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Ranked Midvale

Seven rather than six, because seven is the honest count

The 7 best things to do in Midvale

More than fifty murals across a few blocks of a brick street laid out in 1909, a free nine hole disc golf course with a season printed on it, a volunteer museum that opens nine hours a week on the corner of a city park, a week long festival at the end of July whose best half happens before ten in the morning, and a sledding hill somebody had to build on ground that came off a federal cleanup list. Ranked in the order I would work through them.

Scott BuehlerBy Scott Buehler, Moving Utah Updated October 2026

The short answer

The best thing to do in Midvale is walk the murals on Main Street, more than fifty of them painted across a few blocks of a brick street that has been the town's center since 1909. After that, in order: a free nine hole disc golf course, a small history museum on the corner of the city park, a sledding hill and a river trail on the reclaimed west side, and Topgolf, which despite its name sits inside the city. Everything here fits in about 5.8 square miles, so one unhurried day covers the whole list. Four of the seven run on a set season or a few open days a week, so the calendar matters more than the driving does.

Where Seven places inside Midvale, split between the old town east of I-15 and the reclaimed ground west of it
From downtown Midvale Nothing on the list is more than a few minutes from Main Street
Season Three run year round; the museum, the course, the sledding hill and two festivals are seasonal
Cost Five of the seven are free; the paid ones are Topgolf and the Main Street shops and food
Time needed An afternoon for the free core, a full day for all seven

The seven at a glance

  1. 1. Walk the murals on Midvale Main
  2. 2. Play nine holes at Disc on 6th
  3. 3. See the Midvale Museum
  4. 4. Come for Harvest Days in late July
  5. 5. Sled at Bingham Junction Park
  6. 6. Ride the river trail at Jordan Bluffs
  7. 7. Hit a bucket at Topgolf

Seven is what survives an honest count of things inside about 5.8 square miles that earn a trip on their own. An eighth would have meant claiming a canyon, a lake or a trail Midvale shares with seventeen other cities. Four of the seven run on a season or a few open days a week, and two are private businesses whose hours are nobody's to promise, so confirm anything you are traveling for with the city at 801-567-7232, the Parks Department at 801-567-7235, or the venue itself.

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

WhereMidvale Main Arts and Culture District, centered at 7505 South Holden Street
From downtown MidvaleThe old town core, east of I-15 and north of 7800 South
SeasonYear round; the murals are outdoors and the festival paints in June
CostFree to walk; the shops, food and theater are priced normally
Time neededAn hour to walk it, an afternoon to use it

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

WhereDisc on 6th, north grounds of Midvale City Park, 425 West 6th Avenue
From downtown MidvaleThe old town side, close to Main Street
SeasonMarch 31 to December 1, weather depending
CostFree; bring your own discs
Time neededUnder an hour for nine holes

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

WhereMidvale Museum, 350 West 7615 South, northeast corner of Midvale City Park
From downtown MidvaleThe old town side, a short walk from Main Street
SeasonYear round, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday only
CostFree
Time neededHalf an hour to an hour

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

WhereAcross the city, with the Saturday finale on the parade route and at Midvale City Park
From downtown MidvaleThe old town side, centered on the park
SeasonA week at the end of July; July 27 to August 1 in 2026
CostFree
Time neededA morning for the finale, a week for the whole program

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

WhereBingham Junction Park, 6980 South River Reserve Court
From downtown MidvaleThe reclaimed western third, near the light rail platform
SeasonOpen all year, closes at 10pm; the hill needs snow
CostFree; the pavilion is a city reservation in season
Time neededAn hour, or an afternoon in snow

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

WhereJordan Bluffs Park, 7970 Bingham Junction Boulevard
From downtown MidvaleThe southwest of the city, on the reclaimed Jordan Bluffs ground
SeasonOpen all year; closes at dark
CostFree
Time neededAn hour, or a morning if you ride the trail

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

WhereTopgolf Salt Lake City, 920 Jordan River Boulevard, Midvale
From downtown MidvaleThe reclaimed western third, near the river
SeasonYear round, the city's most weather proof evening
CostPaid; the venue sets its own pricing
Time neededAn evening

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.

