Last Campsite-Camp Kostopulous

The night before they entered the valley, the first pioneer company made camp here, in the upper reaches of Emigration Canyon — the last stop on a journey of more than a thousand miles, the goal finally just over the next rise. This Sons of Utah Pioneers marker fixes that spot. By a quiet turn of history the site is now Camp Kostopulos, a recreation camp serving people with disabilities — the pioneers' last hard campground become a place of summer respite, which is a gentler fate than most trail sites are granted.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Emigration Canyon — 0.3 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 1.9 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 2.2 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 2.4 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

More markers nearby

• Donner Hill — 1.4 mi
• Mary Fielding Smith House — 1.8 mi
• Emigration Canyon Monument - Mormon Pioneers — 1.9 mi
• Emigration Canyon Monument - Natvie People — 1.9 mi