Moving to Mona, Utah

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

Mona is a small town of about 2,000 people, at about 4,970 feet in the Juab Valley. The streets sit west of I-15, and the freeway runs along the east edge of town. Mount Nebo rises beyond it, about 5 miles east. Its north peak is 11,928 feet, the tallest in the Wasatch Range. Mona has its own freeway exit, Exit 233, about 3 minutes from the city office.

Nephi is about 12 minutes south. The Juab County offices are there, along with the hospital and the grocery store. Provo is about 35 minutes north, and Salt Lake City is about 1 hour 15 minutes. A partner agent I trust does the work on the ground here. I do the homework and stay on your file.

Settlers came in 1852 and called the place Clover Creek. It was later called Willow Creek, and then Mona. The town was incorporated in 1924. For most of a century it stayed small. The Census counted 850 people in 2000 and 1,750 in 2020, so it has more than doubled. The 2025 estimate is about 1,960. Growth slowed after 2022. The city's 2022 water plan guesses about 2,136 people by 2030.

It still looks like a farm town. The streets keep a tight old grid, and hay fields run out to the foothills. A lavender farm sits north of town, and a natural-gas power plant sits west of it. The economy topic and the outdoors topic tell those stories in full.

For a buyer, the record shows a town of houses on large lots. The city sets a half-acre minimum in its main zones. Water decides what you can build, and the home checks topic starts there. The housing market topic and the neighborhoods topic cover the rest.

Sources: the Mona City history page, the city's 2022 water plan, the Census, USGS, and the Nephi City page on Mount Nebo.

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

Mona has four real seasons. Summer days are hot and dry, and the nights cool off. Winter is cold, with snow that comes and goes. Spring is slow to warm up, and fall is clear and mild. It is drier than the Wasatch Front and greener than the red rock south.

No weather station sits in Mona. The closest one with official normals is in Nephi, about 7 miles south, in the same valley. It is about 175 feet higher than Mona, so Mona summer days may run about a degree warmer. The numbers below are NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals for that station.

Month by month

These are the normal highs and lows for each month. Look at how far the temperature falls at night. Even in July, a normal night drops to about 61°F.

• JanuaryHigh 37°F, low 20°F
• FebruaryHigh 42°F, low 24°F
• MarchHigh 53°F, low 31°F
• AprilHigh 60°F, low 36°F
• MayHigh 70°F, low 44°F
• JuneHigh 82°F, low 53°F
• JulyHigh 90°F, low 61°F
• AugustHigh 87°F, low 60°F
• SeptemberHigh 78°F, low 50°F
• OctoberHigh 64°F, low 38°F
• NovemberHigh 49°F, low 28°F
• DecemberHigh 37°F, low 20°F

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, Nephi station (USC00426135), about 7 miles south of Mona.

Frost and the growing season

The last spring freeze usually comes about May 6. The first fall freeze usually comes about October 10. That leaves about 156 frost-free days. The last night at 28°F or colder is usually around April 21, and the first is around October 23. The USDA plant zone for Mona's ZIP code is 6b. If you plan a garden or an orchard, count on frost into early May.

About 148 nights a year drop to freezing or lower, and about 3 nights a year drop to 0°F or lower. About 21 days a year never get above freezing.

A normal year brings about 13.7 inches of rain and melted snow. April is the wettest month at 1.6 inches, and July is the driest at 0.6 inches. Late summer can bring afternoon thunderstorms that build over Mount Nebo.

The Nephi station's daily record, which reaches back to 1904, shows a low of 21 below zero on December 23, 1990. That is far from normal. I-15 stays the dependable winter road, while the Nebo Loop closes for the season.

Source: NOAA climate normals, 1991 to 2020, Nephi 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.

Mona gets about 45 inches of snow in a normal year at the Nephi station. That is a little less than Salt Lake City and far less than Midway. NOAA marks the snow figures as provisional. December and January are the snowiest months.

December brings about 12.5 inches, January about 10.9, and February about 8.1. Winter adds up to about 31.5 inches. Spring brings about 7.2 inches, and fall about 6.7. No snow falls from June through September.

Snow does not stay on the ground all winter. In a normal year, about 66 days have at least 1 inch on the ground, and 57 of them fall from December through February. About 7 or 8 days have 10 inches or more. The biggest one-day snowfall on the station's record is 19 inches, on March 21, 1944.

