Vivian Park is an
unincorporated community
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in northeastern
Utah County
Utah County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, which is the state's third-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As of the 2020 United States Census, the ...
,
Utah
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, United States.
Description
The community is located in
Provo Canyon
Provo Canyon is located in unincorporated Utah County and Wasatch County, Utah. Provo Canyon runs between Mount Timpanogos on the north and Mount Cascade on the south. The canyon extends from Orem on the west end to Heber City on the east. Provo ...
along the
Provo River
The Provo River is located in Utah County and Wasatch County, Utah, in the United States. It rises in the Uinta Mountains at Wall Lake and flows about southwest to Utah Lake at the city of Provo, Utah.
Course
The two main branches of Provo Rive ...
and
U.S. Route 189
U.S. Route 189 is a spur of U.S. Route 89. It currently runs for 322 miles (518 km) from Provo, Utah at Interstate 15 to Jackson, Wyoming. The highway was not part of the original 1926 U.S. Highway system. The highway was created in the ...
, about northeast of
Provo. It is situated between
Mount Timpanogos
Mount Timpanogos, often referred to as Timp, is the second-highest mountain in Utah's Wasatch Range. Timpanogos rises to an elevation of above sea level in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. With of topographic prominence, Timpanogos is ...
on the northwest,
Wildwood on the east,
Cascade Mountain on the south, and
Bridal Veil Falls Bridal Veil Falls, Bridalveil Falls or Bridalveil Fall is a frequently-used name for waterfalls that observers fancy resemble a bride's veil:
Australia
* Bridal Veil Falls, Leura, in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales
* Govetts Le ...
on the west. The community was named after Vivian McBride (daughter of the owner of the first grocery store and post office on the Provo East Bench).
When the late
Thomas S. Monson
Thomas Spencer Monson (August 21, 1927 – January 2, 2018) was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As president, he was considered by adherents of the re ...
(former
President
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of the
LDS Church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
) was a child he would spend summers from the
4th of July to Labor Day at Vivian Park. He owned the family cabin there until he died.
The Vivian Park station is the western terminus of the
Heber Valley Railroad
The Heber Valley Railroad (HVRX) is a heritage railroad based in Heber City, Utah. It operates passenger excursion trains along a line between Heber City and Vivian Park, which is located in Provo Canyon. The HVRX carries over 110,000 passen ...
. (The
heritage railroad
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
runs east to its main station, and eastern terminus, in
Heber City in the
Heber Valley.)
Geography
Vivian Park is located at (40.35496, -111.574083). It lies above sea level.
Demographics
Residents of Vivian Park are officially known as "Vivianites".
See also
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Utah
Unincorporated communities in Utah County, Utah
Provo–Orem metropolitan area
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