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Field trips near Salt Lake City, UT

Local school field trips, kids field trips, and day trips with official photos, prices, weather fit, lunch, parking, accessibility, and booking links.

Local planning snapshot

This page is built around local searches like field trips near Salt Lake City, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near Salt Lake City. Start with distance and weather fit, then open detail pages to verify current ticket calendars, reservation windows, group rules, arrival logistics, food policies, and source freshness.

Local choices
21 nearby options with price, booking, photo, or logistics details; use cards for first-pass shortlisting before opening individual venue pages.
Cost and group signals
21 places show price/cost signals and 21 include school, group, or field-trip planning language.
Weather fit
15 places are indoor-friendly or rainy-day candidates; outdoor-heavy places need weather and seasonal checks.
Photo confidence
21 places have officially sourced primary photos; failed or source-limited images fall back to disclosed photo status.

Where to start in Salt Lake City

Start with the local places that have enough price, booking, photo, and logistics detail for a useful first comparison.

Fast shortlist
21 places can be compared on price signals right away

If you need a quick first pass, start with venues like Chase Home Museum School Field Trips, Clark Planetarium, and Clark Planetarium Field Trips before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.

Weather plan
21 places look stronger for rainy-day or heat-plan trips

Chase Home Museum School Field Trips, Clark Planetarium, and Clark Planetarium Field Trips are good first checks when you want indoor backup before digging into more weather-sensitive options.

Trip type split
Museum and science options lead this metro

12 places lean museum, science, history, or culture, which makes this metro stronger for curriculum-tied classroom trips than for purely outdoor day trips.

Group readiness
21 places already surface school/group language

That gives you a cleaner local shortlist for class groups, homeschool meetups, or scout/camp planning without relying on broad “things to do” pages.

What this metro page answers best

Use these blocks to compare nearby options by cost, weather fit, trip type, and how much planning detail is available before you open each venue page.

Field trips near me
21 local choices are already grouped into one metro shortlist

That makes this page stronger than a generic “things to do” list when you need a nearby comparison set with official links, prices, and trip-day logistics in one place.

School groups near city
21 places surface school or group wording

Start with those for class planning, then open the venue pages to confirm current dates, class-size rules, chaperone ratios, and arrival details.

Homeschool meetups
21 places read as family or flexible-group friendly

That gives homeschool pods and co-ops a narrower local set to check before falling back to broader statewide exploration.

Elementary and weather-safe picks
21 places show elementary-age signals and 21 look better for indoor backup

Use those counts together when the trip needs to work for younger students, short bus windows, or uncertain weather.

Chase Home Museum School Field Trips official image 1
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Chase Home Museum School Field Trips

Salt Lake City option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Clark Planetarium photo from the official site
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Clark Planetarium

Salt Lake City option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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A group of children sitting around a table.
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Clark Planetarium Field Trips

Salt Lake City option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Medallion Program at the DGCM
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Discovery Gateway

Salt Lake City option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Mother and son looking at Garden amazement Exhibit
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Discovery Gateway Children's Museum

Salt Lake City option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
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Visitor touching a stingray in the aquarium touch pool
Salt Lake City, UTIndoor/outdoor mix

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

Salt Lake City option for animals and live exhibits; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
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Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Museum of Illusions Salt Lake City Field Trips

Salt Lake City option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Museum of Natural Science photo from the official site
SALT LAKE CITY, UTMostly outdoors

Museum of Natural Science

SALT LAKE CITY option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Utah Dept. of Cultural and Community Engagement
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Museum of Utah School Programs

Salt Lake City option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Natural History Museum of Utah photo from the official site
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Natural History Museum of Utah

Salt Lake City option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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SALT LAKE CITY, UTMostly outdoors

Red Butte Garden and Arboretum

SALT LAKE CITY option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
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Salt Lake City, UTMostly outdoors

Red Butte Garden School Field Trips

Salt Lake City option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

School/group prices
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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Dome theater seating and space imagery at Clark Planetarium
Salt Lake City, UTIndoor/outdoor mix

Sheila M Clark Planetarium

Salt Lake City option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
This Is The Place Heritage Park photo from the official site
Salt Lake City, UTMostly outdoors

This Is The Place Heritage Park

Salt Lake City option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Tracy Aviary photo from the official site
Salt Lake City, UTIndoor/outdoor mix

Tracy Aviary

Salt Lake City option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Tracy Aviary Nature Center field trip outdoor learning image
Salt Lake City, UTMostly outdoors

Tracy Aviary Nature Center at Pia Okwai Field Trips

Salt Lake City option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Tracy Aviary bird field trip image
Salt Lake City, UTMostly outdoors

Tracy Aviary Self-Guided Field Trips

Salt Lake City option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

School/group prices
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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Utah Museum of Fine Arts K-12 tour artmaking image
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Utah Museum of Fine Arts K-12 Resources

Salt Lake City option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Brigham Young Display Case
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Utah State Capitol Field Trips

Salt Lake City option with useful basics for families or groups.

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Grades
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Brigham Young Display Case
Salt Lake City, UTMostly indoors

Utah State Capitol Tours

Salt Lake City option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

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Bus
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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Utah's Hogle Zoo photo from the official site
Salt Lake City, UTIndoor/outdoor mix

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Salt Lake City option for animals and live exhibits; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.

Admission + school/group prices
Reserve
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Lunch
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Bus
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Grades
Pre-K, K-2, 3-5