East Basin is an

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and

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(CDP) in Summit County,

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census, of which the population was 3,023. It is in the southwest part of the county, bordered to the northwest by Silver Summit and to the southwest by Snyderville. It is northeast of Park City.

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forms the northwest border of the CDP; the highway leads northeast to

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and west to

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

. U.S. Routes 40 and U.S. Route 189 turn south from I-80 at Silver Creek Junction along the northwest edge of the CDP; the U.S. highways lead south to

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. East Basin is drained by Silver Creek, which flows north to the

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, carving a canyon followed by Interstate 80.

Education

Different portions of the CDP are in the North Summit School District, the Park City School District, and the

South Summit School District South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

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is the Park City district's comprehensive high school.

References

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