Attractions
Each year Provo holds special events that have become huge attractions for visitors and locals. There are several small city festivals and rodeos during the summer. On July 4 there is the America’s Freedom Festival and Stadium of Fire.
One of Provo’s biggest festivals is the Sundance Film Festival and Summer Theater held each year by the Sundance Institute. The Film Festival showcases the work of 20 to 25 emerging American independent filmmakers and offers artist development. The Summer Theater celebrates creative theater movement, dance and storytelling. Call for more information.
Visitors often enjoy the Crandall Historical Printing Museum on 275 East Center Street. Guests get to see an hour long tour of printing through the centuries that includes presentations of working replicas of the English common press used by Benjamin Franklin to print Poor Richard’s Almanac, and the press used to print the first Book of Mormon in 1830. Admission is three dollars.
Joe Hutching Museum of Natural History (55 North Center Street) is also a popular attraction that includes dinosaur bones, a tusk from a wooly mammoth, and artifacts from Utah’s early residents like the shotgun from famed outlaw Butch Cassidy. While the museum is not directly in Provo (It’s in Lehi), it only takes ten minutes from Provo to get there. Walking through the museum takes about 45 minutes. Admission is free.
If visitors are up for a bit of a drive, the 607-foot Bridal Veils Falls in Provo Canyon are worth seeing. It flows highest in the spring and early summer and is surrounded by beautiful wildflowers. Hiking at the base of the falls lets visitors get a closer view. To get there follow Hwy 189 at the northeast of Provo.
Those looking for family-friendly entertainment should check out the 26-acreSeven Peaks Waterpark at 1334 East 300 North. It’s Utah’s biggest waterpark with more than 14 heated water attractions, a huge wave pool, and a lazy river. It also includes an 18-hold golf course.
Fast Facts
- Provo is 40.24 degrees north of the equator.
- According to Forbes Magazine, the city was 2004’s sixth best place to live in the United States.
- The city library has 178,701 books.
- Provo is 4,549 feet above sea level.
- Brett Keisel, 2005 NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was born in Provo.
- Average summer temperature is 75°F in the summer and 30°F in the winter.
- Provo is sunny more than 60 percent of the time from mid-February to the beginning of November.
- Provo takes up 39.6 square miles.
- Average annual precipitation is 20.13 inches of rain and 60.40 inches of snow each year.