Stilwell Field Monument

Stilwell Field is the great rectangular parade ground at the heart of Fort Douglas—the open common the whole post was built around from 1862 on, with a flagpole at its east end standing where the first one rose. Troops mustered, drilled, and were reviewed here for well over a century; it's the core of the fort's National Historic Landmark. The field takes its name from General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell, the blunt, hard-driving World War II commander, honored here in 1946, the year he died.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Red Butte Garden — 0.4 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 0.6 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 1.4 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 2.5 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood

More markers nearby

• Patrick Edward Connor Monument — steps away
• Fort Douglas Miltary Museum — steps away
• Utah Fallen Warrior Memorial — steps away
• Women's Service Memorial — steps away