Mona sits a little lower than the Nephi station, and no NOAA normal exists for the town itself. The ground rises toward Mount Nebo. The Santaquin station, at a canyon mouth about 10 miles north-northeast, logs about 55 inches a year. For any home on the east side or a hillside, ask the owner what the snow 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 90°F at the Nephi station. That is about 4 degrees cooler than Salt Lake City. The nights are the best part. A July night usually falls to about 61°F, so most homes cool off by morning.

Hot days do happen. A normal year has about 48 days at 90°F or hotter, and about 45 of them fall from June through August. About 1 day a year reaches 100°F. July is also the driest month, with about half an inch of rain.

Some summer afternoons bring thunderstorms off Mount Nebo. The air quality topic covers what this page knows about air.

Mona sits in a breezy valley. The wind at the Nephi airport averages about 8.4 miles an hour over the year. The airport is about 7 miles south-southwest of Mona, in the same valley. The number comes from about 14,900 hourly readings between January 2025 and September 2026. Under two years is a short record, so treat it as a first look.

Spring is the windiest season at 8.8 miles an hour, and fall is the calmest at 7.8. June is the windiest month at 9.4, and November is the calmest at 7.2. The air is almost never dead still. Only about 1 hour in 100 has wind under 1 mile an hour.

Strong gusts are not common. Gusts of 30 miles an hour or more show up in about 3 hours out of every 100 in spring. In the other seasons, they come in fewer than 2 hours in 100.

The wind runs up and down the valley. It blows from the south about 27 hours in every 100 that have wind. North and south-southeast come next, at about 13 hours each.

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 gray. A storm usually clears it out.

This page has no measured count of inversion days or smoky days for Mona. No air monitor reading for the town is in the research, so I will not guess at one. What the record does show is that the valley is breezy, and the air is rarely still. That helps stir the air out.

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 and a hot summer afternoon before you buy.

Source: the Iowa Environmental Mesonet readings at the Nephi airport.

Housing is the biggest cost in Mona. 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. Few homes sell in a year, so a price list for the whole town would rest on a handful of sales. In Mona you price the home and its land, not the town.

Lots are big here. The city asks for at least half an acre in its main zones. Santaquin and Payson are 16 to 20 minutes north, and the same money usually buys more land in Mona. You trade closeness to Utah County jobs and stores for a quieter valley. The sales tax is also lower here, 7.05% against 7.45% in those two towns.

The other costs are about what you would expect in a small Utah town. The catch is the driving. Mona has no grocery store, so most errands mean a trip to Nephi or north to Payson, and the shopping topic lists where.

The utilities topic has the city fees and how to start service, and the taxes topic lists every tax.

Against Nephi you trade the bigger town's services for a smaller town with its own freeway exit. 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, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024; Utah State Tax Commission sales tax rates for October 2026; Mona City utility page; Mona City Code. Rates change, so ask the city office for today's numbers.

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 Juab County Assessor's office is at 160 North Main Street in Nephi, and you can call it at 435-623-3425. From January 1, 2027, Utah law requires an application when a home changes owners. The county does not post its own deadline online, so ask the assessor how and when to apply.

Your tax bill has several parts

A home in Mona pays several taxing groups, not just the city. They are Juab County, the Juab School District, the county fire district, and two water districts. Mona City's own share is small. The city planned to collect $74,844 for 2025. The 0.52% figure adds up all those rates on a primary home, so treat it as an estimate. Your tax notice is the final word.

Car fees

Utah charges a fee at registration that depends on the age of the car. The first 90 days topic has the registration steps and the emissions rule, and the getting settled guide has the rest of the first weeks.

Sources: Utah State Tax Commission (sales tax rates in effect October 1, 2026; 2025 property tax report and approved rates; residential exemption FAQ); Utah Code 59-2-103.5; Utah State Legislature, S.B. 60 (2026); Utah DMV. Questions about your own bill go to the Juab 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. Mona is a small market, and often only a few homes are for sale at a time. One acreage sale can move the whole average, so I do not publish a monthly market report for Mona. Recent sales of similar homes tell you far more than any town number. Ask me for current numbers.