Old town and reclaimed ground


What sits east of the freeway, and what sits west of it

Midvale divides along Interstate 15, and the two halves are less two neighborhoods than two centuries. East is the town that grew up around a smelter and kept its brick street, its park, its museum and its festival. West is ground that had to be cleaned before anything could stand on it, and everything there is younger than most of the people looking at it. Both are walkable, and they are a few minutes apart.

East of the freewayWest of the freeway
What is thereMain Street and its murals, Midvale City Park, the disc golf course, the museum and the festival groundBingham Junction and Jordan Bluffs, two reclaimed parks, the river trail connections, the offices and Topgolf
How old it isA commercial street laid out for a smelter town that incorporated in 1909Rebuilt after federal cleanups closed out in 2004 and 2015, with the buildings younger again
What it costsFree, apart from the shops, the restaurants and the theater on Main StreetFree at both parks; Topgolf and the restaurants are priced normally
Best seasonLate spring to fall, when the disc golf course is in season and the festivals runAny season, because the one indoor evening and the sledding hill are both over here
Turn up or planPlan, because the museum opens three afternoons and the course has set datesTurn up, at either park, on any day the light holds
How new it isOlder, changing slowly, building by building, through storefront and reuse projectsNewer throughout, on ground redeveloped over the last two decades

Neither half is the better one, and this is not a ranking. The east side is where the city's history and its free daytime hours are, and the west side is where its newest ground and its most weather proof evening are. Anyone weighing an address should walk both in one afternoon, because in a city this small that is genuinely possible, and it settles the question faster than any amount of reading.

Before you go


Check the calendar first, because four of these seven run on set dates

Nothing here is hard to reach and almost nothing here is expensive. What catches people out is timing: a museum open nine hours a week, a disc golf course with a season, a reservation window that shuts on September 30, and a festival whose best half happens before ten in the morning.

Sort before you drive

  • The day of the week, if the museum is on your list, because it opens Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday only
  • The date, if the disc golf course is the plan, because the season is March 31 to December 1
  • A pavilion or amphitheater reservation through [email protected], and only inside the June 1 to September 30 window
  • A booking at Topgolf, which sets its own hours and prices
  • The current mural map from the city, because the count and the walls both change each June

Check on the day

  • Museum hours at 801-567-7285, because a volunteer run museum is not a staffed one
  • Restroom and splash pad status with the Parks Department, since both are seasonal
  • What time it gets dark, if the plan includes the park that closes at dark rather than at ten
  • Whether the softball field is in league use, which is a county calendar rather than a city one
  • Harvest Days road arrangements, because the parade route closes to parking from six in the morning

Turn up and it is fine

  • The murals on Main Street, outdoors and free on any day of the year
  • Midvale City Park itself, free and open until 10pm
  • Bingham Junction Park on the west side, free, with courts, a playground and a hill
  • The river trail connections, which cost nothing and work in every month

Two of these seven are private businesses and a third is run by volunteers, which changes who can answer you. Topgolf and the Main Street shops, restaurants and theater set their own hours and prices, and no city page controls any of it. The museum is the Midvale Historical Society and Museum's, at 801-567-7285. Everything else here, including both parks, the disc golf course, the murals and the festival, is the city's, and 801-567-7232 for events or 801-567-7235 for parks is the number that helps.

What this list leaves out, and why

  • The two Cottonwood canyons and their resorts, east of this valley floor and shared by the whole county rather than any one city. Being a short drive from something famous is a reason to live somewhere; it does not make the famous thing yours.
  • The Jordan River Parkway as a full system, with its length and its connections at both ends of the valley. The region page reads the whole line; this list takes only the access inside the city.
  • The Great Salt Lake on the far side of the valley, which has its own county page and its own park at the end of someone else's road.
  • Downtown Salt Lake City, a short run north with an entire county page of its own. Twelve miles of freeway is proximity, not ownership.
  • The retail and dining along the eastern arterials, useful if you live here and an errand rather than an outing. The city guide covers what it means for an address.

