Butterfield Canyon (Utah)

Butterfield Canyon
Fall in Butterfield Canyon, October 2011
Butterfield Canyon is located in Utah
Butterfield Canyon
Butterfield Canyon
Oquirrh Mountains, Salt Lake County
Floor elevation9,180 ft (2,800 m)
Geology
TypeCanyon
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
Coordinates40°30′47″N 112°04′33″W / 40.51306°N 112.07583°W / 40.51306; -112.07583

Butterfield Canyon is a canyon in the Oquirrh Mountains in southwest Salt Lake County, Utah, United States[1] located just west of the city of Herriman. Locals use this canyon to commute to and from Herriman/Tooele. Butterfield Canyon Road is a recreation road. The canyon was named after Thomas Jefferson Butterfield, the founder of Herriman, Utah.