Rotary Steps Monument

The stone staircase climbing the west slope out of Memory Grove toward the Capitol is the gift of the Salt Lake Rotary Club—one of the civic groups whose fingerprints are all over this canyon. It stitches the war-memorial grove below to the seat of state government above, a short, steep climb that turns a walk through the park into a passage between two very different kinds of Utah ground. Rotary first built the steps in the park's early decades; they've been rebuilt since.

What the plaque says

ROTARY STEPS Completed in 1927 Re-built in 2002 DEDICATED TO UTAHANS WHO DIED DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM Service Above Self Club 24 The Rotary Club of Salt Lake City

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

• Horizon Grove — steps away
• Liberty Bell Tower (3) Markers — steps away
• Memorial Grove Park Dedication — steps away
• Pearl Harbor Memorial — steps away