Welcome to Gold Hill ...

Gold Hill is located in Tooele County<1>.

Gold Hill was established in 1871.

Gold Hill is 5,290 feet [1,612 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Gold Hill is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Gold Hill lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Gold Hill and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Code for Gold Hill: 435

Communities Also Named Gold Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Gold Hill - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (2), Colorado (2), Nevada (2), New Mexico, North Carolina (3), Oregon, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gold Hill.

Communities near Gold Hill ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Gold Hill.

• Clifton ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  • Clifton is located in Tooele County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clifton
  • From Gold Hill to Clifton
• Canyon Station ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canyon Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Station
  • Canyon Station is located in Tooele County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Canyon Station
  • From Gold Hill to Canyon Station
• Ibapah
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibapah
  • Ibapah is located in Tooele County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ibapah <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ibapah
  • From Gold Hill to Ibapah
• Ferber Mining District ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ferber Mining District. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferber Mining District
  • Ferber Mining District is located in Elko County (NV)
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ferber Mining District
  • From Gold Hill to Ferber Mining District
• Callao
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Callao. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callao
  • Callao is located in Juab County
  • Callao has also been known as:
  • Willow Springs Station
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Callao <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Callao
  • From Gold Hill to Callao
• Goshute
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshute
  • Goshute is located in Juab County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Goshute
  • From Gold Hill to Goshute
• Boyd Station ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boyd Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Station
  • Boyd Station is located in Juab County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Boyd Station
  • From Gold Hill to Boyd Station

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gold Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gold Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gold Hill. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gold Hill.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gold Hill ...

Looking for more information about Gold Hill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gold Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gold Hill.

Adding Gold Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gold Hill in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gold Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Gold Hill post office opened in 1911.

We also found Gold Hill on a map titled Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gold Hill.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gold Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tooele County: www.co.tooele.ut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/