TEMPLE SQUARE: www.lds.org/placestovisit or 800-537-9703. Open daily, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free admission and tours. Walking tours of Temple Square and the church campus leave every 10 minutes, from the flagpole near the South Visitor Center. Tours take 30 to 40 minutes. Self-guided tour materials available.

GETTING THERE: Temple Square is at the city's center, bordered by North Temple, West Temple, South Temple and State streets. Public bus and light rail systems stop at the square, and public parking is available nearby.

SALT LAKE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU: Downtown at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 90 S. West Temple, www.visitsaltlake.com/home.shtml or 800-541-4955. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (Memorial Day thru Labor Day until 6 p.m.); Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

NEARBY ATTRACTIONS:

— Wasatch-Cache National Forest, www.fs.fed.us/r4/wcnf/. Just a few miles from downtown Salt Lake City, the Wasatch-Cache National Forest offers miles of trails, streams and backcountry adventures.

— Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, www.redbuttegarden.org or 801-581-4747. Part of the University of Utah, the nonprofit Red Butte Garden is the largest botanical and ecological center in the Intermountain West that tests, displays and interprets regional horticulture. Open year-round with concerts, gardening classes, festivals, events and exhibits. May 1-Aug. 31, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sundays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults, $6; children and seniors, $4; children under 3, free.