Summit
County and Park City
are located in the heart
of the Wasatch Mountains,
part of the Rocky Mountain
Range. Park City is one
of the most easily accessible
mountain resort communities
in the county. The town
is only 30 miles east of
Salt Lake City and only
36 miles from Salt Lake
International Airport, via
a six-lane, all-weather
interstate highway (I-80).
No other ski town offers
this close proximity to
an international airport
which happens to have numerous
non-stop flights from all
over the U.S.
Park
City Real Estate is much more affordable compared to
other ski towns like Jackson Hole, Aspen, Vail & Tahoe and
offers a greater selection of ski in ski out homes, golf course
homes, condos and lots for sale. Park City has been named by
The New York Times as the 9th best city to visit in
the world and Deer Valley Resort has been honored with being
named the #1 ski resort in North America by the readers of SKI
magazine for the Fourth year in a row additionally in 2011 Barons
magazine has named Deer Valley as the No. 6 "top Second
Home Communities".
Summit
County was one of the fastest growing counties in the
US during the 1990’s and currently has a population of
36,324 as of 2010 census.
Park
City offers great
schools which are considered
the best in Utah and highly
ranked nationally. It's
a great place to raise a
family.
Alpine
Ski Resorts (Deer Valley Resort, Park City Mountain
Resort and The Canyons Resort) as well as seven other ski resorts
within a 60 minute drive. Deer Valley Resort Rated #1 by Ski
Magazine last 4 years, #1 ranking in 2007/2008, #1 in 2008/2009,
#1 ranking in 2009/2010 and now a Fourth #1 ranking 2010/2011.
Park City Mountain Resort Rated #1 Terrain Park for two years
running by Transworld Snowboarding (January 2006). Canyons Ski
Resort which is Utah’s largest ski resort.
Park City Skier Days 1,800,000
Alpine
Heart of the 2002 Winter
Olympics
Park City was founded as
a silver-mining town in
1869. By 1900, it was a
booming mining town with
10,000 residents and 100
saloons.
Second largest silver
strike in U. S.,
1,200 miles of mining tunnels
under the city; the deepest
mining shaft is 2,600’.
Flagstaff Mountain was the
first mining claim in Park
City. The area produced
23 millionaires including
George Hearst, grandfarther
of newspaperman William
Randolph Hearst., who owned
the Ontario Mine.
Hiking
& Biking Trails:
300+ miles of improved trails
for mountain biking, hiking
or horse back riding.
Golf
Courses Park City offers 14 public & private golf
courses as well as several gated golf communities all within
15 miles.
Ice
Rink new indoor
ice rink offers ice skating
and ice hockey.
Fishing
the Park City area offers
blue ribbon fly fishing
nearby. Fly Rod & Reel
Magazine (Nov/Dec 2005)
rated Park City as one of
the top 12 Fly-Fishing Retirement
Towns.
Public
Bus free throughout
the entire Park City area.
Elevation:
7,000’ at
Main Street: ranges from
6,500’- 10,000’.
Climate:
Temp.(max./min) 35/15 (Jan.)
82/52 degrees (july).
City Size:
12 square miles
Population Park City: 7558 year round
Median Age Summit County: 37.1
School Population Park City: 4,351
Assessed Property Valuation Summit Co. 2010:
$13.2 billion.
Number of Miles
of City Roads:
94
The
Salt Lake International
Airport is served
by 17 airlines, with over
972 scheduled daily flights.
These airlines are AeroMexico,
America West, America West
Express, American, Atlantic
Southeast, Comair, Continental,
Continental Express, Delta,
Frontier, Jetblue, Northwest,
Northwest Airlink, Salmon
Air, SkyWest, Southwest
and United.
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