Sugar House Park, considered a “crown jewel” among regional parks in the Salt Lake Valley, comprises 110.5 acres of lush, rolling green space in the Sugar House neighborhood. Once the site of a stone-walled territorial prison, the land of Sugar House Park now represents a farsighted conservation legacy. Volunteers and tax appropriations joined forces in the mid-twentieth century to turn the old abandoned prison property into a park.

In 1957, the land was consigned by deed to the Sugar House Park Authority, an independent non-profit corporate entity. The Authority entered into a three-party trust agreement with the City and County for funding. The Authority maintains jurisdiction of the park, in public trust, until the year 2055. As a predecessor of conservation and preservation easements, the agreement enables Sugar House Park to remain true to its founders’ vision to “provide an open, restful place where citizens may come alone, or with their families and friends to enjoy the beauty, quiet and restfulness of the Park.”

Visit the Sugar House Park Authority’s website for more information.