Quick answers


The list, answered

Walk the murals on Midvale Main Street, the arts and culture district centered at 7505 South Holden Street. More than fifty of them cover a few blocks of a brick street, painted by local, national and international artists, alongside locally owned shops, restaurants and studios, an art house in a renovated civic building, a food truck plaza that runs weekly in summer, and a small theater. It is free, it is outdoors, and it works on any day of the year.

Most of the list. The murals are free and outdoors. The disc golf course at Midvale City Park costs nothing, and so does the park around it. Bingham Junction Park and Jordan Bluffs Park are both free, including the sledding hill and the courts. Harvest Days is free. The paid things in the city are pavilion and amphitheater reservations, the shops and restaurants on Main Street, and Topgolf on the west side, rather than entry anywhere.

Disc on 6th is open from March 31 to December 1, weather depending, and during park hours in that window. It is a nine hole course with a practice basket on the north grounds of Midvale City Park at 425 West 6th Avenue, rated beginner to intermediate. Hole 1 begins in the park's northwest corner and is easiest to reach from the west parking lot. Course questions go to the Parks Department at 801-567-7235.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, from noon to four in the afternoon. It sits at 350 West 7615 South on the northeast corner of Midvale City Park and is run by the Midvale Historical Society and Museum, which collects, preserves and interprets the history of Midvale. Admission is free, the number is 801-567-7285, and a call before you travel is worth it because volunteer hours can move.

At Bingham Junction Park, 6980 South River Reserve Court, where the sledding hill was built as part of the rebuild that reopened the park on October 27, 2016 with the Utah Jazz and Larry H. Miller Charities. It is a constructed hill rather than a natural slope, because this is flat valley floor, and it works for as long as the ground holds snow. The same rebuild added a resurfaced basketball court, a play structure, more parking and lighting, restrooms and a storage building.

A week at the end of July. In 2026 it ran Monday July 27 to Saturday August 1, with the Saturday finale the main day: a fun run and pancake breakfast at seven in the morning and a parade at nine. The dates move a little each year, so take the current calendar from the city. The morning events are the reliable half; in 2026 the city canceled the Saturday afternoon festival and the fireworks under an extreme heat warning, while the morning went ahead.

Less outdoors than in summer, and the city is honest about why. From October 1 the outdoor reservation season is closed, and the restrooms and power at those facilities are shut off. The disc golf course is out of season after December 1. What remains is the murals, which are free and outdoors in every month, the courts and paths at both west side parks, the sledding hill when the valley floor holds snow, the museum on its three afternoons, and Topgolf.

In Midvale, despite carrying Salt Lake City in its name. The address is 920 Jordan River Boulevard, on the reclaimed ground west of the freeway inside the Midvale city boundary. It is a private operator that sets its own hours, prices and booking rules, so confirm all three at the venue before you travel rather than working from any summary, including this one.

A day, comfortably, because the city covers about 5.8 square miles and nothing on this list is far from anything else on it. A morning on the river edge and at the west side parks, a round of disc golf and the museum at the city park, an afternoon walking the murals and an evening on the west side fills it without any drive worth mentioning. What one day cannot catch is Harvest Days at the end of July or the mural festival in June, both of which are fixed dates.

Scott Buehler, Moving Utah

Seven things, and four of them run on a set calendar

A city this small is easy to visit and surprisingly easy to mistime, because the museum, the disc golf course, the reservation season and the festival all run on dates rather than on demand. Buying here is a different question, and most of it comes down to which of three rail platforms a street actually walks to. Tell me the streets you are weighing and I will connect you with a Salt Lake County partner agent for the ground work, while I stay on the research and the financing side.

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