Walk the murals on Midvale Main
7505 S Holden Street Free Year round Directions
More than fifty murals run across a few blocks of a short brick street, painted by local, national and international artists on the commercial strip that served a smelter town from 1909 on. It is free, it takes an afternoon at a slow pace, and it is the one thing in Midvale that people drive in from other counties to see.
The city runs it as the Midvale Main Arts and Culture District, centered at 7505 South Holden Street, and keeps a current mural map and guide. Around the paint sit locally owned shops, restaurants and studios, an art house in a renovated civic building, a food truck plaza and a small theater. The Main Street page takes the whole district.
Go on foot and start from one end
The murals cluster across a handful of blocks, and a good number are on side walls, loading docks and the backs of buildings rather than the storefronts. Driving the street shows you maybe a third of them. Park once, walk the length one way and come back the other side, and look up and into the gaps between buildings, because that is where several of the largest pieces are.
The paint changes every June, so an old photo is not a plan
The count grows because Midvale runs a mural festival each June, and every edition adds walls. Any list, photo or map more than a year old understates what is there and may point at a wall that has since been repainted. Use the current guide from the city, and if there is a specific piece you have come for, check that it is still up before you drive.
The details
Getting there
Main Street runs north to south through the old town on the east side of the freeway. Park once and walk, since the district is compact and many of the murals face away from the road.
Before you go
- The city keeps a current mural map and guide; use that rather than an old photo set.
- The mural festival runs each June and adds new walls every year.
- Shops, restaurants and the theater keep their own hours.
- The food truck plaza runs weekly through the summer rather than all year.
- There is no admission and no ticket for the murals at any time of year.
Play nine holes at Disc on 6th
425 W 6th Avenue Free March 31 to December 1 Directions
A nine hole disc golf course with a practice basket, laid out on the north grounds of Midvale City Park and rated beginner to intermediate. It costs nothing, it takes under an hour, and it is the most underrated free thing inside the city.
The useful detail is where to start. Hole 1 begins in the park's northwest corner, and the course is easiest to reach from the west parking lot, which saves you walking the length of the park looking for a tee. Each hole carries signage with its own map, so you do not need to arrive with one.
It runs on a set season, which is unusual for a course
The course is open from March 31 to December 1, weather depending, and during park hours in that window. Most city disc golf simply exists year round and takes its chances with the ground. This one has dates on it, so a January visit is a wasted trip, and late March and early December are both weather calls. Course questions go to the Parks Department at 801-567-7235.
A park course shares its ground with everyone else
The course is laid over the north grounds of a working city park, not a dedicated site, so the fairways cross ground that walkers, dogs and the odd soccer game also use. Players are asked to be courteous, watch for other park users and follow the disc golfer's code, which is a polite way of saying check your line before you throw. A weekday morning is this course with nobody in the way.
The details
Getting there
Use the west parking lot at Midvale City Park. Hole 1 begins in the northwest corner, and each hole carries signage with a map.
Before you go
- Nine holes plus a practice basket, rated beginner to intermediate.
- Open during park hours, and the park closes at 10pm.
- The season runs March 31 to December 1, weather depending.
- The course shares ground with the rest of the park, so check your line before throwing.
- Course questions go to the Midvale Parks Department at 801-567-7235.
See the Midvale Museum on the park corner
350 W 7615 South Free Tue, Wed and Sat, noon to 4 Directions
On the northeast corner of Midvale City Park sits a small museum run by the Midvale Historical Society and Museum, which exists to collect, preserve and interpret the history of Midvale. It is the one place in the city that holds the record from before the west side was rebuilt, all in one room.
That matters more here than in most suburbs. Midvale's west side has been physically rebuilt within living memory, on ground where five smelters once ran, so nearly everything a visitor sees over there is younger than the century. The museum is where the older version of the place is still assembled, and it is a short walk from the disc golf tee.
Three afternoons a week is the whole of it
Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to four. That is nine hours a week, a narrow window and the reason most people who mean to visit never do. It is volunteer run rather than staffed, so those hours can move for the ordinary reasons volunteer hours move. The number is 801-567-7285, and a call before you travel is thirty seconds well spent.
