Saratoga Springs, Utah, United States

🇺🇸 Saratoga Springs is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. The elevation is 4,505 feet. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is a relatively new development along the north-western shores of Utah Lake. It was incorporated in 1997 and has been growing rapidly since then. Saratoga Springs became a city in 2001.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.61 square miles (26.8 km²), of which 16.51 square miles (26.4 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.3 km²) (1.26%) is water. (This water is mostly Utah Lake.)

History The natural hot springs near the source of the Jordan River inspired early European-American settlers to create a resort known as Beck's Saratoga Springs, named after the original New York resort and owner John Beck. The Beck family opened their resort in 1884 and used it as their residence. With several lodge buildings and amusement park facilities, the resort became a popular location for tourists and visitors. The original buildings were taken down. The resort area has now been redeveloped privately, containing an outdoor pool, clubhouse, bowery[definition needed], and kitchen facility for groups and parties.

In the early 1990s, landowners began to investigate the possibilities of developing the land around the hot springs and in the foothill locations of the nearby Lake Mountains range. The Utah County land development ordinances were not sufficiently urban in nature, so several landowners sought incorporation as a town. Subsequently, Saratoga Springs incorporated in December 1997. Several hundred acres have since been annexed into the City limits and the City now occupies a somewhat narrow strip running north and south between Utah Lake and the Jordan River on the East and the foothills to the west. The City contains over twenty-one square miles and runs from Pelican Point on the west side of Utah Lake over eleven miles north to the Camp Williams US Army facility in the foothills between Utah and Salt Lake Counties.

On April 2, 2017, Thomas S. Monson, then president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced that a temple of the church would be built in Saratoga Springs. The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple's open house was held April to July 2023, and was dedicated on August 13, 2023.

On June 28, 2020, a wildfire known as the Knolls Fire forced the evacuation of around 13,000 people in 3,100 homes in Saratoga Springs.

Schools Saratoga Springs is part of the Alpine School District, which covers all of Utah County from Orem northward. Due to rapid population growth, Saratoga Springs had to build several elementary schools, followed by its junior high and high schools in the early 2000s.

Elementary schools • Harbor Point Elementary School (fall 2021) • Mountain Sunrise Academy K-8 (fall 2020) • Springside Elementary School (fall 2016) • Riverview Elementary School (fall 2011) • Thunder Ridge Elementary School (fall 2011) • Horizon School (fall 2011) • Sage Hills Elementary School (fall 2009) • Harvest Elementary School (fall 2006) • Lakeview Academy K-9 (fall 2006) • Saratoga Shores Elementary School (fall 2004); Middle schools • Vista Heights Middle School (fall 2010) • Lake Mountain Middle School (fall 2019); High schools • Westlake High School (fall 2009); In addition, a private in-patient therapeutic school for girls aged 14–18, the New Haven School, opened in the city in 1996.