List of hillside letters in Utah

This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Utah.[1][2][3] Monograms in Utah include two of the oldest, at Brigham Young University (1906) and the University of Utah (1907). These symbols are so much a part of the culture that locals typically refer to the universities themselves as "The Y" and "The U", respectively. Across the state, there are at least 83 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages.

Monogram	Town	County	Construction Year	Description	Location
A	Alton	Kane			37.4355°N 112.4960°W
BR	Tremonton	Box Elder		Bear River High School	41.7593°N 112.2021°W
B	Beaver	Beaver		Beaver High School	38.2657°N 112.5825°W
BL	Ogden	Weber		Ben Lomond High School	41.2506°N 111.9308°W
B	South Jordan	Salt Lake		Bingham High School	40.5686°N 112.1165°W
B	Bountiful	Davis		Bountiful High School	40.8975°N 111.8463°W
B	Brigham City	Box Elder		Box Elder High School	41.52°N 111.9906°W
Y	Provo	Utah	1906	Brigham Young University	40.2483°N 111.6206°W
B	Cottonwood Heights	Salt Lake		Brighton High School	40.6096°N 111.7859°W
BV	Tropic	Garfield		Bryce Valley High School	37.6245°N 112.0629°W
CV (built recently)	Cedar City	Iron		Canyon View High School	37.708299°N 113.055591°W
C	Price	Carbon		Carbon High School	39.6086°N 110.8125°W
C	Cedar City	Iron		Cedar High School	37.6426°N 113.0351°W
C	East Carbon	Carbon		For the former town of Columbia	39.5142°N 110.3854°W
C	Magna	Salt Lake		Cyprus High School	40.708°N 112.1322°W
DIXIE	St. George	Washington		Dixie High School	37.1159°N 113.5792°W
D	St. George	Washington		Dixie State University	37.1081°N 113.5977°W
D	Duchesne	Duchesne			40.1658°N 110.4094°W
EC	East Carbon	Carbon		East Carbon High School	39.559221°N 110.394149°W
E	Elsinore	Sevier			38.6849°N 112.1607°W
E	Enterprise	Washington			37.5525°N 113.7484°W
E	Escalante	Garfield			37.7884°N 111.582°W
FREMONT COUNTRY	Beaver County	Beaver		Rough painted rocks mostly hidden among the sagebrush on a shallow south-facing hill adjacent to I-15	38.1123°N 112.6479°W
FG	Fountain Green	Sanpete			39.6357°N 111.6326°W
G	Glenwood	Sevier			38.7738°N 111.9824°W
G	Moab	Grand		Grand County High School	38.5898°N 109.5509°W
G	Green River	Emery			38.9853°N 110.1682°W
G	Gunnison	Sanpete			39.1557°N 111.8357°W
G	Pleasant Grove	Utah	1920	Short for "Grovarian", or "Grove" - the original mascot and old school nickname, respectively. [4]	40.3735°N 111.7013°W
GREEN VALLEY	St. George	Washington		neighborhood	37.096°N 113.6228°W
H	Henefer	Summit			41.0094°N 111.5028°W
H	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake		Highland High School	40.7306°N 111.8114°W
HOLE N' THE ROCK		San Juan		Hole N' the Rock (Moab)	38.3911°N 109.4544°W
H	Hurricane	Washington			37.1742°N 113.2815°W
I	Brigham City	Box Elder		Intermountain Indian School (closed)	41.4829°N 111.9993°W
J	Nephi	Juab		Juab High School	39.7415°N 111.8182°W
K	Kanab	Kane			37.0482°N 112.5175°W
K	Kingston	Piute			38.2054°N 112.1819°W
L	Lapoint	Uintah			40.410375°N 109.788275°W
L	La Verkin	Washington			37.2008°N 113.2632°W
L	Leeds	Washington			37.2424°N 113.361°W
M	Mammoth	Juab			39.9317°N 112.1052°W
M	Manila	Daggett			40.9937°N 109.7294°W
