Explore Utah — P3D Games

What's in it

Real Utah, street by street

Explore Utah is built from the same public information that cities and the state use. The streets, buildings and hills are where they really are, at their real size.

Two whole valleys firstAll of Salt Lake County and the Tooele Valley, from downtown Salt Lake City to Draper, Tooele and Grantsville, as one world. The rest of the state comes next, starting with the rest of the Wasatch Front.

Real streets and buildingsEvery street from the state's road data, and buildings on their real footprints, at heights from county records.

Real hillsThe ground rises and falls like the real valley, measured by laser survey from the air.

Day, night and lampsThe sun rises and sets on Salt Lake's real schedule, and street lamps come on after sunset.

Traffic and signalsCars stop at red lights and stop signs, wait for people in crosswalks, and park along the curbs.

A concert stageAn outdoor stage on the Gallivan Center plaza downtown, with shows posted ahead by our team.

Search and goLook up an address, a town or a place, then follow the guide there or teleport.

Report a problemSee something that doesn't match real life? Players can mark the spot and tell us, so the map keeps getting more accurate.

87 × 57kilometers of Utah in one world

444,529buildings on real footprints

27towns and cities to search

1 : 1real size, the way Roblox measures it

Pictures

From the map

We drew these ourselves from the public information the game is built on. They're renders, not photos and not screenshots from Roblox, so the game itself looks a little different.

Downtown Salt Lake City seen from the southwest at golden hour: towers in the middle, blocks of low buildings around them and the Wasatch Range behind — **Downtown Salt Lake City**Buildings on the same footprints the game uses, at heights from the 2023 lidar survey, with the Wasatch Range behind. Render of public information.

Green and gold farm fields near Erda, a round irrigated field, homes along the roads, and Tooele with the Oquirrh Mountains behind — **Tooele Valley farms**Fields near Erda from the state's farm land survey, with Tooele and the Oquirrh Mountains behind. Render of public information.

Main Street at dusk, looking up the street past a lit twin-globe lamp post, with traffic signals and an orange sky between the buildings — **Main Street at dusk**The lamps come on after sunset. Drawn from the game's own street and lamp layout, with buildings as plain shapes.

A 3D view of downtown blocks with office towers, rooftop units, streets and sidewalks — **Main & 200 South**Downtown blocks from the southwest, at their real heights, as the game builds them.

A black twin-globe lamp post on a downtown sidewalk by day, with more lamps down the street — **Twin-globe lamps**Salt Lake's downtown lamp posts, many at the spots where real ones stand.

A map seen from above of Stansbury Park's curving streets lined with small house shapes, around green open space — **Stansbury Park from above**Curving streets and homes as one of the game's map tiles lays them out.

An intersection seen from above with cars in the lanes, parked cars along the curbs and striped crosswalks — **Traffic at Main & 200 South**One moment of the game's traffic: moving cars, parked cars, crosswalks and signals.

A shaded relief map in blue, green and brown: the flat valleys, the Oquirrh Mountains in the middle and the Wasatch Range on the right — **The lay of the land**The ground of both valleys and the mountains around them, from elevation surveys: blue lowest, white highest.

Sources: UGRC (SGID), CC BY 4.0, data modified; USGS 3DEP; © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Microsoft building footprints (ODbL).

Live music

Shows on the plaza

The stage on the Gallivan Center plaza runs shows from our list of real Utah venues and events. A sign by the stage shows the next show and counts down to it, and everyone in the game sees the same show at the same time.

Posted aheadShows are listed in the game's search, grouped by day, so friends can plan to go together.
Set up by our teamOur team posts every show. Players can't add events.
Local artists, laterWe hope to invite Utah musicians to play. How to take part will be posted here.

Main Street at dusk with lit twin-globe lamp posts, a few blocks from the plaza stage

Downtown at duskRender of the game's street and lamp layout

Coming

What we're working on

Not in the game yet. We're working on these, with no dates promised.

TRAX, FrontRunner and bus stops. Tracks, stations and trains on a timetable.
Trees. Real trees where they stand.
Building looks. Real shapes and facades: brick, stone, glass and window rows.
Landmarks. Well-known Salt Lake buildings modeled in more detail.

Build part of the map

Model a piece of Utah

If you 3D model a real Utah place, like a building, a park or a plaza, we can bring it into the game so everyone can visit it. It stands at its real address, at its real size, in place of the plain building the game draws there.

Any real public placeA building, a park or a plaza in downtown Salt Lake City for now, as close to the real thing as you can make it. Never a home.

Checked by our teamEvery model is reviewed before it goes into the game.

Your name on itA small sign in front says who made it, with the name you choose.

Your own workSend only models you made yourself, with no logos or brand names.

How to send a model

Sign in with your Print3D Studios account, add the place's name and street address, and choose your STL or 3MF file. Your browser gets it ready for the game, so you can check which way its front faces and how big it will be. Then send it for review.

Send a model

For parents

A real place, played safely

Explore Utah is a map of real Utah made for kids and families to explore together. Here is what it does, and doesn't do, with your child's information.

Players never give their addressThe game never asks where a player lives, and players can't pin or label a home. Addresses in the game belong to businesses, venues and events, added by our team.
Searches aren't keptWhen a player searches an address, it's used only to find the spot. It isn't saved, logged or shown to anyone else.
Text is filteredNames, descriptions and model credits players read in the game pass through Roblox's text filter first, and so does what players type in a problem report.
No chatting with AIThere are no AI characters or chatbots in the game for players to talk to.
Data you can deleteA problem report keeps the player's Roblox user ID, what they typed and drew, and where in the game they stood, and only our team sees it. When a Roblox account is deleted, we delete its reports and saved progress too. Models sent on our upload page can be taken back or deleted there at any time.

FAQ

Questions

When can I play?

Explore Utah is in the works. This page will link to it the day it opens on Roblox.

Can parents play too?

Yes. Explore Utah is made for the whole family. A parent can make their own free Roblox account, add their child on Roblox and join the same server to explore, find events and catch a show together. Roblox's parental controls, in your child's Roblox account settings, let you choose who they can chat and play with.

Is it about real places?

Yes, as true to life as we can make it. The game covers all of Salt Lake County and the Tooele Valley today, with the rest of Utah to follow, at real size: real streets, buildings on their real footprints and the real shape of the ground. Businesses, venues and events are added by our team with their real addresses, and the buildings the game draws carry no business names or logos.

Where does the map come from?

From free public information: Utah's state map library (UGRC), the U.S. Geological Survey's elevation surveys, OpenStreetMap and Microsoft's building outlines. We download it and build the map ourselves; the game doesn't call any outside map service, and we don't use pictures from Google or other map apps.

Something in the game doesn't match real life. What can I do?

Use "Report a problem" in the game: right-click the spot (or press the REPORT button), pick what kind of problem it is and describe it. You can draw on the world and measure between two points to show us. Please don't type your address, phone number or any personal information.

Can my band play a show?

We hope to invite Utah musicians to play shows in the game. Details will be posted here.

Can I add a building or place I modeled?

Yes. If you 3D model a real public place in downtown Salt Lake City, like a building, a park or a plaza, you can send it on our upload page: sign in with your Print3D Studios account, add the place's street address and upload an STL or 3MF file. Our team reviews every model before it appears in the game, and a small sign in front credits the person who made it. Send only your own work, with no logos or brand names, and never a home.

Who makes it?

P3D Games, part of Print3D Studios, the team behind Creator Lab.