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hillside letters Hillside letters or mountain monograms are a form of geoglyph (more specifically hill figures) common in the Western United States, consisting of large single letters, abbreviations, or messages emblazoned on hillsides, typically created and ma ...

(also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

. Monograms in Utah include two of the oldest, at

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(1906) and the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

(1907). These symbols are so much a part of the culture that locals typically refer to the universities themselves as "The Y" and "The U", respectively. Across the state, there are at least 87 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages. †Originally painted as "1914 D", as a class "gift." The original plan was to paint over each year, but the next year the decision was made to paint and maintain "DIXIE"

References

External links

Mountain Monograms
a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures
Hillside Letters
a companion website to a book on the subject
Letters on Hills
a category on waymarking.com for geocachers

Google Maps of DIXIE ROCK near road. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hillside letters,Utah Hill figures in the United States Utah geography-related lists Lists of public art in the United States