This is a list of hillside letters (also known as mountain monograms) in the U.S. state of Utah. Monograms in Utah include two of the oldest, at Brigham Young University (1906) and the University of Utah (1907). These symbols are so much a part of the culture that locals typically refer to the universities themselves as "The Y" and "The U", respectively. Across the state, there are at least 94 hillside letters, acronyms, and messages.
Monogram Town County Construction year Description Location A Alton Kane ANETH Aneth San Juan BR Tremonton Box Elder Bear River High School B Beaver Beaver Beaver High School BL Ogden Weber Ben Lomond High School B South Jordan Salt Lake Bingham High School B Bountiful Davis Bountiful High School B Brigham City Box Elder Box Elder High School Y Provo Utah 1906 Brigham Young University B Cottonwood Heights Salt Lake Brighton High School BV Tropic Garfield Bryce Valley High School CV Cedar City Iron Canyon View High School C Price Carbon Carbon High School C Cedar City Iron Cedar High School C Cleveland Emery C East CarbonCarbon For the former town of Columbia C Magna Salt Lake Cyprus High School DIXIE St. George Washington 1914† Dixie High School D St. George Washington Historically named Dixie State University, now known as Utah Tech University D Duchesne Duchesne D Dugway Tooele EC East Carbon Carbon East Carbon High School E Elsinore Sevier E Emery Emery E Enterprise Washington E Escalante Garfield FREMONT COUNTRY Beaver County Beaver Rough painted rocks mostly hidden among the sagebrush on a shallow south-facing hill adjacent to I-15 FG Fountain Green Sanpete G Glenwood Sevier G Moab Grand Grand County High School G Green River Emery G Gunnison Sanpete G Pleasant Grove Utah 1920 Short for "Grovarian", or "Grove" – the original mascot and old school nickname, respectively. GREEN VALLEY St. George Washington neighborhood H Henefer Summit H Salt Lake City Salt Lake Highland High School HOLE N' THE ROCK San Juan Hole N" The Rock (roadside attraction) H Hurricane Washington I Provo Utah Independence High School I Brigham City Box Elder Intermountain Indian School (closed) J Nephi Juab Juab High School K Kanab Kane K Kingston Piute L Lapoint Uintah L La Verkin Washington L Leeds Washington M Mammoth Juab M Manila Daggett M Manti Sanpete M Marysvale Piute S Milford Beaver (uncertain location) M Fillmore Millard Millard High School M Minersville Beaver M Morgan Morgan M Moroni Sanpete MC Hyrum Cache Mountain Crest High School M Mountain Home Duchesne 2019? NC Richmond Cache North Cache Junior High School NR Laketown Rich North Rich Junior High School NS Salina Sevier North Sevier High School NS Coalville Summit North Summit High School PC Park City Summit Park City High School P Parowan Iron P Payson Utah Payson High School P Alpine Utah Pack family P Peterson Morgan P Junction Piute Piute High School R Richfield Sevier R Roosevelt Duchesne SJ Blanding San Juan San Juan High School S Shivwits Washington S Holladay Salt Lake Skyline High School (Utah) SV Smithfield Cache Sky View High School S Ephraim Sanpete Snow College SS Monroe Sevier South Sevier High School SS Kamas Summit South Summit High School S Sterling Sanpete T Tabiona Duchesne T Eureka Juab Tintic High School T Tooele Tooele Tooele High School T Trenton Cache T Tropic Garfield TRIDELL Tridell Uintah U Uintah Weber U Vernal Uintah Uintah High School U Salt Lake City Salt Lake 1907 University of Utah V Orderville Kane Valley High School V Venice Sevier V Centerville Davis Viewmont High School W Bicknell Wayne Wayne High School W Ogden Weber 2024 Weber State University W Wendover Tooele WD Partoun Juab West Desert High School W Montezuma Creek San Juan Whitehorse High School †Originally painted as "1914 D", as a class "gift." The original plan was to paint over each year, but the next year the decision was made to paint and maintain "DIXIE"
References
External links
Mountain Monograms, a website explaining the origins and with an incomplete list and pictures Hillside Letters, a companion website to a book on the subject Letters on Hills, a category on waymarking.com for geocachers Google Maps of DIXIE ROCK near road.