Mormon Pioneer Trail on Salt Lake City Tours

Visit the end of the Mormon Pioneer Trail on a Salt Lake City sightseeing bus tour or the Salt Lake Trolley Tour with City Sights. The Mormon Pioneer Trail was blazed during the largest organized westward migration in America's history. Over 70,000 Mormon pioneers walked 1,300 miles to reach the Salt Lake Valley in the mid 1800's. Your expert tour guide will recount the amazing stories and fascinating trivia of traveling this historic trail. This Is The Place State Park visitor center located at the end of the Mormon Trail includes museum exhibits, monuments, and mountain overlook views. Buy your Utah sightseeing tour and trolley tickets online at www.SaltLakeCityTours.org or call 801-531-1001. 

Mormon Pioneer Trail - Things to do in Salt Lake City

A visit to This Is The Place Heritage Park is one of the best things to do in Salt Lake City for visitors interested in learning about the trek out west along the famous Mormon Pioneer Trail. The trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley was about 1,300 miles long, crossing parts of five different states (Illinois, Iowa, Nebrask, Wyoming and Utah). From 1846 to 1869, more than 70,000 Mormon pioneers traveled west on the trail. About 3,000 pulled handcarts (pictured in one of our posts last month). The first party included 143 men, three women, two boys, 72 wagons, 93 horses, 66 oxen, 52 mules, 19 cows, 17 dogs and some chickens. Future groups would average about 112 days to complete the journey. 

Join us on the Salt Lake City Tour or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Tour to see the monuments and hear the stories of the Old Mormon Trail. Reserve your seats on the sightseeing tour bus at www.toursofutah.com.