Moving to Lake Point, Utah

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, NOAA, USGS, and the Utah State Tax Commission. Prices move, so ask me for current numbers.

Lake Point is a small, new city of about 2,950 people. It sits at about 4,250 feet, where I-80 meets SR-36, at the north end of Tooele Valley. The Great Salt Lake is just north, and the Oquirrh Mountains rise to the east. I-80 Exit 99 is about 4 minutes from the city office. Downtown Salt Lake City is about 25 minutes east. Tooele is about 16 minutes south.

The ground is old, but the city is not. Settlers came in 1854 and called the place E.T. City, for Ezra T. Benson. A few years of failed crops sent most of them away by 1857. The settlers who stayed formed an irrigation company. In 1879, the residents finished a canal of a little over 4 miles, dug with teams of animals and hand labor. The E.T. Canal company still serves the town. The name changed to Lake Point in 1923.

For most of a century, there was no city government. On November 2, 2021, voters chose cityhood by 623 to 155, which is 80.1 percent yes. Lake Point became a city in late 2022, and the state counted it as Utah's 250th city. A five-member council runs it, elected at large. There is no mayor. The Census has no 2020 count for the city, because it did not exist yet. Its estimates put the people living inside today's city line at about 2,300 in April 2020 and 2,947 in 2025. That is up about 28 percent.

A new city does not run every service itself. Sewer comes from the Lake Point Improvement District. Fire service comes from the North Tooele Fire District. The Tooele County Sheriff handles police. A cemetery and park service area runs the cemetery and park, and the city contracts for trash. So a buyer deals with more agencies, and the city cannot fix a utility problem on your street alone.

The city's 2024 General Plan says residents want a rural feel, one-acre lots and limited government. Its surveys found that growth had come too fast. For a buyer, the record shows a town of larger lots, mostly newer homes, and a water question that comes before almost every other. The home checks topic starts there. The housing market topic and the neighborhoods topic cover the rest.

Sources: Lake Point City history and council pages, the 2024 Lake Point General Plan, the Tooele County 2021 election results, the Utah state GIS office, the Census, and USGS.

Want the street level story? Lake Point on The Local has three guides to the town. My relocating to Utah guide covers the wider move.

Lake Point has four seasons. Summers are hot and dry. Winters are cold, with less snow than most of the Wasatch Front. Spring is cool and wet, and fall is clear and mild.

No weather station sits in Lake Point today. The closest one with official normals is Garfield, about 5 miles east on the same lake shore. It is about 58 feet higher than the city office. Garfield stopped reporting in 2014, but NOAA still publishes its 1991 to 2020 normals. The numbers below come from that station. Treat them as a close guide, not a reading from your own yard.

Month by month

These are the normal highs and lows for each month. Notice that July nights stay warm. A normal July low is about 71°F.

• JanuaryHigh 36°F, low 25°F
• FebruaryHigh 42°F, low 29°F
• MarchHigh 53°F, low 37°F
• AprilHigh 60°F, low 43°F
• MayHigh 71°F, low 53°F
• JuneHigh 82°F, low 62°F
• JulyHigh 91°F, low 71°F
• AugustHigh 89°F, low 69°F
• SeptemberHigh 78°F, low 59°F
• OctoberHigh 63°F, low 46°F
• NovemberHigh 48°F, low 34°F
• DecemberHigh 37°F, low 26°F

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, Garfield station (USC00423097), about 5 miles east of Lake Point.

Frost and the growing season

The last spring freeze usually comes about April 3. The first fall freeze usually comes about November 4. That leaves about 213 frost-free days. A night at 28°F or colder usually ends around March 11 and starts again around November 13. The USDA plant zone for this area is about 7a. Cold air can settle in low spots, so those may run a little colder than the station does.

About 97 nights a year drop to freezing or lower. A night at 0°F or lower is rare, at about 0.2 nights a year. About 20 days a year never get above freezing.

A normal year brings about 17.7 inches of rain and melted snow. April and May are the wettest months, at about 2.3 and 2.4 inches. July is the driest, at about 0.7 inches.

The station's daily record reaches back to 1924. It shows a low of 11 below zero on January 12, 1963. That is far from normal.

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, Garfield station, NOAA daily records for that station, and the USDA plant hardiness zone map.

Snow and summer heat have their own topics below. The snow topic and the summer topic have the numbers.

Garfield, the nearest station, gets about 23 inches of snow in a normal year. That is well under Salt Lake City and far under Tooele, which sits higher up the valley. NOAA marks these snow figures as provisional, because they rest on only 11 to 20 years of records. Lake Point likely gets about as much snow as Garfield, or more.

December is the snowiest month, with about 7.9 inches. January brings about 5.6. Winter, from December through February, adds up to about 16.4 inches. Fall brings about 4.0 inches and spring about 2.6. No snow falls from May through September.

The biggest one-day snowfall in the station's record is 16 inches, on February 1, 1989. Homes higher on the Oquirrh foothills east of town get more snow than the flat ground. For any home on the hillside, ask the owner what winter is like.

