Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
On April 2, 2017, President Thomas S. Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) announced that the LDS Church would build a temple in Saratoga Springs, Utah. The temple will be the eighteenth LDS temple built in Utah and the fifth in Utah County. It is anticipated that the temple will serve church members in Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain, Lehi, and other surrounding areas. The LDS Church carefully chooses optimal sites for their temples. LDS temples tend to be view-able from the surrounding area, usual. Temples are also usually near major highways and in areas that already have several LDS meetinghouses. The Church owns many land parcels in the state of Utah, including large land parcels in Saratoga Springs. It would be beneficial for the Church to construct the temple on a site that is already owned by the Church.
Recommended Citation
Berrett, Jordi; Gibbons, Josh; and Mickelson, Tyler, "Laboratory Exercise – Saratoga Springs Temple Site Locator" (2017). Engineering Applications of GIS - Laboratory Exercises. 10.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gislabs/10