Big Cottonwood Creek is located in the Wasatch Mountains just east of Salt Lake City. It is part of the Big Cottonwood Creek Watershed, which ranges in elevation from 5,000 to 10,500 feet with the headwaters around 9,600 feet.[3] The creek flows through the Big Cottonwood Canyon in a westerly direction until it emerges into Salt Lake Valley about eighteen miles (29 km) from its highest source. Thence its course is northwesterly through Cottonwood Heights, Holladay, and Murray, Utah for a little over twenty-four miles from the headwaters (39 km) until it empties into the Jordan River about five miles (8.0 km) south of Salt Lake City.[3] The water eventually flows into the Great Salt Lake. In the summer, its waters are all used for irrigation purposes. From its source to its original outlet in the Jordan River is about twenty-six miles.[4]
^ abGoogle Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
^ abcd"#390 BIG COTTONWOOD CREEK @ 300 WEST" (PDF). SALT LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DIVISION. September 2004. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
^ abBerni, Lynn (2014). "Stream Care Guide" (PDF). Jordan River Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
^Andrew Jenson; The Historical record: a monthly periodical devoted exclusively to historical, biographical, chronological and statistical matters, Volumes 5-8 Publisher: A. Jenson., 1889
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