For the bigger picture on snow and water in Utah, read my guide on Utah water and snowpack.

Summers are hot and dry. A normal July afternoon reaches about 91°F at the Garfield station. That is about 3 degrees cooler than Salt Lake City. The nights stay warm, with a normal July low near 71°F, so homes cool off slowly.

Hot days are common. A normal year has about 57 days at 90°F or hotter, and about 53 of them fall from June through August. About 6 days a year reach 100°F. The hottest day in the station's record is 108°F, on July 13, 2002. July is also the driest month, with about 0.7 inches of rain.

The wind and the air have their own topics. The wind topic and the air quality topic cover them.

Lake Point is breezy. The wind at the Tooele Valley airport averages about 8.3 miles an hour over the year. The airport is about 5.5 miles southwest, in the middle of the valley, so Lake Point has no wind record of its own. The number comes from about 24,900 hourly readings between October 2023 and September 2026.

Summer is the windiest season at 9.6 miles an hour, and spring is close at 9.3. Winter is the calmest at 6.4. August is the windiest month at 9.8, and January is the calmest at 5.3. Only about 8 or 9 hours in 100 have wind under 1 mile an hour.

Strong gusts are not common. Gusts of 30 miles an hour or more show up in about 4 hours out of every 100 in spring, and about 3 in winter.

The wind runs up and down Tooele Valley. It blows from the south about 32 hours in every 100 that have wind. North comes next at about 14, and south-southwest at about 11. The city's plan also notes that dust storms can happen. The air quality topic covers them.

An inversion is when cold air gets trapped in a valley under a lid of warmer air. Pollution builds up in the trapped air, and the valley turns hazy. A storm usually clears it out. The valley shares the Wasatch Front pattern of winter inversions.

The city's 2024 plan says air quality concerns may come from natural events like dust storms or inversions. It also says the level of the Great Salt Lake affects the climate and the air. The lake bed to the north is dry ground in the years the water runs low. The plan does not give a count of dust days.

The EPA lists part of Tooele County in two areas. One is the Northern Wasatch Front 8-hour ozone area, which it classes as Serious. The other was the Salt Lake City fine particle (PM2.5) area. The EPA moved that one to maintenance status on December 19, 2025. The EPA list does not say which part of the county sits inside each area.

Here is what I would do. Check the air on the state's air quality site the way you check the weather. If air matters to you, visit on a still winter morning before you buy. The first 90 days topic covers the car rules.

Sources: the 2024 Lake Point General Plan and the EPA Green Book county list for Utah, EPA nonattainment areas.

Housing is the biggest cost in Lake Point, and the glance box at the top of this page shows the Census typical home value. That number is what owners say their homes are worth, averaged over five years. It is not a sale price. Do not price a home here from a ZIP code figure. The ZIP code, 84074, is shared with Tooele, Stansbury Park and Erda, so a quick online search measures a bigger area. In a market this small, a few sales can swing any average.

Your tax bill stacks several layers. It covers the county, the school district, the city's own small levy, and a few special districts. The taxes topic lists each one. Sales tax in the city is 6.90%, a little lower than Tooele City's 7.00%.

Then there is the cost that listing sites never show, which is water. Many homes use a private well with its own water rights. Most of the rest hold shares in Oquirrh Mountain Water Company. A share is a piece of ownership in the company, and it stays with the house. Owners pay flat quarterly assessments, and use over a share's yearly allowance is billed at a much higher rate. So the water setup is part of the price of the home.

There is no grocery store in Lake Point. The nearest is Soelberg's, about 5 minutes away, and the shopping topic has the rest of the list.

Next to Stansbury Park or Tooele, you give up a settled town with a public water system. In return you get the closest commute to Salt Lake City on this side of the mountains and, on the older lots, real acreage. The acreage comes with water homework. Ask me for a side by side of the towns you are weighing, and I will run the numbers with you.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2020 to 2024); Utah State Tax Commission; Oquirrh Mountain Water Company; Lake Point General Plan, 2024.

For general information only. This is not tax or financial advice. Tax rates and home prices change. Consult a qualified professional for guidance specific to your situation.

Three taxes matter most when you move here: sales tax, state income tax, and property tax. Here is each one in plain terms, with the rates in effect in October 2026.

The primary home exemption

Utah gives a tax break to the home you live in. A primary home is taxed on 55% of its market value, up to one acre of land. Second homes and nightly rentals do not qualify, so they are taxed on the full value.

The Tooele County Assessor's office is at 47 South Main Street in Tooele. You can call it at 435-843-3103. From January 1, 2027, Utah law requires an application when a home changes owners. Ask the assessor how and when to apply.

Your tax bill has several parts

A Lake Point bill adds the rates of several groups. They are Tooele County, the Tooele County School District, the city, and a few special districts. The districts cover sewer, fire, mosquito control, and the cemetery and parks. Some parts of town pay all four, and some pay only fire and mosquito control. The school district takes much the largest share. The city's own levy is small.

The 0.67% figure is a county average, so treat it as an estimate. Your tax notice is the final word, and the notice for the exact address is the one to ask the seller for.

