Things to Do

Brigham City is not a destination in itself, but it has two genuinely worthwhile attractions — the Bear River bird refuge and the Golden Spike site — plus a handsome Main Street and the Wasatch Mountains rising right behind town.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

74,000-acre wetland refuge with hundreds of bird species on the Great Salt Lake

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02

Golden Spike National Historic Site

Where the first transcontinental railroad was completed on 10 May 1869

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03

Spiral Jetty

Robert Smithson's monumental basalt earthwork on the Great Salt Lake, reached by remote dirt roads.
04

Main Street

Classic small-town American Main Street with historic buildings and the Peach Days arch

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05

Box Elder Museum

Box Elder Museum is a small natural history museum for northern Utah. Exhibits cover fossils, minerals, and the mining history of Box Elder County, …

Museum
06

Brigham City Museum

Brigham City Museum is a small but worthwhile art and history museum covering Brigham City and southern Box Elder County. Its permanent displays explain …

Museum
07

Box Elder Canyon

Scenic canyon cutting through the Wasatch Range just east of Brigham City

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08

Box Elder Stake Tabernacle

Striking neo-Gothic LDS tabernacle rebuilt after an 1896 fire

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09

Brigham City Utah Temple

LDS temple completed in 2012, with intricate exterior reliefs depicting local flora and fauna

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