Almost every home here is lived in by its owner. The Census counts 501 of 517 lived-in homes as owner-occupied, about 97%. Nearly all, about 98%, are single-family houses on their own lot. About ten are mobile homes. The median home was built in 2001, and about half were built in 2000 or later. About one in ten dates from 1939 or earlier. Only about 18 homes are held for seasonal use, so this is a year-round town. These are Census estimates for 2020 to 2024, and they carry a wide margin.

The city asks for at least half an acre, with a lot at least 75 feet wide, in its Residential and Combined Use zones. Recent plats, the recorded maps that split land into lots, run bigger, with lots of one to one and a half acres. In 2026 the city began asking for a written promise about a shop that a builder lives in during a build. The shop must not stay a home or a rental once the house is done. The city also posted an interactive zoning map in July 2026, so you can look up any lot.

Growth here follows the freeway, with jobs in Nephi and up I-15 in Utah County. The traffic topic has the commute numbers. The Census estimate for the town barely moved from 2023 to 2025, so the pace today is slow.

Water comes first

In Mona, ask about the water before you ask about the price. Three kinds of water matter. City water comes through the city, and the home checks topic explains it. Irrigation water comes from the Mona Irrigation Company, which is a separate company from the city. Land outside the city lines may use a private well.

City code asks for one-quarter share of Mona Irrigation water for every half acre of land. A share is a piece of ownership in the company, and shares cannot be split below one quarter. A lot of 1.25 acres needed one-half share. Shares come with some land and not with other land. The planning chair said in 2024 that irrigation water is not delivered seven days a week. In 2025 the chair warned that buyers in a nearby subdivision were misled and now face higher water costs.

So on any Mona purchase, get three answers in writing. Which shares and water rights come with the land? What serves the parcel today? And for a building lot, can the city connect it? Water questions here are title questions. They belong in the contract, not in a handshake.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 (housing counts are estimates with a wide margin); Mona City Code; Mona Planning and Zoning minutes, 2024 to 2026. Ask a title company or the Division of Water Rights about any specific water right.

Mona is a small street grid on the west side of I-15, with Mount Nebo rising beyond the freeway. The easiest way to read it is by place, from the center outward. The grid runs from about 200 North to 700 South. Lot sizes and zones come from Mona City Code and the city's planning records.

• Town centerThe old townsiteMain Street and the streets around itThis is the old grid along Main Street, which was once Highway 91. You find the city office, the post office, the city park and Pioneer Memorial Park here. Mona Elementary is about 2 minutes from the city office. Homes run from pioneer-era farmhouses to mid-century houses, on city water and sewer.
• East sideNewer streets toward the freewayBetween Main Street and I-15Newer plats fill in toward the freeway. East Hill Meadow, a small plat off 750 East, is one of them, and the new construction topic has its details. A Union Pacific rail line runs north and south between town and I-15, so check how close a lot sits to it.
• South endBurraston Road and the pondsThe south end of town, toward NephiThe south end of town runs out to Burraston Road. Burraston Ponds are about 10 minutes away by car. The Mona Road runs south from here toward Nephi, about 12 minutes.
• NorthOld Highway 91 and farm groundNorth of townFarm ground runs north along Old Highway 91 toward Mona Reservoir. The reservoir is about 3 miles north of the city office, and the drive is 9 to 11 minutes.
• West sideGoshen Canyon RoadWest of town, on county landThe Currant Creek power plant is about 7 minutes from the city office. The Mona substation and big power lines are nearby. Greenhouses sit beside the plant. In April 2026 Juab County approved a permit for a data center on about 361 acres of farmland across Goshen Road. Residents packed a county meeting in September 2026 to oppose it. Look at a west-side parcel in person and see what it faces.
• East of I-15Toward the mountainEast of the freewayThe land climbs toward Mount Nebo and the national forest. The Willow Creek trailhead is about 16 minutes away. The city's backup water well sits east of the city. A mapped fault zone runs along the mountain front here, and the before you buy topic explains it.
• The edgesValley acreageAround the edges of townHay ground and horse property run out toward the foothills, with Nebo views. Wells, septic and Mona Irrigation Company shares decide what this land is worth, parcel by parcel.

Every home inside town is west of I-15. Outlying acreage may use a well and a septic tank, so the home checks topic has the water rules. Because the market is small, what is for sale changes fast. Tell me what you are looking for, and I will pass it to the partner agent on the ground. You can also browse every Mona home for sale.