Car fees

Utah charges a fee when you register a car, and it depends on the car's age. In 2026 it runs from $150 for the newest models down to $10 for cars from 2014 or older. The first 90 days topic has the registration steps and the emissions rule.

Sources: Utah State Tax Commission (sales tax rates, October 1, 2026; 2025 property tax report; exemption FAQ); Utah Code 59-2-103.5; S.B. 60 (2026); Utah DMV uniform fees, 2026. Questions about your own bill go to the Tooele County Assessor.

For general information only. This is not tax or financial advice. Tax rates and home prices change. Consult a qualified professional for guidance specific to your situation.

The glance box at the top of this page shows the Census typical home value. Lake Point is a small market with two sides. One side is older acreage and horse property on private water. The other side is newer homes in Saddleback. Only a few dozen homes are for sale at a time, so I do not publish a monthly market report for the city. Recent sales of similar homes tell you far more than any town number. Ask me for current numbers.

Most homes here are lived in by their owners. The Census counts 577 of 666 lived-in homes as owner-occupied, about 87%. About 89% are single-family houses on their own lot. The median home was built in 2009, and about half were built in 2010 or later. No homes were counted as vacant or seasonal, so this is a year-round town. These are Census estimates for 2020 to 2024, and they carry a wide margin.

One acre is the rule. The main zone is Rural Residential, with a one-acre minimum lot. Smaller lots exist in only two cases: older parcels, and Saddleback, where an old development agreement lets lots shrink if open space is set aside. Overall the agreement holds the count to one home per acre.

Growth follows the freeway. The I-80 commute is what drives building here, and the traffic topic has the commute numbers.

Water comes first

This is not a city-tap town. About a third of homes have a private well and their own water rights. Most of the rest hold shares in Oquirrh Mountain Water Company. The city's General Plan says new private water rights are not available. It also says water rights cannot move between aquifers, the underground water layers. It says this may limit future building. So the water supply is the real limit on how far the town can grow.

On any purchase, get three answers in writing. What serves the lot today, a well or company shares? Do the water right and the shares come with the sale? And for a building lot, can the water company issue a letter that it will serve the home? Here, water is part of the title and the price. Put it in the contract.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2020 to 2024, estimates with a wide margin); Lake Point General Plan, 2024; Lake Point zoning map, 2023; Oquirrh Mountain Water Company. Ask a title company or the Utah Division of Water Rights about any specific water right.

Lake Point is a wedge of land between the freeway, the highway and the lake. SR-36 splits it, and most homes sit east of the highway. The easiest way to read the city is by area, from the north end to the south. Zones and lot sizes come from the city's 2023 zoning map and its 2024 General Plan.

• North endThe SR-36 and I-80 stripAround Exit 99, along the highwayGas stations and the Flying J travel plaza cluster at the ramps, and the land is zoned for business. This is the busiest road in the county, so homes near it hear and see the highway. This strip gets its water from the Stansbury Park Improvement District, not from the residential water company.
• West of SR-36Toward the lakeWest of the highwayRail, industrial land and the sewer lagoons sit here, with wetlands toward the Great Salt Lake shore. The city plans to steer industry and any new road to this side. Look hard at any lot near the wetlands.
• East side, newerSaddleback and the PasturesEast of SR-36, near Saddleback BoulevardThe newer streets are here, including the Pastures at Saddleback. Lot sizes vary under the old development agreement, and the overall count stays at one home per acre. Most recent building has happened here.
• East side, olderThe original E.T. City groundEast of SR-36, along the old north-south roadsThese are one-acre lots with older homes, many on private wells, and some on the water company. The cemetery and the community park are on the south side of this area. Some older lots are on septic, so ask which a home uses.
• East edgeThe Oquirrh foothillsThe east edge of the cityThe ground climbs toward the mountains and public land. Much of it is steep and sits in a conservation zone. A mapped fault runs along the foothills, and the before you buy topic explains it.
• South endAdobe Rock and Mills JunctionThe south end, on SR-36Adobe Rock stands beside SR-36 and is a landmark you see from the road. Past it are Mills Junction and Stansbury Park, about 9 minutes from the city office.

The city names three subdivisions, Saddleback, Bridlewalk and Lake Point Estates. The water company's records also list Lake Point Vistas, Davies Place, Smart Peak Meadow and Lake Point Heights. The details that decide value are not on a listing: the water shares, the well rights, the flood map, and what the lot faces. Tell me what you are after, and I will pull the full story on a property before you drive out.

Sources: Lake Point General Plan, 2024; Lake Point zoning map, 2023; Lake Point City community development page; Oquirrh Mountain Water Company water declarations; OpenStreetMap.

New construction in Lake Point means Saddleback. Richmond American Homes runs the Pastures at Saddleback, the one large builder community found in the city. It opened in 2019, and the builder's page for it is live in 2026. Ask your agent what is open today, because plans and inventory change. No other builder community shows up in Lake Point.

