SALT LAKE CITY — The public open house for the Deseret Peak Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints begins this week in Tooele — located about 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
The public open house will run from September 26 through October 19, excluding Sundays and October 5, for general conference.
There is no cost to attend the Desert Peak Utah Temple public open house. Reservations can be made online.
The Deseret Peak Utah Temple will be dedicated on Sunday, November 10, and the dedicatory sessions will be broadcast to all nearby congregations. When dedicated, this will be the 200th operating temple of the Church.
The Deseret Peak Utah Temple was originally announced as the Tooele Valley Utah Temple in April 2019 by Church President Russell M. Nelson. The temple’s name became the Deseret Peak Utah Temple on January 19, 2021.
This new house of the Lord is nearly 72,000 square feet and sits on a 15.5-acre site at 2400 North 400 West Tooele, Utah. A new 20,000-square-foot meetinghouse was also built on the site.
To reflect the local area in its design, the temple features lupine, cliff rose and grasses native to the region in the stone, rugs, paint, lighting, millwork and glass. Dolomite from the Tooele Valley was used in the admixture during the construction of the structure.