Locations come from OpenStreetMap points, measured from the Mona City office at 20 West Center Street. Zones and lot sizes come from Mona City Code and Planning and Zoning minutes. Drive times are by car from the city office.

No large builder shows up in the city's 2024 to 2026 planning records. New homes come one lot at a time, or in small plats. If you want a new home, the path is usually land first, then a build. You do not pick a finished home off a list. That makes the lot, the water, the septic or sewer, and the build contract the whole job. Large builders have set up in Santaquin, about 16 minutes north, but not here.

What is on the drawing board

City planning records show a few small plats. East Hill Meadow is a five-lot subdivision off 750 East, with lots of about 1.25 and 1.5 acres and a private irrigation pond. A public hearing for its preliminary approval was on the agenda for February 4, 2026. Willow Creek Farms, a 46-lot concept, and Nebo Pointe, an 11-lot concept, were shown to the city in 2024. Ask the city where each one stands, because the final approvals are not confirmed.

Water for new building is the open question in 2026. The city had a final water study in November 2025. Work sessions in February, March and May 2026 covered water for new homes and subdivisions. A state law now requires a 40-year water plan. The city's 2022 plan said its drinking water covers expected demand through 2060 at the use of that time. The hard part is irrigation water and water rights, not the city tap.

What a new lot needs

City fees from the August 2026 schedule add up. A new home pays a water impact fee of $3,222 per home unit. The sewer impact fee is $6,454, and the park impact fee is $3,745. An impact fee pays for the cost a new home adds to the city system. Water hook-up is $3,795 on the short side of the street, or $7,211 on the long side, up to 150 feet. A natural gas meter connection is $1,500. Plan review is $200, and the building permit comes on top.

A new home also hooks to the city gas line, and the utilities topic has the gas rules. Outlying lots may use septic, and the Central Utah Public Health Department handles those permits.

Buying new works differently from buying resale. You pick a lot, follow a build schedule, and sign the builder's contract. Builders often cover the buyer agent fee, and your agent puts that in writing before you sign. I am licensed in both real estate and lending, and on any one purchase I take one role. If I am your lender, I can line up a construction loan early so nothing surprises you at the framing stage.

Sources: Mona City fee schedule and impact fee studies (updated August 2026); Mona Planning and Zoning agendas and minutes, 2024 to 2026; Utah Division of Water Rights; Juab County Planning. Fees change, so ask the city office for today's numbers. The listings page is the fastest way to see what is open.

Every town has its own list of things to check. Mona has a few, and water leads the list. None of them should scare you off. They are the questions I would ask about any home here, and some have a free map you can look up for a single address.

A data center site was approved west of town, and the communities topic tells that story. If you are near it, ask the county where the permit stands. Some fringe parcels outside the city lines use private wells and septic. For those, check the water right with the state and the septic with the health department.

Ask me about any of these on a home you like, and I will tell you what the record shows.

This is general information, not legal, engineering, or insurance advice. Sources: Utah Division of Water Rights; Utah Geological Survey; FEMA community status book and flood hazard layer; Utah DEQ radon results (2019); Mona City water plan and fee schedule. Have a licensed inspector look at any home before you buy.

The best thing you can do before you shop for a home is 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 when the right home comes up. In a small market like Mona, where only a few homes are for sale, being ready the day the right one appears matters.

Much of what sells here is not a standard builder home. Each of these takes its own path through loan approval: an older farmhouse, acreage on a well and septic, or a parcel where irrigation shares carry real value. With so few sales nearby, the appraisal matters even more. An appraisal is the lender's check on what the home is worth. If I am your lender, I can tell you early if a home could be hard to get a loan on.

Conventional, FHA, VA and USDA loans can all work here. USDA has a map of eligible areas. On that map, the whole town of Mona 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.

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. In Mona, a partner agent I trust does the work on the ground. The full explanation is on How I Work. This section is general information, not financial, legal, or tax advice.

Mona has a small job base of its own. Most of it is power, farming and the school. Most Mona workers have jobs outside town, in Nephi or up I-15, and the traffic topic has the commute numbers.

Juab County had 4,751 jobs covered by unemployment insurance in March 2026. The average weekly pay was $950. The Utah average was $1,415. Utah County, just north, has far more jobs, and that is where many Mona workers go.

Work in and near Mona

This is a list of named employers that were operating in 2026. It is not a ranking. The state posts its largest employers only on a dashboard that cannot be read as text.