The city's 2026 meeting agendas list no new subdivision plats, so new building is slow right now. In June 2026 the council also took up a temporary stop on building in the foothill conservation zone. Ask the city if it is in force for any lot you like.

The deciding question, as always here, is water. A new home on the residential side needs a letter from Oquirrh Mountain Water Company saying it will serve the home. The company wants a water share tied to the lot before it writes that letter. The city will not issue a building permit without it. The sewer district must also approve the hookup in writing before the city reviews the permit. No new private water rights are available, so a new private well is not an option.

What a new lot needs

The water company charges a connection fee of $1,150 for a 5/8-inch meter, or $1,350 for a 1-inch meter. It also holds a refundable $500 deposit for the backflow device and the inspection. The sewer district sets its own fees. The city did not post a fee schedule that I could find, so ask the city office.

Buying new works differently from buying resale. Builders often cover the buyer agent fee, and your agent puts that in writing before you sign. The buying new construction guide walks through the contract, the inspections and the timeline.

The build checklist

1. Water. Which shares or rights come with the lot, and will the water company issue its letter?
2. Sewer or septic. Does the sewer district serve the lot, or does the lot need a septic permit from the county health department?
3. Flood map. Lake Point is in FEMA Zone D, so ask for a flood check near the lake.
4. Ground. Lots near the foothills may need a fault study first.
5. Long-term supply. Ask how the water source holds up as the city grows.

Sources: Richmond American Homes; Lake Point City council agendas, 2026; Oquirrh Mountain Water Company new connections page; Lake Point General Plan, 2024.

A few checks matter more in Lake Point than in most towns. Water comes first, and the housing market topic covers it. The rest are about the ground and the lot. Utah law does not require agents to check or disclose geologic hazards, and home insurance usually leaves out losses from them. So the checks are yours to ask for, and I can point you to each one.

Water and sewer

Ask whether the home is on a private well or on Oquirrh Mountain Water Company, and get the water right and the shares in writing. Sewer comes from the Lake Point Improvement District, a lagoon system. Some older lots are on septic, so ask which a home uses. Septic permits come from the Tooele County Health Department.

Flood maps

Lake Point is in FEMA Zone D. That means the flood risk is undetermined. The area was never studied, and the maps date from 2009. The city's plan says new maps could change many properties, and the city wants the maps redone. Ask for a flood check near the shore and along drainages. Ask an insurance agent what flood cover is offered for the address.

Faults and ground

The Oquirrh fault zone runs along the foothills, about a mile east of the city office. The northeast corner of the city sits inside a state fault study zone. A lot inside that zone needs a fault study before you build. The city's plan also names alluvial fans, a high water table and wetlands near the lake. An alluvial fan is a spread of loose soil washed down from the mountains. Wetland lots may need careful work, parcel by parcel.

Radon, dust and wind

Radon is a gas that seeps up from the ground. In ZIP code 84074, 35.9% of 1,399 short-term tests were at or above 4 pCi/L. That is the Utah state record through 2019. Test every home you buy. Lake bed dust is in the air topic, the wind in the wind topic, and the midges in the summer topic.

Fire, hydrants and noise

The city plan says some areas may not have a fire hydrant within 1,000 feet. One fire station sits in Lake Point, run by the North Tooele Fire District. The city's own plan notes brush and dry grass fire risk. A railroad runs west of SR-36. The highway carries the most traffic in the county. Visit a lot at rush hour before you offer.

Sources: FEMA flood maps; Utah Geological Survey; USGS fault database; Utah DEQ radon results (2019); Lake Point General Plan, 2024; Lake Point Improvement District.

Buyers do better when they sort out the financing before the search, because the two sides of this market finance very differently. A new builder home in Saddleback is straightforward. An older acreage parcel on a private well, with water shares and septic, gets a closer look from the lender. The water and the well details can shape both the appraisal and the loan.

The best first step is to get pre-approved. That means a lender checks your finances and tells you how much you can borrow. It shows you what you can spend, and it makes your offer stronger. With only a few dozen homes for sale at a time, being ready the day the right one appears matters. An appraisal is the lender's check on what a home is worth. Few sales nearby make that check harder, so the appraisal matters even more.

Conventional, FHA, VA and USDA loans can all work here. USDA has a map of eligible rural areas. On that map, the whole city of Lake Point sits outside the ineligible area, so USDA rural loans are open to buyers who qualify. Check any address on the map, because income limits and other rules decide the rest. The loan guides on this site explain each loan type in plain English.

If I am your lender, I can tell you early if a home could be hard to get a loan on. In Lake Point, a partner agent I trust does the work on the ground.

How my dual role works. I am licensed in both real estate and lending. On any one purchase I take one role. Every role is disclosed, and you are always free to choose your own agent and your own lender. The full explanation is on How I Work. This section is general information, not financial, legal, or tax advice.

Lake Point is a commuting town, and its own plan says so. The General Plan calls the city well placed near the job centers of the Wasatch Front. A city survey found little wish to make Lake Point the job center of north Tooele County. So many people work somewhere else, and the traffic topic has the commute numbers.

