Activities in Utah › Parks & Gardens › Salt Lake City

Artesian Well Park

Hours: Daily 5 AM–10 PM
Where: 808 S 500 E, Salt Lake City, UT (Salt Lake County)
Indoors or outdoors: Outdoors
Good for: outdoor lovers
Phone: +1 801-972-7800

Good to know

This small downtown park is built around a natural artesian spring that has supplied water to the Salt Lake Valley for over a century. The quarter-acre space offers a chance to see this historic water source up close. Since hours extend into evening, you can visit before or after other downtown activities.

Updated October 22, 2026

Open in Go Do — make plans with friends Their website

Artesian Well Park is a small pocket park near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, built around a natural artesian spring that flows without pumping. The park occupies a quarter acre at the southwest corner of 800 South and 500 East. The spring has been used as a public water source since at least the late 19th century and continues to attract visitors from across the Salt Lake Valley.

About Artesian Well Park

Artesian Well Park is one of 193 parks and gardens in Salt Lake City on Go Do, in Salt Lake County. Open daily 5 AM–10 PM, it's an outdoor activity. Within 30 miles there are 1,443 other parks and gardens, the nearest being Romney Park Plaza Senior Housing (about 0.1 miles). It's a good fit for outdoor lovers.