Mona's own business list names mostly home businesses, such as construction, welding, surveying and a quilt shop.

Power also passes through this edge of the valley. A 500-kilovolt line from Wyoming ends at the Clover substation near Mona. Lines like that add few local jobs.

Sources: BLS county employment and wages for the first quarter of 2026, the Utah Geological Survey power plant table, and Mona City. Drive times are from the city office.

The hospital is in Nephi, about 11 minutes from Mona. Central Valley Medical Center is at 48 West 1500 North, and its main phone line is 435-623-3000. There is no clinic in Mona itself.

It began in March 1952 as the Juab County Hospital and took its present name in 1990. It has been a critical access hospital since 2004. That is a federal label for small rural hospitals, and it comes with a cap of 25 beds. A 2020 expansion made the building 81 percent bigger.

The emergency room is a Level IV trauma center, a rating it has held since 2022. Trauma levels run from I, the most complete, up to V. The hospital lists surgery, labor and delivery, CT, MRI, mammography, ultrasound and visiting specialists. It also runs clinics in Nephi, Santaquin and Fountain Green.

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

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

Mona belongs to the Juab School District, with its office in Nephi. The district runs five schools and had 2,654 students in the fall 2025 count. Mona Elementary is the one school in town. It is at 260 East 200 South and serves kindergarten through fifth grade, with 270 students that fall.

Sixth grade starts at Juab Junior High in Nephi, which has 620 students in grades 6 to 8. Juab High School, also in Nephi, has 893 students in grades 9 to 12. Both sit about 9 miles south, and Juab High is about 13 minutes from the city office.

The district's other two schools are Nebo View Elementary and Red Cliffs Elementary, both in Nephi. Grade splits can change from year to year, so ask the district about any address you are serious about.

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 Mona. The nearest big campuses are in Utah County, up I-15.

Utah Valley University in Orem is about 39 minutes away. Brigham Young University in Provo is also about 39 minutes. A daily drive that long is real, so it works best with a few days on campus each week or with online classes. Snow College has campuses in Ephraim and Richfield, to the south and east.

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

Traffic in Mona is light. Main Street is the old Highway 91, and the town is a small grid of streets. Most trips inside town take a few minutes.

The freeway runs along the east side of town. State Route 54 is the road to it. It runs 1.3 miles from Main Street to Exit 233, which is about 3 minutes away. Exit 233 is Mona's only freeway exit. The next ones are 228 in Nephi to the south and 242 at Santaquin to the north.

A Union Pacific rail line runs between the town and the freeway. If you look at a home on the east side, find where the line sits and how far it is.

How people get to work

The Census counted 796 workers in Mona for 2020 to 2024. Of those, 517 drove alone and 204 worked from home, about 1 in 4. The count is small, so the margin is wide.

About 518 of the 796 work inside Juab County. About 278, or roughly 35 percent, work in another Utah county. Of 592 people who travel to work, about half get there in under 20 minutes. About 43 percent travel 30 minutes or more, and about 1 in 6 travel 45 minutes or more. The long drives are the run up I-15.

Road work to know about

The state did bridge work on I-15 east of Mona in 2026, and it finished on September 4. A separate project began in May 2026 to widen State Route 132 in Nephi Canyon, on the way to the Nebo Loop. It adds passing room and wider shoulders. See the state project page for the latest.

The slow stretch is north of the county line, on I-15 through Utah County. Rush hour adds time there, and so do winter storms.

Sources: Utah Code for State Route 54, OpenStreetMap exits, the Utah Department of Transportation Juab County project list, and the Census ACS (2020 to 2024).

No. Juab County has no fixed-route public transportation, and Mona has none. Plan on a car for daily life. The Census found almost no one in Mona who rides transit to work.

The nearest bus on the record is UTA Route 805, a commuter route with a stop in Santaquin. It goes to Payson, Spanish Fork, Provo and UVU, with a few trips each weekday. Check the current schedule before you rely on it. UTA's FrontRunner train ends at Provo Central. The agency is studying a longer line toward Payson, and no money is set aside to build it.

Sources: Utah Transit Authority route listings and news on the FrontRunner study, 2024 to 2026. Routes change, so check before you rely on them.