The Census counted 1,464 workers in Lake Point for 2020 to 2024. About 883 of them work inside Tooele County. About 577, roughly 4 in 10, work in another Utah county. The Census table does not name it, but Salt Lake County is the one next door. The count is small, so the margin is wide.

Tooele County had 20,571 jobs covered by unemployment insurance in March 2026. The average weekly pay was $1,018. The Utah average was $1,415, and Salt Lake County's was $1,666.

Work in and near Lake Point

The visible business in town is at Exit 99, where I-80 meets SR-36. The 24-hour Flying J and the TA travel center sit there, with fuel stops and fast food around them. The General Plan wants new shops and businesses on open land along the highway. The big Lakeview Business Park often comes up with Lake Point, but it is in Grantsville, about 16 minutes away.

This list names employers near Lake Point that were running in 2026. It is not a ranking. The state posts its largest employers only on a dashboard that cannot be read as text.

Sources: the Census ACS (2020 to 2024), BLS county employment and wages for the first quarter of 2026, the Lake Point General Plan (2024), and the Utah State Tax Commission area lists. Drive times are from the city office.

Lake Point has no clinic or hospital of its own. The nearest care is south on SR-36, in Stansbury Park and Tooele. The big Salt Lake hospitals are about half an hour east on I-80.

MountainWest Medical Center is the valley's hospital. It is at 2055 North Main Street in Tooele, about 12 minutes from town. It has an emergency room that is open all day and night, and it is part of University of Utah Health. The state lists it as a Level IV trauma center. Trauma levels run from I, the most complete, to V.

For a doctor visit, the University of Utah Health Stansbury Health Center is at 220 Millpond Road in Stansbury Park, about 9 minutes away. It has family medicine, pediatrics, specialists, a pharmacy and a lab. Urgent care is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. It is closed Sunday. The phone is 435-843-3000.

On military orders? My military PCS guide covers VA loans and timing the move.

Sources: the hospital and clinic websites, the Utah Bureau of Emergency Medical Services trauma list (May 2025), and map drive estimates from the city office.

Lake Point is in the Tooele County School District. There is no public school inside the city. The district's 2025 to 2026 boundary map put every point checked in Lake Point in the same three schools.

Old Mill Elementary is in Stansbury Park, at 130 East Brigham Road. It serves kindergarten through sixth grade and had 665 students in fall 2025. Stansbury Junior High is in Erda, at 140 East Bates Canyon Road. It opened for the 2025 to 2026 year, serves grades 7 and 8, and had 635 students. Stansbury High is in Stansbury Park, at 5300 North Aberdeen Lane. It serves grades 9 to 12 and had 1,683 students.

The district had 15,737 students in the fall 2025 count. Elementary boundaries changed in 2024 and the secondary boundaries changed in 2025, so confirm the schools for any address you are serious about. Do not assume a Tooele school.

Excelsior Academy, a charter school in Erda, is another public option. It had 1,409 students that fall. A charter school is a public school that is run apart from the district.

I do not rate schools, and I would be wary of anyone who says which one is best. Look at boundaries and programs yourself. The links below go to the district and to independent sites.

Counts come from the Utah State Board of Education (fall 2025). Ratings and boundaries come from independent third parties and the district, not from me.

No college sits in Lake Point, but the valley has two. Utah State University runs a campus in Tooele, about 20 minutes away. It lists more than 85 degree and certificate programs and more than 25 graduate programs, and the diploma is the same as on any other USU campus. The address is 1021 West Vine Street, and the phone is 435-797-8463.

Tooele Technical College is also in Tooele, at 88 South Tooele Boulevard. It offers certificate programs. The bigger campuses are east on I-80. Salt Lake Community College's Taylorsville Redwood campus is about 29 minutes from the city office, and the University of Utah is about 35.

Drive times are map estimates from the city office in normal weather.

Inside Lake Point, traffic is light. The one busy road is SR-36, which carries I-80 traffic into the valley. The General Plan says the highway through Lake Point has the heaviest traffic counts in the county.

I-80 Exit 99 is the town's interchange, about 4 minutes from the city office. The next exits are 94 to the west, which is the Midvalley Highway, and 102 to the east, which is SR-201. Exit 104 goes to Saltair and the Great Salt Lake State Park.

How people get to work

Of 1,464 workers in the 2020 to 2024 Census count, 835 drove alone and 205 carpooled. About 393, or 1 in 4, worked from home. Almost no one rode a bus. Of the 1,071 people who travel to a job, about 36 percent get there in under 20 minutes. About 43 percent travel 30 minutes or more, and about 1 in 8 travel 45 minutes or more. The most common trip is 30 to 34 minutes.

The Midvalley Highway

The Midvalley Highway opened in October 2021. It runs from I-80 at Exit 94 to SR-138, on the Grantsville side, with one lane each way. It gives Grantsville a second way to the freeway. It does not reach SR-36 yet, and the extension to SR-36 has no money set aside. So for Lake Point, SR-36 is still the main road south.

