Granite Utah Map
Granite, Utah — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Granite, Salt Lake County.
Interactive Map of Granite, Utah
| City | Granite |
| State | Utah (UT) |
| County | Salt Lake |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| Latitude | 40.573004 |
| Longitude | -111.806043 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Granite, Utah
Granite is a locality in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Granite is located at 40.5730°N, 111.8060°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 84092.
Granite is a place where the earth exhales dry heat, a land sculpted by aridity and the insistent push of the Wasatch Range. It lies 1.8 miles east-north-east of Sandy, UT (from Sandy, UT: bearing 72°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east-south-east of West Jordan. The terrain here is a study in muted ochre and sage, a canvas of scrub brush and resilient grasses clinging to slopes that rise with a rugged grace. Canyons, etched deep by ancient waters, cleave the landscape, their shadows lengthening and deepening as the sun begins its slow descent, painting the exposed rock faces in hues of burnt sienna and dusky rose. The air, even in the late afternoon, carries a crispness, a hint of the mountain chill that will descend with the stars, and the silence is profound, broken only by the rustle of wind through dry vegetation or the distant, almost mournful cry of a hawk circling overhead. The history of Granite is deeply intertwined with the very stone that gives it its name, a testament to the unforgiving yet yielding nature of this land. For generations, this area was a vital source of building material, its sturdy granite quarried and shipped to construct the foundations of Salt Lake City and beyond, its economic lifeblood drawn from the very bones of the mountains. This legacy of labor and extraction, of hands that shaped rock into enduring structures, still whispers through the scattered homesteads and weathered fences that mark the land. While the large-scale quarrying has largely faded, a quiet agricultural spirit persists, with hardy orchards and small farms coaxing sustenance from the arid soil, their vibrant green a stark contrast to the surrounding tawny hills, a persistent flicker of life against the vast, stoic backdrop of Granite.
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About This Granite Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Granite, Utah with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Granite and Salt Lake County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Granite is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Granite is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