Mona has no airport. Salt Lake City International is the main one, about 85 miles away, and the drive takes about 1 hour and 25 minutes. Provo Airport is closer, about 36 miles and 37 minutes. Allegiant, American and Breeze fly from there.

Nephi Municipal Airport is about 13 minutes away. It is a public airport for private planes, with no control tower and one paved runway of 6,300 feet. No airline flies there.

Drive times are map estimates from the city office in normal weather. Winter storms and rush hour add time.

Mona is on the west side of I-15, and every long trip starts at Exit 233. Nephi is south, and the Utah County towns are north. Mount Nebo stands east, across the freeway.

Nephi

~9 mi · ~12 min

Santaquin

~14 mi · ~16 min

Payson

~19 mi · ~20 min

Spanish Fork

~26 mi · ~27 min

Provo

~34 mi · ~35 min

Salt Lake City

~77 mi · ~1 hr 15 min

From the center of town

• Mona Reservoir~9 min
• Burraston Ponds~10 min
• Central Valley Medical Center~11 min
• Walmart, Payson~20 min
• Yuba State Park~40 min
• Little Sahara~1 hr 20 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.

One office handles most of the setup in Mona. Mona City bills water, sewer, garbage and natural gas on one statement. Power comes from Rocky Mountain Power. Here is who to call.

The city office is at 20 West Center Street. It is open Monday to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and closed Friday to Sunday. The city posts no deposit or connection fee, so ask the office when you call.

Irrigation water is its own system, run by a separate company, and the housing market topic has the share rules. Edge-of-town acreage may use a private well and a septic system instead. The Central Utah Public Health Department handles septic permits, at 160 North Main in Nephi, 435-623-0696.

Start with Mona City for service, and ask what the rules are for watering a lawn.

Sources: Mona City's utility page and fee schedule (August 25, 2026), the Utah Office of Consumer Services, the state electric service map, and the Juab County landfill page. Check each office for current fees.

Internet in Mona changes from street to street. The state broadband map lists providers at six points in and around town. CentraCom is the main wired company.

Fiber is a glass cable that carries internet very fast. CentraCom fiber showed at four of the six points. Those were the city office, the school, the south side and the west acreage. Cable showed at the city office, the school and the north side. CenturyLink phone-line internet showed at five points.

East of I-15, the point checked showed no fiber and no cable. It listed only CenturyLink phone-line internet, fixed wireless and satellite. Fixed wireless is home internet by radio signal. A second spot on the far north edge showed only fixed wireless and satellite. These are single points, so a nearby street may differ.

Fixed wireless comes from CentraCom, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon at most points. Satellite service from Starlink, HughesNet and Viasat reaches every address. The state map shows what a company reports, not what a given house can order.

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 Mona. Most county offices are in Nephi, and they keep a four-day week.

1. Turn on the utilitiesCall the Mona City office for water, sewer, gas and garbage, and Rocky Mountain Power for electricity. Do this a week before you move in. The city office is open Monday to Thursday only.
2. Get your Utah driver licenseThe office is at 1143 East Highway 132 in Nephi. It is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and closed from noon to 1. Call 801-965-4437 for an appointment. Bring proof of who you are, your Social Security number, proof of your Utah address and your current license. There is a 25-question written test and maybe a driving test. The fee is $52, or $39 for ages 20 and under. The nearest full-week offices are in Springville and Orem.
3. Register your carUtah gives you 60 days after you set up a permanent home. The motor vehicle office is in the Juab County Treasurer's Office at 160 North Main in Nephi. A car titled in Utah for the first time needs a quick VIN check.
4. Skip the emissions testJuab County does not require one. Utah County, a few miles north, does.
5. Claim the primary home tax breakApply with the Juab County Assessor at 160 North Main, Office 112, in Nephi, 435-623-3425. The county does not post its own deadline, so ask the office. The taxes topic has the full rule.
6. Register to voteRegister online at vote.utah.gov, or in person with ID. The Juab County Clerk-Auditor is at 160 North Main, Office 115, in Nephi, 435-623-3410.
7. Sign up for schoolCheck the boundary map first, then call Mona Elementary at 435-623-2082 or the district at 435-623-1940.

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

Mona has no grocery store, no pharmacy and no big-box store. It does have a fuel stop and a sandwich shop at its freeway exit. The weekly grocery run goes to Nephi, and the big stores are in Utah County.

