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Draper Utah Temple

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

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Following tours for the media and dignitaries, public tours of the Draper Utah Temple will begin Thursday, Jan. 15, and continue through Saturday, March 14.

Courtesy Michael Hayes
Draper Utah Temple, Jan. 5, 2009.

Open house organizers request that advance reservations be made online at www.lds.org/reservations (maximum of 10 guests per reservation) or by calling 1-800-537-6181 (toll free) or 801-240-7932 (local). Reservations for larger groups can also be accommodated by calling these numbers.

Following the open house, the temple will be formally dedicated on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 20–22. A total of 12 dedicatory sessions will be held.

The Draper Utah Temple was announced by President Gordon B. Hinckley at the October 2004 general conference. It will be the 129th operating temple in the world — the 12th in Utah — and will serve approximately 60,000 members living in the Draper area.