Utah Landmarks Map
A free printable illustrated map of Utah for kids. It shows 8 landmarks and natural places and 4 industries where they really are, along with the state symbols, 5 cities and a box of key facts. It comes in color and in ink-saving black and white, sized for US Letter paper.
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Color or black and white.
Both are free, sized for US Letter paper, and come as a PDF to print or a PNG image for slides.
Color
The full-color map, for a wall display or a color printer.
Black and white
The same map with no color or shading. Prints cleanly on a classroom printer and saves ink.
What is on the Utah map
Every picture sits at its real location in Utah, with a one-line fact beside it. Salt Lake City, the capital, is marked with a star.
Landmarks and natural places
- Great Salt Lake: This lake is much saltier than the ocean.
- Bonneville Salt Flats: This flat salt crust is used for land speed runs.
- Delicate Arch: This red sandstone arch has a 46-foot opening.
- Grand Staircase: This vast area has colorful cliffs like giant steps.
- Golden Spike: A golden spike joined the nation’s railroads in 1869.
- Temple Square: Pioneers began building this site in 1853.
- Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry: Densest Jurassic dinosaur bone bed known.
- Newspaper Rock: Native Americans carved hundreds of petroglyphs here.
What Utah makes and grows
- Bingham Canyon Mine: This open-pit copper mine is visible from space.
- Alfalfa Hay: This nutritious crop is Utah’s top plant product.
- Coal Mining: Utah’s state rock is mined for electricity.
- Turkey Farming: Sanpete County is famous for raising turkeys.
State symbols
- California Gull: This bird ate crickets to save pioneer crops.
- Sego Lily: Its nutritious bulbs saved pioneers from hunger.
- Quaking Aspen: A massive grove shares one root system.
- Rocky Mountain Elk: Bulls grow huge antlers that shed every year.
Utah key facts
From the box on the map
- Nickname
- The Beehive State
- Capital
- Salt Lake City
- Largest city
- Salt Lake City
- Became a state
- January 4, 1896 (45th)
- State bird
- California Gull
- State flower
- Sego Lily
- State tree
- Quaking Aspen
- Motto
- Industry
Cities shown
- Salt Lake City (capital)
- Provo
- St. George
- Logan
- Moab
The outline, rivers and cities are drawn from map data. Pictures of crops and industries are placed in a part of the state where each is typical.