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Poplar Grove, Salt Lake City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Poplar Grove is a western neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, the second largest, north of Glendale and south of Rose Park.
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Where to stay in Poplar Grove
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Rooms cluster downtown by the Church History Museum, not on Poplar Grove's own streets. The neighborhood reads residential from edge to edge, so most visitors book east toward the Church History Museum and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, then drive back west. Glendale sits immediately south.
Rose Park and Fair Park hold the northern side, and choosing between them and Poplar Grove is a choice between similar west-side streets rather than between two different kinds of stay.
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Downtown by the Church History Museum
The east-side blocks Poplar Grove looks toward, with the Church History Museum and the Seagull Monument standing a few streets apart.Find hotels in Downtown by the Church History Museumvisitors planning their days around the Utah Museum of Contemporary ArtThe Utah Museum of Contemporary Art side
Gallery blocks east of Poplar Grove, where the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art faces the downtown grid rather than the west side.Find hotels in The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art sideyou if a west-side address matters more than a hotel deskPoplar Grove itself
House-lined blocks north of Glendale and south of Fair Park, holding the second largest neighborhood footprint in Salt Lake City and almost nothing let to visitors. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Poplar Grove itselfHotel 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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Museums & Galleries
2- Church History Museum
- Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Churches & Religious Sites
4- Japanese Church of Christ Heritage
- First Methodist Episcopal Church Heritage
- Free Church of Tonga Heritage
- Twenty-Ninth Ward LDS Meetinghouse Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
2- Seagull Monument
- A Monument to Peace: Our Hope for the Children
Landmarks & Notable Places
6- Devereaux House Heritage
- John B. Kelly House Heritage
- Nelson Wheeler Whipple House Heritage
- Thomas and Mary Hepworth House Heritage
- Albert H. Kelly House Heritage
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- Harold B. and Fern Lee House Heritage
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About Poplar Grove
What are the main landmarks in Poplar Grove?
The listed set reaches well past Poplar Grove's own blocks. Downtown carries the museum pieces: the Church History Museum, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art and the Seagull Monument, each of them a short drive east of the neighborhood. Named houses fill out the rest.
The Nelson Wheeler Whipple House, the Albert H. Kelly House, the John B. Kelly House and the Thomas and Mary Hepworth House are all listed, with the Japanese Church of Christ and the First Methodist Episcopal Church holding their own corners of Salt Lake City.
What is the history of Poplar Grove?
Poplar Grove is often confused with Glendale. The two west-side neighborhoods run into one another, Poplar Grove to the north and Glendale to the south, and the name of one still gets used for the other. Houses and meetinghouses run the list.
The Nelson Wheeler Whipple House, the Thomas and Mary Hepworth House and the Harold B. and Fern Lee House stand on the city's landmark list alongside the Twenty-Ninth Ward LDS Meetinghouse.
Where is Poplar Grove?
Poplar Grove sits on the west side of Salt Lake City, north of Glendale and south of both Rose Park and Fair Park.
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What is the best area to stay in Poplar Grove?
Downtown by the Church History Museum: travellers who want the Church History Museum within walking distance. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art side: visitors planning their days around the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Poplar Grove itself: you if a west-side address matters more than a hotel desk.
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Updated October 2026