Salt Lake City

is really Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah

Real place, reimagined

Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City in The Last of Us
In gameReal world

Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons

How close does the game get to the real place?

In the game

The overgrown skyline Joel and Ellie look out over in spring, on the last stretch of their journey to the Fireflies' hospital.

The real place

The view in the game is recognisably Salt Lake City, with the Wasatch Range behind the towers and the spires of the Salt Lake Temple among them. St. Mary's Hospital, where the story ends, is fictional.

Visiting

For a view close to the game's, walk up Ensign Peak, a short hike from the north end of the city, or look out from the steps of the Utah State Capitol. Temple Square is in the middle of downtown.

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