Legacy Scenic Byway

The Legacy Parkway Scenic Byway is one of twenty-seven State Scenic Byways in Utah and the first along the Great Salt Lake. This stretch of land along Great Salt Lake hosts millions of migrating birds and is part of the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network, an honor given to only five areas in the lower 48 states.

The distinctive environment supports the local Byway Committee’s application for National Scenic Byway designation. Large stretches of land west of the Legacy Parkway have been protected as a natural preserve, precluding any urban development, but many private parcels to the east of the Parkway are still available and ripe for development. The local municipalities want to preserve the views of the mountains and lake along this corridor and enhance its natural character. They want to balance the urban and wildland interface by protecting this area from incompatible development and visual clutter.