Pair it with the park rather than making a separate trip
The museum sits on the corner of Midvale City Park, so a Saturday that takes in the disc golf course, the park and the museum is one parking lot and one afternoon. Fitting it around a Main Street walk works too, since the two are close, but the park pairing uses the opening hours best, because Saturday noon to four is when the park is at its best.
The details
Getting there
The museum stands on the northeast corner of the city park, so park for the park and walk. The park's own address is 425 West 6th Avenue.
Before you go
- Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, noon to four, and closed the rest of the week.
- Run by the Midvale Historical Society and Museum rather than by the city.
- Call 801-567-7285 before traveling, since volunteer hours can move.
- The Main Street art house is the former museum building, renovated in 2024.
- It pairs naturally with the park and the disc golf course, a short walk away.
Come for Harvest Days in late July
Across the city Free One week, late July
Midvale's community festival is a week, not a day, and it is the older of the city's two big annual events by a long way. In 2026 it ran Monday July 27 to Saturday August 1: neighborhood block parties early in the week, an arts council awards evening with two art shows on the Wednesday, a library night on the Thursday, a concert at the park stage on the Friday, and a Saturday that opened with a fun run and pancake breakfast at seven in the morning and a parade at nine.
It also carries the most honest recent lesson about a valley floor summer. In 2026 the city canceled the Saturday afternoon and evening festival and the fireworks under an extreme heat warning, while the morning fun run, breakfast and parade went ahead. That split is not a coincidence. It is what a dangerous heat forecast does to an outdoor program on this valley floor at the start of August, and it is the reason to build a Harvest Days plan around the morning.
The morning is the reliable half and the afternoon is the vulnerable one
Everything before about ten in the morning tends to happen as scheduled: the fun run, the pancake breakfast and the parade. The afternoon and evening are the parts a heat warning takes out. If you are coming for one thing, come for the Saturday morning.
Parking on the parade route closes early
There is no parking on the parade route from six in the morning to eleven. If you live on or near it, move the car the night before. If you are coming in, arrive before six or park several streets back and walk. The parade is at nine, so there is a real gap between when the route clears and when anything happens on it. Take the current route and times from the city each year.
The details
Getting there
The week moves around the city, but the Saturday finale centers on the parade route and Midvale City Park. The park stage is at 455 West 7500 South.
Before you go
- Dates move each year, so take the current calendar from the city.
- No parking on the parade route from 6am to 11am on parade day.
- In 2026 the Saturday afternoon festival and the fireworks were canceled for extreme heat.
- The morning fun run, pancake breakfast and parade are the reliable half of the day.
- The Wednesday and Thursday evenings are indoors and are the heat proof part of the week.
Take the sledding hill at Bingham Junction Park
6980 S River Reserve Ct Free Year round, hill in winter Directions
A city park on the west side with an unusual origin: it sits on ground that came off the federal cleanup list, and it reopened on October 27, 2016 after the city's Redevelopment Agency rebuilt it with the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Charities. The rebuild put in a resurfaced Jazz basketball court, a play structure, a sledding hill, more parking and lighting, restrooms and a storage building.
The sledding hill is why it is on this list rather than only in a parks directory. This is flat valley floor with no natural slope, so a hill in a park here is something someone built on purpose, and it gives the west side one thing to do outdoors in the season when the reservation system is closed and the power is off.
The softball field has two owners, and it helps to know which is which
Salt Lake County put tourism and recreation funds into the field. The arrangement is that Midvale owns and maintains the park, while the county runs softball leagues on the field. So a pavilion booking is a city matter and a question about who has the diamond on a Tuesday evening is a county one, and calling the wrong one wastes an afternoon.
It is the west side's park, and the west side is the newest ground
Almost everything else on this list sits on the old town side of the freeway. This park sits on the reclaimed western third, within reach of the rail platform, the offices and the newest housing, which makes it the park a large share of the city actually walks to. If you are looking at an address on that side, this is the green space to stand in.