Good 2 Go is at the I-15 exit, at 1063 East Highway 54. The pumps are open all day, every day. The store is open Monday to Saturday from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. A Subway sits inside it. The post office is at 44 West 100 North.

What the valley does not have

This is the honest list. A few big names are not in Juab County, so people make a trip now and then. Here is the nearest one of each.

There is no Walmart in Nephi. The Walmart time is to the store itself. The other times are to the center of each town, so add a few minutes to reach the store.

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

Mona's outdoors is the old valley kind. A tall mountain rises to the east, a reservoir and spring-fed ponds sit close to town, and a scenic road crosses the range. Here are the places to know first.

From the city office

• Mona Reservoir~9 min
• Burraston Ponds~10 min
• Central Valley Medical Center~11 min
• Walmart, Payson~20 min
• Yuba State Park~40 min
• Little Sahara~1 hr 20 min

The reservoir is a working water supply first. It falls through the summer and drops hard in dry years, which is why the state doubled the limits. Mona City says you can boat there when water levels allow. The state does not name a public boat ramp, so ask me before you count on one.

Burraston Ponds began as about 8 acres bought in 1901. It was the first land the state wildlife agency ever purchased, and it was first called Two Mile Spring. Mona City lists fishing, swimming, canoeing, and kayaking there. A KSL story called the bank trees there the Mona rope swings.

Farther out

Sources: Nephi City, Visit Utah, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah State Parks, the Bureau of Land Management, and Mona City. Drive times are map estimates from the city office with no traffic.

No national park sits near Mona. The nearest one is Capitol Reef, about 150 miles away, or about 2 hours 40 minutes by the city finder's map estimate. The Juab Valley has public land of other kinds. Mount Nebo and the Nebo Loop are national forest, and Little Sahara is federal land run by the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM.

Utah's other national parks are farther, so plan them as overnight trips. Use the drive tool below for any of them, or ask me and I will map a trip before you decide.

Drive times are map estimates: the forest and state parks from the city office, Capitol Reef from the Utah City Finder. Check each park's own site for hours, fees, and closures.

There is no ski area in Juab County. The nearest lift-served area up I-15 is Sundance Mountain Resort in Provo Canyon, about 55 minutes from the city office. It has 605 skiable acres. The resort has said a new high speed lift will add terrain.

Winter on Mount Nebo is for snowmobiles and snowshoes. Snow closes the Nebo Loop to cars, and the Nebo Snowmobile Complex runs from December to March. Utah's larger ski areas are farther north, and I do not have a checked drive time for them.

Sources: Townlift, Visit Utah, and the city finder drive table. The drive time is a map estimate with no traffic.

Mona has no golf course. The nearest ones are in Nephi, about 12 minutes south, and Payson, about 20 minutes north. Both are run by their cities.

Santaquin has a 9 hole disc golf course, but no golf course.

Sources: Nephi City, Payson City, and golf directories. Hours and rates change by season, so call a course for tee times and conditions.

Mona has one place to eat, a Subway inside the Good 2 Go gas station at I-15 Exit 233. Mona City's own business list names no other restaurant, and the town has no sit-down restaurant.

Everything else is in Nephi, about 12 minutes south. Its food runs along Main Street between its two freeway exits. Fast food and gas cluster near the north exit. Denny's, a truck stop, and the steakhouse sit near the south exit.

Six places people know

• Fast foodSubwayGood 2 Go, I-15 Exit 233, MonaThe only restaurant in Mona. It is inside the gas station at the freeway exit. The phone is 435-623-3343.
• SteakhouseBar W SteakhouseSouth Nephi exitBeef from the family's own ranches and plant, with ribeye, filet, prime rib, and smoked brisket. It is open Monday to Saturday from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.
• BurgersBar Dub GrillSame building as Bar WLocal beef burgers and sliders, with an ice cream counter, outdoor seating, and a small playground.
• Home-style AmericanLisa's Country KitchenNephiChicken fried steak, French dip, and ribeye, with breakfast through dinner.
• 24 hour dinerDenny's1597 S Main, NephiOpen 24 hours a day, every day.
• Fast casual MexicanCosta VidaNephiA Utah chain with a Nephi store.

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 in Nephi

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

Sources: Subway, Good 2 Go, Mona City, the Nephi business license list for 2026, KSL, and Denny's. Hours change, so check before you go.

