Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir (Sandy, Utah)

USA / Utah / Granite / Sandy, Utah
Lower Bells Canyon Reservoir was "conveniently" situated on land lowered between two fault scarps (called a graben). Some of the scarps are 100 to 130 feet high, indicating they were formed by repeated large earthquakes (possibly as many as seven to ten events) in the past 18,000 years.
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Coordinates:   40°33'54"N   111°47'44"W

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  • The reservoir is a short, but steep, 20 minute hike from off of Wasatch Blvd. (about 5 blocks south of 9400 South). There is a smaller reservoir farther up Bells Canyon, which is about a 3hr hike. Don't miss out seeing the huge waterfall along the way. Lots of glacial granite bolders everywhere.
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