Stone Bridge

The stone bridge arching over City Creek is where Memory Grove changes character. Below it the park is all clipped lawn, paved paths, and white monuments; cross it and the canyon goes wild—the unpaved Freedom Trail, the off-leash dogs, the creek loud over rocks. It's a small piece of landscape architecture doing quiet work: the seam between a city's idea of a memorial and the mountain that was here first. Most people walk over it without a glance, which is rather the point of a good bridge.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.6 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.6 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 0.8 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 2.4 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Freedom Trail Monuments — steps away
• Army 145th Field Artillery Monument — steps away
• Vietnam POW & MIA Memorial — steps away
• Memorial House — steps away