Horizon Grove

By the mid-1970s Memory Grove had slid into neglect—Harbor Lake polluted, the chapel locked against vandals, the lawns gone to weed. The rescue came wrapped in the nation's Bicentennial: the Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission's Horizon Committee adopted the park as a centerpiece, rallied volunteers for a cleanup called "Sunday in the Grove," and replanted the canyon over the next several years. Horizon Grove carries that committee's name and that moment's optimism—proof that a park, like a memory, has to be tended or it's lost.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.5 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.5 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 0.9 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.3 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Gold Star Club — steps away
• Rotary Steps Monument — steps away
• Liberty Bell Tower (3) Markers — steps away
• Memorial Grove Park Dedication — steps away