Passport/Visa Requirements: All U.S. citizens must have a passport when traveling by air to or from Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America and Mexico. Citizens of Canada, Mexico and the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda also must have a passport or other designated secure document to enter the U.S.
Beginning 1 June 2009, passports are required for land crossings at the Canadian and Mexican borders with the U.S. and for cruise passengers returning to the U.S. from Mexico, the Caribbean, Canada or Bermuda. Reconfirm travel-document requirements with your carrier prior to departure.
Population: 178,097.
Languages: English.
Predominant Religions: Christian (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
Time Zone: 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (-7 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is observed from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.
Voltage Requirements: 110 volts.
Telephone Codes: 801, area code for the Salt Lake Valley; 435,area code for outside the surrounding metropolitan area;
Additional Reading
Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams (Vintage).
Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner (Bison Books).
Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey by Lillian Schlissel (Schocken Books).
