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Saratoga Springs, Utah
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Learn about Saratoga Springs, Utah. Below you can find community information, including vital statistics, information on local schools as well as resources for finding real estate listings and homes for sale in Saratoga Springs.
The City of Saratoga Springs is an exciting new pro-development community located on the northwest shores of Utah Lake in the center of Utah’s Wasatch Front Metropolitan Area. The City, incorporated in December of 1997. From its very beginning, the City experienced rapid growth and today there is more development interest in the City than at any other time in its short history.
Saratoga Springs boasts a high quality of life that includes beautiful lakeshore living, a quiet and rural atmosphere, great air quality, superb views and an excellent central location midway between the Provo/Orem and Salt Lake City metro areas. There is good access to I-15 for both north and south travel and to the Bangerter Highway via Redwood Road for quick travel to Salt Lake International Airport (30-40 minutes by car) or other critical locations north of the City. Provo/Orem is located approximately 20-25 minutes by car via I-15.
The City has required that large donations of property for parks, open spaces and trails be set aside as a part of its normal and standard development requirements. The City offers outstanding lake access for skiers and boaters with an 8-acre public City Marina. An 18-hole golf course along the lakeside opened in the spring of 2003. There are office and retail areas planned in and around the views available from the foothills and within close proximity of the golf course.
The City’s population is estimated at around 10,000 residents - a suburban population that works along the Wasatch Front, but desires a quiet suburban area in which to live. The City is issuing between 30 and 40 permits for residential dwelling units monthly and is among the top ten highest growth cities in Utah.
Saratoga Springs is only partially developed and it is expected that the build-out population of the City will be over 100,000 residents. Only about 20% of the land area within the City has been developed or is planned to be developed. There are still several large parcels that remain as well as numerous smaller tracts that will one day be developed. In its General Land Use Plan, the City has sites planned for low, medium and high density residential, neighborhood and regional parks, schools, commercial and office uses and large research and development properties.
Saratoga Springs is a town in Utah County, Utah, United States. The city is a relatively new development along the northern shores of Utah Lake. It was incorporated on December 31, 1997 and has been growing rapidly since then. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,003, and by 2005 its estimated population had already reached 6,502. Between 2000 and 2005, Saratoga Springs moved up from being the 128th-largest incorporated place in Utah to the 63rd-largest.
Hospitals/medical centers near Saratoga Springs:
- AMERICAN FORK HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; AMERICAN FORK, UT)
- OREM COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; OREM, UT)
- TIMPANOGOS REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; OREM, UT)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Saratoga Springs:
- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; PROVO, UT; Full-time enrollment: 29,977)
- UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE (about 14 miles; OREM, UT; FT enrollment: 14,182)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 23 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
- SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 11,896)
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