I was born and raised in North Salt Lake and lived here until I was about 18, and my first home was here too. It is the first city you hit heading north out of Salt Lake City, and it shares a border with it, which is why people so often call it “North Salt Lake City.” It is its own city, though, officially the City of North Salt Lake, and it is the southernmost city in Davis County. A lot of people call it a hidden gem.

The layout

North Salt Lake is bordered by Salt Lake City to the south, Woods Cross to the north and Bountiful to the northeast. It covers about 8.6 square miles, and it really splits into two parts.

The east side climbs the hillside, with neighborhoods like Eaglewood looking out over the whole valley. The west side, below Redwood Road and out toward Legacy Parkway, is flatter and much newer, including Foxboro.

Eaglewood is named for Eaglewood Golf Course, which went in during the late ’90s, and the homes built around it. People up there just say they live in Eaglewood. On the west side, Woodside Homes and McArthur Homes started a community called Foxboro. From Eaglewood you can look right down over it.

Growing up here

We lived on the east side, on Gary Way, the furthest east street. I was there while they were building the golf course. Before that, the hills were the wilderness to us: we rode motorcycles and three-wheelers (you have to be old to know what a three-wheeler is) and took dirt bikes up into the mountains. The golf course was kind of the end of that.

Years later, my first home was in Foxboro, so I know both ends of the city well, and a lot of our friends are still here.

Getting around

North Salt Lake is very central:

Downtown Salt Lake City: about 10 minutes, so you’re close to the Delta Center for Jazz games and to the University of Utah
Salt Lake City International Airport: about 12 minutes from Foxboro
Park City: about 40 minutes
Ski resorts: about 45 minutes to several of them

You’re also within driving distance of Ogden and Provo. I’ve known people from North Salt Lake who work as far south as Utah County and as far north as Tremonton, about an hour away.

Commute is what sells North Salt Lake. I-15, US-89 and Legacy Parkway all run through or right beside it, and downtown Salt Lake City is just over the border to the south. That matters more than it sounds: only a handful of roads connect Davis County to Salt Lake County through the gap between the lake and the mountains, and North Salt Lake sits right at the south end of it.

Around town

North Salt Lake is mostly residential, so a lot of shopping happens in Bountiful or Salt Lake. Locally:

Lee’s Marketplace: the main grocery store, on Redwood Road
Our Kitchen Café and Janet’s Sunshine Café: two breakfast spots with a big local following
Sukihana: Japanese, also on Redwood Road
Mrs. Cavanaugh’s Chocolates: chocolate and ice cream, with a shop in North Salt Lake

Parks and trails

Tunnel Springs Park: up on the hill off Eaglepointe Drive
Wild Rose Trailhead Park: a trailhead into the foothills
Foxboro North Regional Park and Legacy Park: the big fields and playgrounds on the west side
Legacy Parkway Trail: a paved trail running north along the parkway

The hillside question

Some of the hillside here has a documented landslide history, including the Parkway Drive landslide, which is publicly mapped. This is not a reason to avoid the city. It is a reason to check the specific address rather than assume.

I pull the mapped hazard data for any address a client is serious about, and I will tell you plainly what it does and does not say. Commute-driven buyers and view-driven buyers also price differently, and the best offer for a seller usually depends on which one your home attracts.

Useful local reference: Utah Geological Survey — Parkway Drive landslide.

Within North Salt Lake, I work specifically in Eaglewood , and Foxboro . If your street is in one of these, I can tell you what is happening on it specifically.

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REALTOR® in North Salt Lake, Utah