These Are The 10 Best Places In Utah To Catch Pokemon


These are the cities and towns in Utah where you have the best chance to catch ’em all, based on the data of where Pokemon are traditionally found.

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So, you want to catch ’em all, huh?
Pokemon Go has swept the nation, and the app has broken records for the most downloads in the first week of release. All over the country, people are swarming, gathering, and all around going nuts, playing this interactive game.
Since we’re a data analytics website, and because we’re often cited as the ‘go to’ place for regional infotainment, we thought it was our duty to be as helpful as we can for people in Utah who want to have the inside scoop as to where they should go if they want to dominate this addicting game.
After analyzing every place in Utah, here is our list of the best places to catch Pokemon in the Beehive State:

  1. Sunset (Photos)
  2. West Bountiful
  3. Harrisville
  4. South Weber
  5. Farr West
  6. Fruit Heights
  7. Riverdale (Photos)
  8. Washington Terrace
  9. Bluffdale (Photos)
  10. Pleasant View

As you might note, these are all smaller suburbs of major cities in Utah. That’s because in smaller cities, there are a higher number of places per capita where Pokemon are traditionally found. Meaning you’ll find more Pokemon in a much smaller area. When you read the analysis below, this will all make sense. Trust us.
So, grab your avatars, cell phones, and your Poke Balls as we uncover the truly best places in Utah in which to find the most Pokemon, based on data.
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How do you decide where the best place is to catch Pokemon?

In order to rank the best places in Utah in which to catch ’em all, we had to determine which cities, towns and villages in Utah have the most places to find Pokemon.
So we scraped the internet for those criteria, and it spit out the answer. Like magic.

How we crunched the numbers

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using Google Maps, this is the criteria we used:

  • Number of parks per capita
  • Number of museums per capita
  • Number of churches per capita
  • Number of memorials and public gathering places per capita

If you’d like to see the complete list of cities, scroll to the bottom of this post to see a chart of the top cities.
Note: When measuring the locations listed above, we measured the locations within a short drive of the center of each place in Utah.

1. Sunset

Sunset, Utah

Population: 5,145
Parks Per 1,000 People: 11.66
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.92
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.66
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 5.05

2. West Bountiful


Population: 5,353
Parks Per 1,000 People: 11.21
Museums Per 1,000 People: 3.36
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.21
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.05

3. Harrisville


Population: 5,828
Parks Per 1,000 People: 10.3
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.57
Churches Per 1,000 People: 10.3
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.06

4. South Weber


Population: 6,386
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.4
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.51
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.4
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.66

5. Farr West


Population: 6,113
Parks Per 1,000 People: 9.82
Museums Per 1,000 People: 2.45
Churches Per 1,000 People: 9.82
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.8

6. Fruit Heights


Population: 5,353
Parks Per 1,000 People: 10.46
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.12
Churches Per 1,000 People: 11.21
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 2.24

7. Riverdale

Riverdale, Utah

Population: 8,532
Parks Per 1,000 People: 7.03
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.76
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.03
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.99

8. Washington Terrace


Population: 9,140
Parks Per 1,000 People: 6.56
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.75
Churches Per 1,000 People: 6.56
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.86

9. Bluffdale

Bluffdale, Utah

Population: 8,319
Parks Per 1,000 People: 7.21
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.44
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.21
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.08

10. Pleasant View


Population: 8,426
Parks Per 1,000 People: 6.88
Museums Per 1,000 People: 1.31
Churches Per 1,000 People: 7.12
Public Gathering Places Per 1,000 People: 1.19

There You Have It

If you’re looking at communities in Utah where you have a much higher chance of catching Pokemon, this is an accurate list.
If you’re also curious enough, here’s how the larger cities in Utah with the most reliable locations to catch a Pokemon rank, according to science.

  1. Taylorsville (Photos)
  2. South Jordan (Photos)
  3. Ogden (Photos)
  4. Layton (Photos)
  5. Lehi (Photos)

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Detailed List Of The Best Places In Utah To Catch Pokemon

Rank City Population
1 Sunset 5,145
2 West Bountiful 5,353
3 Harrisville 5,828
4 South Weber 6,386
5 Farr West 6,113
6 Fruit Heights 5,353
7 Riverdale 8,532
8 Washington Terrace 9,140
9 Bluffdale 8,319
10 Pleasant View 8,426
11 Nibley 5,866
12 Woods Cross 10,389
13 Mapleton 8,545
14 Santa Clara 6,404
15 West Point 9,863
16 West Haven 10,996
17 Ivins 7,184
18 Lindon 10,434
19 Hyrum 7,751
20 Moab 5,105
21 Alpine 9,856
22 Providence 7,026
23 Providence 7,026
24 North Salt Lake 17,465
25 Cedar Hills 10,025
26 Salem 6,789
27 South Ogden 16,702
28 North Logan 9,007
29 South Salt Lake 24,315
30 North Ogden 17,743
31 Clinton 20,796
32 Highland 16,491
33 Smithfield 10,233
34 Holladay 26,896
35 Sunset 5,145
36 Enoch 6,006
37 Highland 16,491
38 Syracuse 25,374
39 Santaquin 9,694
40 Midvale 29,957
41 Clearfield 30,361
42 Heber 12,434
43 Herriman 25,022
44 Farmington 20,440
45 American Fork 27,366
46 Cottonwood Heights 33,932
47 Springville 30,649
48 Richfield 7,550
49 Centerville 16,104
50 Washington 20,999
51 Kaysville 28,480
52 Roy 37,472
53 Pleasant Grove 34,858
54 Murray 47,909
55 Vernal 9,882
56 Grantsville 9,391
57 Sunset 5,145
58 Bountiful 42,947
59 Riverton 40,274
60 Price 8,585
61 Payson 18,928
62 Hurricane 14,338
63 Roosevelt 6,390
64 Taylorsville 59,920
65 Ephraim 6,303
66 Saratoga Springs 21,061
67 Spanish Fork 36,337
68 Tooele 32,164
69 Draper 44,656
70 South Jordan 56,528
71 Tremonton 7,833
72 Eagle Mountain 23,468
73 Nephi 5,442
74 Layton 69,508
75 Lehi 51,982
76 Ogden 83,767
77 Logan 48,933
78 Sandy 89,521
79 Orem 90,485
80 St. George 75,469
81 West Jordan 108,062
82 Provo 114,804
83 Murray 47,909
84 Hooper 7,720
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

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