Emigration Canyon
Parks and services in Emigration Canyon
Parks, the library, trash pickup, the community council and getting around Emigration Canyon, with the phone numbers in one place.
Emigration Canyon community resources
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Emigration Canyon is its own city, so some services work differently than in Salt Lake City. All in one place.
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Power and water
- Water: Emigration Canyon Improvement District. 801-243-5741. Their website has rates and water system news, and a sign-up for emergency alerts. Their website
- Power: Rocky Mountain Power. Customer service: 1-888-221-7070. Power out or a line down? Call 1-877-508-5088, or text OUT to 759677. Their website
Your city
- City of Emigration Canyon. The city council meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 PM at the Fire Station, 5025 Emigration Canyon Rd, and on Zoom. City office: 385-240-1400. Their website
- Police and fire. Unified Police non-emergency: 801-840-4000. Unified Fire Authority: 801-743-7200. For an emergency, call 911.
Your library
- Anderson-Foothill Branch Library. There's no library in the canyon. Anderson-Foothill is at 1135 S 2100 E, 801-594-8611, and anyone in Salt Lake County gets a free City Library card. Their website
Trash, recycling and yard waste
- Wasatch Front Waste & Recycling picks up garbage and recycling. Each home gets one free landfill trip a year with a digital voucher. Questions: 385-468-6325, or text 385-235-0150. Their website
- Leaf bags can be dropped off through Nov 30.
- Green waste pickup is extra: $70 to start, then $12 a month, March to mid-December.
Winter roads
- Snow plowing in the canyon is done by the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District.
Places to go
- Little Mountain Summit. A pullout at the top of Emigration Canyon Road, 6,230 feet up, on the old pioneer and Pony Express trail. Look west for the old trail marks.
- Emigration Trailhead. At the canyon's mouth, 2699 E Sunnyside Ave. The start of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail.
- At the mouth of the canyon. Hogle Zoo (2600 Sunnyside Ave) and This Is the Place Heritage Park (2601 E Sunnyside Ave), whose grounds are free, dawn to dusk.
Property taxes
- Your 2026 property tax bill is due Nov 30.
- Missed the Sept 15 value appeal window because of a medical emergency, a death in the family, or a mistake in the county's records? A late appeal can be filed until March 31, 2027. Call the county at 385-468-7200.
Health care
- University of Utah Hospital emergency room. 50 N Medical Dr. Open 24 hours. 801-581-2291.
- U of U Health Sugar House urgent care. 1280 E Stringham Ave. Open every day, 9 AM to 8:30 PM. 801-581-2000.
Last checked November 6, 2026.
Getting around
Getting around Emigration Canyon
- No buses run up the canyon. The closest is UTA's Route 4 on Foothill Drive.
Know the area
What Emigration Canyon is like
A private, rural canyon community minutes from the city, incorporated as its own city in 2024.
Emigration Canyon is its own incorporated city, not a Salt Lake City neighborhood, with a history dating back to the original pioneer route into the Salt Lake Valley. Its roughly 1,400 residents live on acreage lots along a rural canyon road, minutes from downtown but a world away from city density.
Questions about Emigration Canyon?
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