The slow part of the day is I-80 into Salt Lake County and the SR-36 interchange at rush hour. Winter storms add time too. Check the state project page before a move day.

Sources: the Census ACS (2020 to 2024), the Lake Point General Plan (2024), OpenStreetMap exits, and the Utah Department of Transportation Midvalley Highway page.

Yes, but only on weekdays, and it is a commuter service. UTA's Route 451 Tooele Fast Bus stops at Lake Point Junction, at the Flying J, 1635 South Saddleback Boulevard. It runs five trips toward Salt Lake in the early morning and five back in the evening.

Route F453, the Tooele SLC Flex, runs through the middle of the day. It has eight trips each way, about once an hour, and it stops at Lake Point Junction too. Both routes also stop at the Benson Grist Mill park and ride in Stansbury Park. Neither runs on Saturday or Sunday. Check the current schedule, because times change.

UTA also runs a ride-on-request service in Tooele County, UTA On Demand, on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. UTA lists Tooele, Stansbury Park, Erda and Grantsville for it, and it does not name Lake Point. Ask UTA before you count on it. The phone is 435-843-4114.

Source: the UTA schedule feed valid August 16 to December 5, 2026. Routes change, so check before you rely on them.

Lake Point has no airline airport. Salt Lake City International is the one most people use. It is about 20 miles away, and the drive takes about 25 minutes. That is the shortest airport drive in Tooele Valley.

Provo Airport is about 67 miles away, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Bolinder Field, the Tooele Valley Airport, is for private planes. It is about 5 miles northwest of Tooele, with one runway, no tower and no airline flights. It has flight training and skydiving from March to November.

Drive times are map estimates from the city office in normal weather. Rush hour on I-80 adds time.

Lake Point sits at the northeast corner of Tooele Valley. I-80 takes you east to Salt Lake City or west across the desert, and SR-36 runs south through Stansbury Park to Tooele. Every long trip starts at Exit 99.

Stansbury Park

~5 mi · ~9 min

Erda

~6 mi · ~9 min

Tooele

~11 mi · ~16 min

Grantsville

~12 mi · ~16 min

Salt Lake City

~24 mi · ~25 min

Park City

~54 mi · ~57 min

From the center of town

• I-80 Exit 99~4 min
• Benson Grist Mill~5 min
• Great Salt Lake Marina~12 min
• MountainWest Medical Center~12 min
• Utah Motorsports Campus~21 min
• Deseret Peak trailhead~50 min

Here are more drives people ask about, from the city office.

These are map estimates from the city office in normal conditions, not official figures. Add time for snow and rush hour, and check your own route.

Going somewhere else? Look up any Utah drive between 138 towns.

Lake Point is a new city, and most services come from districts and companies, not city hall. That means several bills. This table says who serves what.

The city office is at 1528 Sunset Road, in the same building as the fire station. Office hours are not posted, so call first.

The housing market topic says what to ask about water before you make an offer, and the home checks cover fire hydrants and the ground. Call 811 before you dig.

Start with Lake Point City to sort out which agency serves your street.

Sources: Lake Point City, the Lake Point General Plan (2024), the Oquirrh Mountain Water Company website, the Utah service area maps, and the Tooele County pages. Check each office for current fees.

Internet in Lake Point is better than its size suggests. The state broadband map lists providers at 23 points inside the city. Eighteen of them had wired service. The other five were on the wetland and lake edge.

Fiber is a glass cable that carries internet very fast. Xfinity fiber showed at 17 of the 23 points, and Beehive Broadband fiber at 16. Terabit Networks fiber showed at 7, in the middle of town. Quantum Fiber showed at 4, on the east side near Saddleback. CenturyLink phone-line internet showed at 11 points, and Xfinity cable at 4.

These are single points, and the map shows what a company reports, not what a given house can order. A home on a large lot at the edge may not be able to get the same service as a house in a new subdivision. Check the exact address before you count on it.

For cell service, check each carrier's own coverage map for the address you like.

Source: the Utah Broadband Center provider layer, checked in October 2026. No speeds or prices are listed on purpose.

Moving day is only the start. Here is the short list for your first 90 days in Lake Point. The county offices and the license office are in Tooele, about 16 minutes away.

1. Turn on the utilitiesCall the water company at (801) 508-0397 about the share transfer, and set up Rocky Mountain Power and Enbridge Gas. Call the city at 801-725-5096 for ACE trash, and the Lake Point Improvement District for sewer. Do this about a week before you move in.
2. Get your Utah driver licenseThe office is at 1929 North Aaron Drive, Suite G, in Tooele. It is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 801-965-4437 for an appointment. Moving a license from another state takes a written test and maybe a driving test. The fee is $52, or $39 for ages 20 and under.
3. Register your carUtah gives you 60 days after you set up a permanent home. The motor vehicle office is on the second floor of the Tooele County Building, 47 South Main Street, 435-843-3190. It is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no title work after 4:30. A car titled in Utah for the first time needs a quick VIN check.
4. Skip the emissions testTooele County does not require one. Salt Lake County, next door, does.
5. Claim the primary home tax breakApply with the Tooele County Assessor, 47 South Main Street, 435-843-3103. The taxes topic has the full rule.
6. Register to voteRegister online at vote.utah.gov, or in person with ID. The Tooele County Clerk is in the same county building, 435-843-3140.
7. Sign up for schoolCheck the boundary map first, then call the district at 435-833-1900 or the school itself.