The details
Getting there
River Reserve Court sits in the redeveloped ground west of the freeway, a short distance from the Bingham Junction rail platform. The park has its own parking, expanded in the 2016 rebuild.
Before you go
- Reopened on October 27, 2016 after a rebuild with the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Charities.
- Pavilions, a playground, a softball field, basketball courts and seasonal restrooms.
- The pavilion is reservable, but only inside the June 1 to September 30 season.
- Salt Lake County runs softball leagues on the field; the city owns the park.
- The sledding hill is built rather than natural, and it needs the valley floor to hold snow.
Get onto the river trail at Jordan Bluffs Park
7970 Bingham Junction Blvd Free Year round, closes at dark Directions
The Jordan River draws the whole western boundary of the city, and the paved regional trail follows it. Midvale's trail connections are at Jordan Bluffs Park, which is the practical way onto that corridor from inside the city and the one place where a short walk from a car puts you straight onto a county trail.
The park is a newer one, and it is not a picnic park. It has basketball, pickleball and volleyball courts, a playground, small pavilions and the trail connections, and two things to plan around: no restrooms, and it closes at dark rather than at ten. The river page takes the whole western edge, including what is underneath it.
No restrooms and a dark closing time are both planning facts
Every other park in the city closes at 10pm. This one closes at dark, which in December means about five in the afternoon and in June means well past nine, so the usable window changes by four hours across the year. Add no restrooms, and the sensible shape of a visit here is short and in daylight, or long with a plan that includes somewhere else. The nearest restrooms in the city's parks are at Bingham Junction Park and the city park, both seasonal.
Three court sports in one small park is the point of it
Basketball, pickleball and volleyball on one site is a lot of hard surface for a park this size, and it is a deliberate choice for ground within walking distance of a great deal of newer housing. If courts are what a household actually uses, this is the Midvale park that has them stacked together, on the side of the city where the walk to them is short.
The details
Getting there
Bingham Junction Boulevard runs south through the redeveloped western third of the city. The park has parking, and the trail connections are the reason to come.
Before you go
- There are no restrooms here, which is the difference from the city's other parks.
- It closes at dark rather than at 10pm, so the usable window swings by hours across the year.
- Basketball, pickleball and volleyball courts, plus a playground and small pavilions.
- The trail beyond the city line belongs to a county system covered by the river page.
- The river is low ground, so spring runoff changes what the corridor looks like.
Hit a bucket at Topgolf, which is in Midvale
920 Jordan River Blvd Paid Year round Directions
The valley's Topgolf carries a Salt Lake City name and a Midvale address, at 920 Jordan River Boulevard on the reclaimed ground west of the freeway. Plenty of people who have spent an evening there could not tell you which city they were in, which is a fair summary of what a central address does to a place's public identity.
It earns a spot here on honest grounds rather than affection: it is a real year round evening in a city whose other outdoor amenities have seasons, and it is one of the few things inside the city that people cross the county for. It is a private business with its own hours and pricing, so none of that comes from the city.
It is the winter answer in a city with seasonal parks
From October into late spring the reservation system is closed, the power at the outdoor facilities is off, and the disc golf course is out of season. What is left outdoors is walking, the courts and a sledding hill that needs snow. A heated bay on the west side behaves the same in February as in July, and that is a real point in its favor.
Check hours and pricing at the venue, since none of it is the city's
Everything else on this list is either free or a set city charge. This one is a national operator setting its own hours, prices and booking rules, and all three change without any relation to a city page. Confirm at the venue before you travel, especially on weekends and around holidays, and treat any hours printed elsewhere, including here, as a starting point.
The details
Getting there
Jordan River Boulevard runs through the redeveloped ground west of the freeway, close to the river and the rail platform. Parking is on site.
Before you go
- The venue carries a Salt Lake City name and sits inside the Midvale boundary.
- Hours, pricing and booking rules are the operator's, not the city's; confirm before traveling.
- It is the one entry on this list that works the same in January and July.
- It sits on ground that was part of a federal cleanup site, covered on the district page.
- Weekend evenings are the busy window.