In town, the choices are the city park, a working lavender farm north of town, and the outdoors covered above. For anything bigger, the drive is north to Utah Valley. Here is what is on the list.

• FarmMt. Nebo Botanical Farm and Distillery3700 N Hwy 91, north of townIt is Young Living's farm, long known as the Young Living lavender farm. It began in 1994 on 160 acres and now covers about 1,700. The visitor center is open year round, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours are booked online.
• FarmOn the farmNorth of townWagon rides through the lavender, paddle boats, a rock wall, and a petting zoo. The lavender colors up in late June. Harvest starts in early to mid July.
• City parkMona City Park20 W CenterOld shade trees, ball diamonds, a basketball court, paved paths, a playground, and a snack shack. The covered pavilion rents for $25 for half a day or $40 for a full day.
• RecreationMona RecreationRun with Nephi RecreationYouth and adult programs run through the two towns together. Call the city office at 435-623-4913.

The farm lists its own events on its calendar. For 2026 it posted one public event, a fall festival on September 25 and 26. It said it would not hold its lavender photo sessions in 2026. Check the farm's calendar before you plan a visit around an event.

For a movie, a mall, or a big night out, the nearest choices are in Utah Valley. Provo is about 35 minutes north, and the nearby cities topic lists the drives.

Sources: the farm's own site, Visit Utah, and Mona City. Hours, prices, and seasons change. Check each place before you go.

Mona is a small town, so the arts here are home grown. It has no theater, gallery, or museum. What it has is a few craft businesses listed with the city.

• QuiltingA quilt and sew shop327 W 300 SListed on Mona City's business list.
• Western craftA saddle and cowboy-craft shop50 W 100 NAlso listed on the city's business list.
• DistilleryMt. Nebo Botanical Farm and Distillery3700 N Hwy 91The farm distills essential oils from the lavender and other plants it grows. Tours are booked online, as the entertainment topic explains.

The town's story, from Clover Creek in 1852 to Mona, is in the overview. The festivals topic covers the summer weekend that celebrates the town.

For a theater or a concert hall, go to Utah Valley. Provo is about 35 minutes north.

Sources: Mona City's business list and the farm's own site. Small shops open and close, so call before you go.

Mona's own big weekend is the Mona Celebration, held around Pioneer Day on July 24. The 2025 program shows the shape. Friday had a ball tournament, a community dinner, family bingo, and a silent disco. Saturday had a parade at 10 a.m., all-day entertainment, and fireworks at 10 p.m. The city planned its 2026 weekend in June. Check the city's site for this year's dates.

The county's biggest events are in Nephi, at the Juab County Fairgrounds. The Ute Stampede Rodeo has run since 1935. It is a pro rodeo, held in the second week of July, and in 2026 it ran July 8 to 11. The Juab County Fair usually runs in July and August. In 2026 the fair ran July 31 to August 1 with a rodeo, and the demolition derby followed on August 8.

• JanuaryThe Nebo Loop is closed to cars. Snowmobiling and snowshoeing run on the byway.
• FebruaryThe same winter list.
• MarchSnow season on Nebo ends. Gladstan golf in Payson usually opens.
• AprilLittle Sahara's big weekend is Easter, with 20,000 or more visitors. Lavender planting starts at the farm.
• MayThe Nebo Loop gates usually open in late May. Weather and road damage can delay them.
• JuneThe lavender colors up late in the month. The reservoir is usually fullest in early summer.
• JulyThe Ute Stampede in Nephi, lavender harvest, and the Mona Celebration over Pioneer Day weekend. The county fair starts late in the month.
• AugustThe county fair ends. The reservoir is drawn down for irrigation.
• SeptemberPayson's Golden Onion Days over Labor Day weekend. The farm's fall festival. Fall color starts on the Nebo Loop.
• OctoberFall color on the Nebo Loop into early October. Payson Lakes campground closes for the season.
• NovemberThe Nebo Loop campgrounds are closed. Snow usually closes the byway.
• DecemberSundance usually opens. Snowmobiling season begins on Nebo.

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

Mona sits at the north end of the Juab Valley. Nephi, the main city of Juab County, is just south. Utah County starts a short drive north, and the old mining country lies to the west. These are the drives people make most.

Winter storms can add time to any of these drives. The airports topic covers flights.

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