Rules and office hours change. Check each office before you go.

Lake Point has no grocery store, no pharmacy and no hardware store. Its food and fuel stops are at Exit 99. The weekly grocery run goes south to Stansbury Park, and the big run goes to the north end of Tooele.

At the exit you will find the Flying J, which is open 24 hours with a Denny's and a Pilot food counter. The TA travel center has a Burger King and a Taco Bell. Arby's, Wendy's, Del Taco and McDonald's stand on their own nearby, and Chevron is a fuel stop on SR-36. The nearest full grocery is Soelberg's Market at 6727 North Highway 36 in Stansbury Park. It is about 5 minutes away and open Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. It is closed on Sundays.

What Lake Point does not have

This is the honest list. Keep it in mind if you shop on a schedule.

The Tooele time is to the center of town, and the north end is a bit closer. The West Valley City time is to the city center, so add a few minutes to reach the store.

See the restaurants topic for places to eat in the area.

Store lists and hours change. These were checked against store pages, the city business directory and local news in October 2026.

Lake Point's outdoors starts at the shore of the Great Salt Lake. The lake is close, an island trail and a wilderness peak are a drive away, and the foothills rise right behind town. Here are the places to know first.

From the city office

• I-80 Exit 99~4 min
• Benson Grist Mill~5 min
• Great Salt Lake Marina~12 min
• MountainWest Medical Center~12 min
• Utah Motorsports Campus~21 min
• Deseret Peak trailhead~50 min

The lake is a neighbor whose level moves. On October 4, 2026, it read 4,189.7 feet, about 1.2 feet above the record low of 4,188.5 feet set in November 2022. The state park's conditions page has recently called the launch ramp shallow, with launching at your own risk. Check it before you tow a boat out.

Stansbury Island is a spring and fall trip, because the south-facing slopes melt out fast and the summer sun is hard. Mountain bikers make a 10 to 11 mile loop by coming back on dirt roads. Loop Campground opened for the 2026 season on May 8. It has 13 sites and no drinking water.

Sources: Utah State Parks, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Forest Service, utah.com, and the Lake Point General Plan. Drive times are map estimates from the city office with no traffic.

No national park sits near Lake Point. The land close by is a state park, a wilderness area in the national forest, and BLM land on the island. The nearest national park is Capitol Reef, about 245 miles away, or about 4 hours by the city finder's map estimate. Plan it as an overnight trip.

Antelope Island holds a public bison roundup each fall, usually in late October. The Bonneville Salt Flats are a long day trip west on I-80, about an hour and a half. Speed Week there usually runs from late July into early August, and the flats close to general visitors while it runs.

Drive times are map estimates from the city office with no traffic. The Capitol Reef time is the city finder's estimate. Check each park's own site for hours, fees, and closures.

There is no ski area in Tooele County. The quickest drive to lifts is Park City Mountain's Canyons Village, about 52 minutes from the city office. Snowbird is fewer miles, and it is about 55 minutes.

Alta, Solitude, and Brighton are in the same canyons, and each is about an hour. Ski season usually starts around December. Canyon roads can slow down on storm days, so add time.

Drive times are map estimates from the city office with no traffic.

Lake Point has no golf course. The nearest is in Stansbury Park, about 9 minutes south, and two more are in Tooele, about 16 minutes away.

Sources: the Stansbury Service Agency, Tooele City, and golf directories. Hours and rates change by season, so call a course before you go.

Lake Point has no sit-down restaurant other than a 24 hour Denny's. Its food is at the I-80 and SR-36 interchange, Exit 99. The stand-alone places there are Arby's, Wendy's, Del Taco, and McDonald's. Burger King and Taco Bell sit inside the TA travel center, and a Pilot food counter sits next to Denny's in the Flying J.

For groceries, the groceries and shopping topic has the store runs.

Six places people know

• 24 hour dinerDenny'sFlying J, 1605 E Saddleback Blvd, Lake PointOpen 24 hours a day, every day. The phone is 801-508-7019.
• Roast beefArby's8580 Commerce Dr, Lake PointDrive-through and dining room, open early to late most days.
• Mexican fast foodDel Taco1428 Arimo Rd, Lake PointThe phone is 801-250-7123.
• BurgersA&W6777 Highway 36, Stansbury ParkBurgers and root beer floats, with a drive-through. It is open every day.
• DeliSoelberg's Market6727 N Highway 36, Stansbury ParkNot a restaurant. It is the nearest grocery and deli, open Monday to Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Casual sit-downChili's951 N Main, TooeleA chain restaurant at the Founders Pointe center on Tooele's north end.

These are well known and open in 2026. This is not a ranking, and no one paid to be listed. Hours change and small places come and go, so check before you drive.

