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Foothill, Salt Lake City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Foothill is a residential quarter of Salt Lake City on the East Bench, where the street grid climbs toward the base of the Wasatch Range.
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Where to stay in Foothill
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Foothill's streets end at the Wasatch Range. Between that wall and about 1300 East the ground is given over to house lots, so anyone booking a bed on this side of Salt Lake City ends up on the valley floor below the bench. Hogle Zoo keeps its visitors by day.
The Sugar House Monument marks the nearest cluster of shopfronts and rooms, a short run south off the slope.
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Top of the bench
The uphill margin of Foothill, where the house lots stop against the base of the Wasatch Range and the paving gives out. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Top of the benchfamilies building a day around Hogle ZooHogle Zoo corner
The end of the district nearest Hogle Zoo, which draws a daytime crowd that the surrounding house lots never keep overnight. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Hogle Zoo cornerdrivers using 1300 East to drop onto the valley floor1300 East edge
The western limit of the East Bench, where Foothill's slope flattens into the Salt Lake City grid and the shopfronts begin. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in 1300 East edgestays pairing the Sugar House Monument shops with the slope aboveSugar House Monument side
The southern approach past the Sugar House Monument, the closest run of shops and beds to the bench streets.Find hotels in Sugar House Monument sideHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Salt Lake City
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- Third Presbyterian Church Parsonage Heritage
- Sugar House LDS Ward Building Heritage
- First Congregational Church, Salt Lake City
Castles & Historic Sites
1- Sugar House Monument Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- J. Leo Fairbanks House Heritage
- Howard and Marian Bennion House Heritage
- John M. Whitaker House Heritage
- Westminster College President's House Heritage
- Best-Cannon House Heritage
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- Booth-Parsons House Heritage
- Dr. David and Juanita Lewis House Heritage
- Frank M. and Susan E. Ulmer House Heritage
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About Foothill
What are the main landmarks in Foothill?
Hogle Zoo brings the day traffic. The rest of the register around Foothill is domestic, listing the Howard and Marian Bennion House, the Genevieve & Alexander Curtis House and the Booth-Parsons House as private addresses rather than places to walk into. Congregations account for much of the remainder, from the Third Presbyterian Church Parsonage to the First Congregational Church and the Sugar House LDS Ward Building.
The Westminster College President's House and the Sugar House Monument round out what the record holds.
What is the history of Foothill?
Foothill's record is a register of households. The Best-Cannon House, the Nephi J. Hansen House and the George and Ellen Furgis House each carry the name of the family that held the plot, which is the closest thing the neighbourhood has to a dated founding story. The city grid stops at about 1300 East.
Above that line the East Bench climbs to the Wasatch Range, and the ground there was taken up by houses rather than by the shops and works that stayed on the flat.
Where is Foothill?
Foothill lies on the East Bench of Salt Lake City, the ground lifting from about 1300 East to the base of the Wasatch Range.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Foothill?
Top of the bench: walkers who want the Wasatch Range at the end of the street. Hogle Zoo corner: families building a day around Hogle Zoo. 1300 East edge: drivers using 1300 East to drop onto the valley floor. Sugar House Monument side: stays pairing the Sugar House Monument shops with the slope above.
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Updated October 2026