List of hillside letters in Utah

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

Hikers on Brigham Young University's Block Y in Provo

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 73 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages.

Monogram	Town	County	Description	Location
A	Alton	Kane		37°26′21″N 112°28′58″W / 37.4393°N 112.4827°W (uncertain location)
SJ	Blanding	San Juan	San Juan High School	37°38′29″N 109°29′01″W / 37.6414°N 109.4835°W
BR	Tremonton	Box Elder	Bear River High School	41°45′33″N 112°12′08″W / 41.7593°N 112.2021°W
B	Beaver	Beaver	Beaver High School	38°15′57″N 112°34′57″W / 38.2657°N 112.5825°W
BL	Ogden	Weber	Ben Lomond High School	41°15′02″N 111°55′51″W / 41.2506°N 111.9308°W
B	South Jordan	Salt Lake	Bingham High School	40°34′07″N 112°06′59″W / 40.5686°N 112.1165°W
B	Bountiful	Davis	Bountiful High School	40°53′51″N 111°50′47″W / 40.8975°N 111.8463°W
B	Brigham City	Box Elder	Box Elder High School	41°31′12″N 111°59′26″W / 41.52°N 111.9906°W
Y	Provo	Utah	Brigham Young University	40°14′54″N 111°37′14″W / 40.2483°N 111.6206°W
B	Cottonwood Heights	Salt Lake	Brighton High School	40°36′35″N 111°47′09″W / 40.6096°N 111.7859°W
BV	Tropic	Garfield	Bryce Valley High School	37°37′28″N 112°03′46″W / 37.6245°N 112.0629°W
C	Price	Carbon	Carbon High School	39°36′31″N 110°48′45″W / 39.6086°N 110.8125°W
C	Cedar City	Iron	Cedar High School	37°38′33″N 113°02′06″W / 37.6426°N 113.0351°W
C	East Carbon-Sunnyside	Carbon	For the former town of Columbia	39°30′51″N 110°23′07″W / 39.5142°N 110.3854°W
C	Magna	Salt Lake	Cyprus High School	40°42′29″N 112°07′56″W / 40.708°N 112.1322°W
DIXIE	St. George	Washington	Dixie High School	37°06′57″N 113°34′45″W / 37.1159°N 113.5792°W
D	St. George	Washington	Dixie State College	37°06′29″N 113°35′52″W / 37.1081°N 113.5977°W
D	Duchesne	Duchesne		40°09′57″N 110°24′34″W / 40.1658°N 110.4094°W
E	Elsinore	Sevier		38°41′06″N 112°09′39″W / 38.6849°N 112.1607°W
E	Enterprise	Washington		37°33′09″N 113°44′54″W / 37.5525°N 113.7484°W
E	Escalante	Garfield		37°47′18″N 111°34′55″W / 37.7884°N 111.582°W
FREMONT COUNTRY (no longer exists)	Beaver County	Beaver	once said BEAVER COUNTY, now a jumble of white rocks	38°06′44″N 112°38′52″W / 38.1123°N 112.6479°W
FG	Fountain Green	Sanpete		39°38′09″N 111°37′57″W / 39.6357°N 111.6326°W
G	Glenwood	Sevier		38°46′26″N 111°58′57″W / 38.7738°N 111.9824°W
G	Moab	Grand	Grand County High School	38°35′06″N 109°33′03″W / 38.5849°N 109.5508°W
G	Green River	Emery		38°59′07″N 110°10′06″W / 38.9853°N 110.1682°W
G	Gunnison	Sanpete		39°09′21″N 111°50′09″W / 39.1557°N 111.8357°W
G	Pleasant Grove	Utah	Short for "the Grove", a common nickname for Pleasant Grove High School[4]	40°22′25″N 111°42′05″W / 40.3735°N 111.7013°W
H	Henefer	Summit		41°00′34″N 111°30′10″W / 41.0094°N 111.5028°W
H	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	Highland High School	40°43′50″N 111°48′41″W / 40.7306°N 111.8114°W
HOLE N' THE ROCK		San Juan	Hole N' the Rock (Moab)	38°23′28″N 109°27′16″W / 38.3911°N 109.4544°W
H	Hurricane	Washington		37°10′27″N 113°16′53″W / 37.1742°N 113.2815°W
I	Brigham City	Box Elder	Intermountain Indian School (closed)	41°28′58″N 111°59′57″W / 41.4829°N 111.9993°W
J	Nephi	Juab	Juab High School	39°44′29″N 111°49′06″W / 39.7415°N 111.8182°W
K	Kanab	Kane		37°02′54″N 112°31′03″W / 37.0482°N 112.5175°W
L	La Verkin	Washington		37°12′03″N 113°15′48″W / 37.2008°N 113.2632°W