More nearby

Sources: Lake Point City's business list, each chain's own store page, Soelberg's, Stansbury Park, and KSL. Hours change, so check before you go.

Lake Point itself has no standing venues. It does have a landmark on SR-36 and a county park with a pioneer mill. A concert hall, a racetrack, and a fairgrounds are within about 20 minutes. Downtown Salt Lake is about 25 minutes east for a bigger night out.

• LandmarkAdobe RockAlong SR-36, about 6 minutes from the city officeA rock with a marker from 1947. It says scouts from Brigham Young's 1847 party viewed the valley from it. It also says that in 1849 Captain Howard Stansbury built a small adobe house beside it for his herders. It sits on private ranch land, so see it from the road and do not cross the fence.
• County parkBenson Grist Mill325 Pole Canyon Rd, Stansbury Park, about 5 minutesBuilt in 1854 and restored by volunteers from 1983. The grounds hold pioneer cabins and a country store. Tooele County runs it. Its Saturday farmers market usually runs from late June to mid October.
• Concert hallThe Great Saltair12408 W Saltair Dr, Magna, about 9 minutesThe original Saltair opened in 1893. Today's hall holds about 4,500 and hosts touring concerts and festivals. Acts change each season, so use its site.
• RacetrackWest Desert motorsports campusSheep Lane, about 21 minutesThe old Miller Motorsports Park, still called the Utah Motorsports Campus on its own site. It reopened to the public on September 19, 2026, with karting, track days, and a driving school.
• County fairgroundsThe Peak2930 W Highway 112, between Tooele and GrantsvilleTooele County's complex, opened in 1999. It has a covered arena, motocross tracks, an indoor BMX track, an aquatic center, and ball fields.
• Night skyStansbury Park Observatory1 Country Club Dr, Stansbury ParkThe Salt Lake Astronomical Society holds public star parties here, usually from spring into early fall.

The Great Salt Lake State Park and the marina are covered in the outdoor recreation topic. Lake Point on The Local has deeper guides to the landmark and the lost resort that once stood by the lake.

Sources: Tooele County Parks and Recreation, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers marker, the Great Saltair, Utah Business, and Stansbury Park. Hours, prices, and seasons change, so check each place before you go.

Lake Point has no theater, gallery, or museum. The arts nearby are small and county sized. For a big stage, go east to Salt Lake City, about 25 minutes away.

• FairTooele Renaissance FaireBenson Grist MillRun by the Tooele County Arts Guild. In 2026 it ran September 18 and 19, its sixth year.
• TheaterThe RitzTooeleA Tooele theater the city used in 2026 for a cabaret and movie night.
• MuseumTooele Valley Museum and Historical Park35 N Broadway, TooeleFree. It is usually open late May to late September, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• ConcertsThe Great SaltairMagna, about 9 minutesTouring concerts and festivals in a hall on the lake shore. The entertainment topic tells its story.

Sources: Tooele County Parks and Recreation, Tooele City, and local news. Dates and hours change, so check before you go.

Lake Point has no festival of its own. The city's site lists only a fireworks note for 2026. The weekends people plan around are in the towns next door, and they follow the usual calendar.

Stansbury Days is held in mid August in Stansbury Park. In 2026 it ran August 13 to 15, with a parade, a cardboard boat race, and fireworks over the lake. Tooele County Heritage Days is the county fair, held at The Peak in late July. Tooele holds a Fourth of July parade, concert, and fireworks.

• JanuarySki season is in full swing in the Cottonwood canyons and Park City, about an hour away.
• FebruaryThe Stansbury Park Golf Course usually opens.
• MarchGrantsville holds the Old Folks Sociable, a town tradition since 1884.
• AprilPublic star parties start at the Stansbury Park Observatory. Spring is the best season for the Stansbury Island trail.
• MayLoop Campground below Deseret Peak opens for the season. The Tooele Valley Museum usually opens late in the month.
• JuneThe Benson Grist Mill farmers market starts on Saturdays.
• JulyTooele's Fourth of July, Pioneer Fun at the Mill, summer concerts at the Great Saltair, and Heritage Days at The Peak. Speed Week starts at the Salt Flats.
• AugustStansbury Days in mid month. Heritage Days wraps up with a demolition derby.
• SeptemberThe Renaissance Faire at the grist mill. The last star parties of the season.
• OctoberThe mill's Fall Festival and the last farmers market. The Antelope Island bison roundup is usually in late October.
• NovemberA Christmas lighting and live nativity at the grist mill. Tooele's Santa parade is usually the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
• DecemberSki areas open. The Stansbury Park golf course usually stays open into December.

These are the usual months. Dates move each year, so check each event's own site before you plan a trip.

Lake Point sits at the front door of Tooele Valley. The valley's towns lie to the south, Salt Lake City lies to the east, and the salt desert runs west. These are the drives people make most.

Winter storms and rush hour can add time on I-80. The airports topic covers flights, and the traffic topic covers the commute.

Drive times are map estimates from the Lake Point city office with no traffic.