M	Manti	Sanpete			39.2624°N 111.6101°W
M	Marysvale	Piute			38.4566°N 112.2143°W
M (no longer exists)	Milford	Beaver			38.3986°N 113.0098°W (uncertain location)
M	Fillmore	Millard		Millard High School	38.9848°N 112.272°W
M	Morgan	Morgan			41.0283°N 111.659°W
M	Moroni	Sanpete			39.5434°N 111.5782°W
M	Mountain Home	Duchesne			40.383233°N 110.391111°W
MC	Hyrum	Cache		Mountain Crest High School	41.6178°N 111.801°W
NC	Richmond	Cache		North Cache Junior High School	41.9243°N 111.7867°W
NR	Laketown	Rich		North Rich Junior High School	41.8255°N 111.3127°W
NS	Salina	Sevier		North Sevier High School	38.9557°N 111.8219°W
NS	Coalville	Summit		North Summit High School	40.9083°N 111.3855°W
PC	Park City	Summit		Park City High School	40.6738°N 111.487°W
P	Parowan	Iron			37.8312°N 112.821°W
P	Payson	Utah		Payson High School	40.0249°N 111.7163°W
P	Peterson	Morgan			41.1012°N 111.7678°W
P	Junction	Piute		Piute High School	38.2427°N 112.245°W
R	Richfield	Sevier			38.7614°N 112.1119°W
R	Roosevelt	Duchesne			40.311773°N 109.999249°W
SJ	Blanding	San Juan		San Juan High School	37.6414°N 109.4835°W
S	Shivwits	Washington			37.1836°N 113.7534°W
S	Holladay	Salt Lake		Skyline High School (Utah)	40.693°N 111.7842°W
SV	Smithfield	Cache		Sky View High School	41.821°N 111.7992°W
S	Ephraim	Sanpete		Snow College	39.3441°N 111.5391°W
SS	Monroe	Sevier		South Sevier High School	38.6316°N 112.1007°W
SS	Kamas	Summit		South Summit High School	40.6475°N 111.2689°W
S	Sterling	Sanpete			39.1945°N 111.6993°W
T	Tabiona	Duchesne			40.354956°N 110.698427°W
T	Eureka	Juab		Tintic High School	39.9509°N 112.1071°W
T	Tooele	Tooele		Tooele High School	40.5249°N 112.2482°W
T	Tropic	Garfield			37.621°N 112.0819°W
TRIDELL	Tridell	Uintah			40.454203°N 109.845327°W
U	Uintah	Weber			41.1429°N 111.8995°W
U	Vernal	Uintah		Uintah High School	40.4386°N 109.6057°W
U	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	1907	University of Utah	40.7794°N 111.8399°W
V	Orderville	Kane		Valley High School	37.2813°N 112.6371°W
V	Venice	Sevier			38.8029°N 111.9724°W
V	Centerville	Davis		Viewmont High School	40.9094°N 111.8557°W
W	Bicknell	Wayne		Wayne High School	38.347981°N 111.533718°W
W	Wendover	Tooele			40.7454°N 114.0297°W
W	Montezuma Creek	San Juan		Whitehorse High School	37.2713°N 109.3059°W

The Block U in Salt Lake City, trademark of the University of Utah

Hikers on Brigham Young University's Block Y in Provo

References

1. Corning, Evelyn (2007). Hillside Letters A to Z : A Guide to Hometown Landmarks. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company.
2. Rocha, Guy (June 2004). "Hillside Letters: In Plain Sight But Not Intended for Planes". Sierra Sage. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
3. Parsons, James J. (1988). "Hillside Letters in the Western United States". Landscape. Sante Fe, N.M. 30 (1): 15–23. Retrieved 9 Aug 2011.
4. Franscell, Ashley (20 May 2014). "G: The Pleasant Grove G". Daily Herald. Provo, UT. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

External links

• Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures
• Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject
• Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers