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There really are redwood trees in Salt Lake City. They absolutely do not compare to the redwood trees in The Redwoods, and likely never will, but I randomly stumbled upon a list (outside link) one day and well, I thought it was a neat! So I decided we should see if we could find them.
If you follow my blog you likely saw my posts earlier this year when I went on my random scavenger hunts to find them. Most were successful, some where not.
Redwood and sequoia appear to be commonly used and accepted terms for these trees. There are more specific terms for some species but generally both appear to be correct to use. So, yeah, sorry if I go back and forth
This is a stub article. Click into the individual posts to figure out the specifics of each area. I.e restrooms, if dogs are allowed, etc.
Starting north to south ish:
These one were not on the list, and I kind of found them by accident after getting the hang of how to spot them.
Number of sequoias: I found about 5, but there might be more.
Location: North side and west side of the Capitol.
Ease of finding: Pretty easy.
Additional ones along the road above the main park.
These were also not on the list and I just kind of found them as well, but I had a feeling there might be some here so I was looking for them.
Number of sequoias: 2 down in the main park. 4 more along the upper road.
Location: 2 down in the main park, east of the pond. 4 more along the upper road, just above the main park.
Ease of finding: Pretty easy.
Number of sequoias: 2
Location: 2 Northwest side of the property.
Ease of finding: Pretty easy.
Note: The trees are on private property. But they can been seen from the public sidewalk.
Number of sequoias: 2
Location: On the south end. But its a small plot so you can’t miss them.
Ease of finding: Pretty easy.
Number of sequoias: 2
Location: Both on the west side of the pond, next to State Street.
Ease of finding: Pretty easy.
Possible Dawn Redwood according to the list. The rare species is endangered and like larch trees they are a deciduous conifer. Which means the needle baring trees go through the fall color change and then shed them like most leafy trees. Which, if this is true we are definitely making a trip back this fall!!!! I don’t know why, but I find that to be absolutely fascinating. I’ve only found the one patch of larch trees so far so definitely something I want to see.
Sequoia.
Number of sequoias: I found 2, but the list says there are 3.
Location: Both were in the southwest quadrant of the square.
Ease of finding: Pretty easy.
North side of Little America.
Northwest corner of Grand America.
Number of sequoias: Tons! I totally lost count. Lets go with ~20+
Location: Both hotels have some on almost every side, and there are some in the Little America courtyard as well.
Ease of finding: Super easy.
Number of sequoias: Just the 1, but it is pretty,
Location: The north east corner of the parking lot.
Ease of finding: Super easy.
I was expecting to find 1 sequoia in the cemetery, and we did find the one. But then we found quite a few more that were not on the list!
The tree we were expecting located here: 40.77518214806872, -111.85701298977898.
Grand Avenue is lined on both sides with about 7 more just west of Center Street (the cemeteries Center Street, not SLC’s Center Street (yes there is a difference)).
On a return trip we found got a better shot of the Grand Avenue ones.
As well as another one in the small NE section on the other side of 11th Ave.
Number of sequoias: 9. 8 more than the list offered, with the possibility of maybe more.
Locations: 40.77518214806872, -111.85701298977898 and Grand and Center Street.
Ease of finding: The listed one was a bit tougher, we found the others by chance.
We had no luck finding it.
Number of sequoias: 1, not found
Location: U of U Dorm Parking? Near the student community garden?
Ease of finding: uh… so far not good at all. Between the vague description of the building, and the U’s strict parking rules, we did not have any luck finding it.
We really tried to find this one, but just did not have any luck. I suspect that it may have been cut down, but if I missed it, let me know.
Number of sequoias: none found, should have been 1.
Location:
Ease of finding: not found
Number of sequoias: So far just the 1.
Location: The northwest side of the park.
Ease of finding: Well, we stumbled upon it, so easy.
That was a super fun kind of scavenger hunt to do in the gross weather season! Again, I totally discovered we had these on an absolute whim, but it was fun to hunt them down, and visit the areas they are located in. I also enjoyed picking up the skill of identifying them pretty quickly and finding several more that I did not expect to find! I have a couple more scavenger hunt ideas to do as we start to enter the cooler weather and can retreat from the mountains again.
Others On the List We Have Yet to locate:
The list lists a few other trees that are mostly not in areas we frequent regularly, but should we find ourselves there I will make some updates.
Localish
SLC - East Bench close to the canyons - 1 tree - need more info. From the image it looks like it might be in the avenues, but I mean, we have a lot of hilly areas. So I feel like if I do find it, it will be out of sheer luck.
North
Bountiful - Temple grounds - 5-6 trees
Kaysville - not specified - 6 trees (private property)
Layton - 700 to 800 East section of Gentile St. - 8 trees
Layton - Layton City Park near the amphitheater - 1 tree
South
Provo - 4220 N Canyon Dr. - 1 tree (private property)
Provo - Also on Canyon Dr - 1 tree (not a lot of info either). (also sounds like private property).
Provo - BYU Campus most southern end by Botany Pond and arboretum - 4 trees
Cedar City - Southern Utah University - Out Building of the Campus Library - 3 trees
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