L	Leeds	Washington		37°14′33″N 113°21′40″W / 37.2424°N 113.361°W
M	Mammoth	Juab		39°55′54″N 112°06′19″W / 39.9317°N 112.1052°W
M	Manti	Sanpete		39°15′45″N 111°36′36″W / 39.2624°N 111.6101°W
M	Marysvale	Piute		38°27′24″N 112°12′51″W / 38.4566°N 112.2143°W
M (no longer exists)	Milford	Beaver		38°23′55″N 113°00′35″W / 38.3986°N 113.0098°W (uncertain location)
M	Fillmore	Millard	Millard High School	38°59′05″N 112°16′19″W / 38.9848°N 112.272°W
M	Morgan	Morgan		41°01′42″N 111°39′32″W / 41.0283°N 111.659°W
M	Moroni	Sanpete		39°32′36″N 111°34′42″W / 39.5434°N 111.5782°W
MC	Hyrum	Cache	Mountain Crest High School	41°37′04″N 111°48′04″W / 41.6178°N 111.801°W
GREEN VALLEY	St. George	Washington	neighborhood	37°05′46″N 113°37′22″W / 37.096°N 113.6228°W
NC	Richmond	Cache	North Cache Junior High School	41°55′27″N 111°47′12″W / 41.9243°N 111.7867°W
NR	Laketown	Rich	North Rich Junior High School	41°49′32″N 111°18′46″W / 41.8255°N 111.3127°W
NS	Salina	Sevier	North Sevier High School	38°57′21″N 111°49′19″W / 38.9557°N 111.8219°W
NS	Coalville	Summit	North Summit High School	40°54′30″N 111°23′08″W / 40.9083°N 111.3855°W
PC	Park City	Summit		40°40′26″N 111°29′13″W / 40.6738°N 111.487°W
P	Parowan	Iron		37°49′52″N 112°49′16″W / 37.8312°N 112.821°W
P	Payson	Utah	Payson High School	40°01′30″N 111°42′59″W / 40.0249°N 111.7163°W
P	Peterson	Morgan		41°06′04″N 111°46′04″W / 41.1012°N 111.7678°W
P	Junction	Piute	Piute High School	38°14′34″N 112°14′42″W / 38.2427°N 112.245°W
G	Pleasant Grove	Utah		40°22′24″N 111°42′04″W / 40.3734°N 111.7011°W
R	Richfield	Sevier		38°45′41″N 112°06′43″W / 38.7614°N 112.1119°W
S	Shivwits	Washington		37°11′01″N 113°45′12″W / 37.1836°N 113.7534°W
S	Holladay	Salt Lake	Skyline High School (Utah)	40°41′35″N 111°47′03″W / 40.693°N 111.7842°W
SV	Smithfield	Cache	Sky View High School	41°49′16″N 111°47′57″W / 41.821°N 111.7992°W
S	Ephraim	Sanpete	Snow College	39°20′39″N 111°32′21″W / 39.3441°N 111.5391°W
SS	Monroe	Sevier	South Sevier High School	38°37′54″N 112°06′03″W / 38.6316°N 112.1007°W
SS	Kamas	Summit	South Summit High School	40°38′51″N 111°16′08″W / 40.6475°N 111.2689°W
S	Sterling	Sanpete		39°11′40″N 111°41′57″W / 39.1945°N 111.6993°W
T	Eureka	Juab	Tintic High School	39°57′03″N 112°06′26″W / 39.9509°N 112.1071°W
T	Tooele	Tooele	Tooele High School	40°31′30″N 112°14′54″W / 40.5249°N 112.2482°W
T	Tropic	Garfield		37°37′16″N 112°04′55″W / 37.621°N 112.0819°W
U	Uintah	Weber		41°08′34″N 111°53′58″W / 41.1429°N 111.8995°W
U	Vernal	Uintah	Uintah High School	40°26′19″N 109°36′21″W / 40.4386°N 109.6057°W
U	Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	University of Utah	40°46′46″N 111°50′24″W / 40.7794°N 111.8399°W
V	Orderville	Kane	Valley High School	37°16′53″N 112°38′14″W / 37.2813°N 112.6371°W
V	Venice	Sevier		38°48′10″N 111°58′21″W / 38.8029°N 111.9724°W
V	Centerville	Davis	Viewmont High School	40°54′34″N 111°51′21″W / 40.9094°N 111.8557°W
W	Wendover	Tooele		40°44′43″N 114°01′47″W / 40.7454°N 114.0297°W
W	Montezuma Creek	San Juan	Whitehorse High School	37°16′17″N 109°18′21″W / 37.2713°N 109.3059°W

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.
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. Rayburn, Jim (9 December 1993). "Better ways to show school spirit than littering mountain with letters". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, UT. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

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