utah, 2022.
- ↑ Busch, Glen. Development and validation of a logistic regression-based urban growth model for Utah's Greater Wasatch Area. Utah State University, 2005.
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