The snow density in Utah's famed Cottonwood Canyons is 8.5%, which is ideal for a powder day on the slopes.¹⁾

According to historical statistics, January 13 is the best day for skiing in Utah. This is the day with the highest chance of snowfall.²⁾

It is unlawful in Utah to employ trombone players to perform on the street to promote an auction.³⁾

It is forbidden to fish while riding a horse or to hunt whales.⁴⁾

It is unlawful in Salt Lake City to stroll down the street with a paper bag containing a violin.⁵⁾

Utah has the highest literacy percentage in the country.⁶⁾

Utah Lake has a length of 24 miles and a width of 12 miles. Every year, over 41% of the lake evaporates. On the lake, there used to be a showboat with on-deck dancers and a complete orchestra.⁷⁾

Four corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. This is the only location in the United States where four states meet.⁸⁾

The Great Salt Lake in Utah is approximately four times saltier than any of the world's seas. A half cup of salt would remain if 1 quart of water from the saltiest region of the lake was cooked. It is so salty because salt and other minerals were left behind when the old Lake Bonneville dried up. Because the diminishing lake had no outlet to the sea, salt deposits accumulated in the lake.⁹⁾

According to Webster's, “Utahans” is the grammatically proper way to refer to Utah citizens; yet, most Utah locals insist on referring to themselves as “Utahns”.¹⁰⁾

The name “Utah” is taken from the Ute Native American tribe's name. The name means “people of the highlands.¹¹⁾

After Nevada, Utah is the second-driest state in the United States. Utah gets roughly 300 sunny days per year on average.¹²⁾

Utah is known as the “Crossroads of the West” because of its pivotal location in the Intermountain West. There are three primary geographical sections in its geography: the Rocky Mountains, the Basin and Ridge Area, and the Colorado Plateau.¹³⁾

James Bridger was the first Caucasian to glimpse the Great Salt Lake in 1824. He assumed he'd found the Pacific Ocean since it was so salty, but it turned out to be a massive salt lake.¹⁴⁾

Many of people traveling from the east stopped at the Great Salt Lake region in the 1830s.¹⁵⁾

Fillmore, Utah, was originally selected as the state capital and was named after President Millard Fillmore. In 1856, Salt Lake City took over as the territory capital.¹⁶⁾

Until 1868, Salt Lake City was known as Great Salt Lake City.¹⁷⁾

Utah had the fourth highest bankruptcy filing rate in the US in 2012, with 5.99 applications for every 1,000 persons. The national average per capita filing rate was 3.97 petitions per 1,000 individuals.¹⁸⁾

During the Utah War (1857-1858), a gang of Mormon militiamen slaughtered around 120 defenseless settlers, including women and children. The militia first claimed that the settlers were murdered by Native Americans. The massacre's motivations are unknown, while historians attribute it to war hysteria and a distrust of strangers. Historians are still debating whether the massacre was organized by Mormon leader Brigham Young or by local officials in southern Utah.¹⁹⁾

Utah is known as the “Beehive State” because the majority of the state's early white immigrants were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which adheres to the Book of Mormon. They worked hard and imagined themselves as a “hive of industry.” They decided to name their new state “Deseret,” which is the Book of Mormon term for “honey bee”.²⁰⁾

Salt Lake City, Utah, takes the 2nd place for the most plastic surgeons per capita in the United States.²¹⁾

Utah could fit inside California twice and still have enough to spare. Virginia could only fit half of Utah.²²⁾

Brigham Canyon, the world's largest open-pit mine, is located in Utah.²³⁾

Utah has one of the lowest population densities in the US, with only 32 people per square mile. The majority of Utah residents live in towns and communities along the Wasatch Front, which runs along the western side of the Wasatch Mountains (which is a range of the Rocky Mountains).²⁴⁾

Utah is the 13th biggest state in the United States, the 33rd most populous, and the 10th least densely inhabited.²⁵⁾

Utah is the only state with a cooking pot as a state symbol. In 1997, the Assembly designated the Dutch oven as a state symbol.²⁶⁾