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Salt Lake City Area National Forests Interactive Map

Explore trails, campsites, forest roads, recreation areas, waterways, wilderness zones, and public land within the Salt Lake City Area National Forest. This interactive Leaflet.js map uses official U.S. Forest Service GIS data to help you plan hikes, camping trips, and backcountry travel in in the vast and wild national forests of the United States.

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About the Map

This map is built using public-domain federal GIS datasets sourced from the U.S. Forest Service and related agencies. Data is periodically updated as new information becomes available. Click any feature to view its attributes, toggle layers to customize the display, and zoom in for detailed spatial accuracy.

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Salt Lake City Area National Forest

The forests near Salt Lake City encompass dramatic Wasatch Front peaks, alpine canyons, glacial cirques, high meadows, and extensive mixed-conifer forests. The region includes the Uinta–Wasatch–Cache National Forest, one of the most visited in the country. Ecosystems range from sagebrush foothills to forests of Douglas-fir, aspen, Engelmann spruce, and subalpine fir, with alpine tundra above treeline. Recreation is world-class: hiking, climbing, backcountry skiing, mountain biking, fishing, and dispersed camping across numerous canyon systems and high-elevation plateaus.