Murray and Midvale sit in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley, and they are the easiest day in this series to reach without a car: FrontRunner stops at Murray Central. Murray has a county farm with a Sunday market and an October hay maze, a big creekside city park with an ice rink and an amphitheater, and a 1938 theater that reopened last fall. Midvale has turned four blocks of its old Main Street into an outdoor gallery of murals.
It is also the closer, simpler alternative to a day downtown at The Gateway: the same train, a shorter ride, and a mall of Murray's own.
From Provo
By car: OpenStreetMap routing puts Midvale City Hall about 35 miles and 41 minutes from downtown Provo, and Murray City Hall and Wheeler Historic Farm each about 38 miles and 46 minutes, all without traffic. By train: FrontRunner stops at Murray Central, which it shares with the TRAX Blue and Red lines, and Murray Park is under a mile's walk east. The Blue Line continues south to Midvale Fort Union station, about three-quarters of a mile from Midvale's Main Street as the crow flies. Wheeler Historic Farm is about two and a half miles from Murray Central, so drive or take a bus. FrontRunner does not run on Sunday, which rules out the train for the Sunday market.
Before you go
The Sunday market has two dates left this year. Wheeler Farm's market runs every Sunday through October 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pumpkin Days runs through October 31. Wheeler Farm's hay maze switches to special 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. hours on the October school-break days, October 8 and 9 and October 15 and 16.
Midvale's Trick or Treat on Main Street is October 24.
Fifteen things to do in Murray and Midvale
1. Wheeler Historic Farm
Salt Lake County's 75-acre working farm and park, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Henry J. Wheeler farmhouse, begun in 1896 and restored as a museum in 1975, sits among an activity barn, animals, gardens, a country store, a playground fort and trails through Wheeler Woods. Tractor-drawn wagon rides leave on the hour and half hour, weather permitting. Getting there: 6351 South 900 East, Murray. Cost: The grounds are free; rides and farmhouse tours are sold separately. Season: Open every day, dawn to dusk. Farmhouse tours run on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October, and by reservation the rest of the year. Salt Lake County's Wheeler Farm page
2. Pumpkin Days at Wheeler Farm
The farm's fall event runs September 25 to October 31 in 2026: a hay maze and a play area, with one wagon or cow-train ride included in the ticket. The pumpkin patch in the north pasture is free to walk into, and the pumpkins are priced by size. Food trucks park at the farm on Tuesday evenings in October, 5 to 7 p.m., and the farm holds a Halloween artisan market on Thursday, October 15, from 4 to 8 p.m. Getting there: Wheeler Historic Farm. Cost: $12 for the maze, play area and a ride; $10 on Tuesdays; $10 for the maze alone; free for children under 2 with a paying caregiver. Season: 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, with 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. hours on October 8 and 9 and October 15 and 16.
3. Wheeler Farm's Sunday market
Every Sunday from May 17 to October 11 in 2026, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., more than 100 local vendors sell produce, meat, dairy, eggs, bread, sauces and spices. Salt Lake County has run the market since 2018. There is no ATM at the farm; most vendors take cards, and the market accepts SNAP benefits. Getting there: Wheeler Historic Farm; park in the north or south lot. Cost: Free admission. Season: Sundays from mid-May to mid-October.
4. Murray Park
Murray's central park follows Little Cottonwood Creek, crossed by several footbridges, with an arboretum, playgrounds, pavilions and sports fields. A large wooden sculpture of Chief Wasatch by the artist Peter Wolf Toth stands at the main entrance. Getting there: The main entrance is at State Street and 5100 South, under a mile's walk east of Murray Central station. Cost: Free. Season: Open all year.
5. Murray Amphitheater
The city's outdoor amphitheater in Murray Park runs a summer season of musicals and concerts. The 2026 season opened on June 12 with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with tickets sold through Showpass. Getting there: Murray Park. Cost: Tickets vary by show. Season: Summer.
6. County Ice Center
Salt Lake County's indoor rink in Murray Park is home to hockey and figure skating, and it runs public skating sessions through the week on the county's monthly calendar. Getting there: 5201 South Murray Park Lane. Cost: Admission, with skates and helmets rented for an extra fee. Season: Open all year.
7. The Park Center pools
Murray's recreation center at the south end of Murray Park has indoor pools, including a children's leisure pool with a water slide and a lazy river, plus an indoor track and gyms. Getting there: The south end of Murray Park. Cost: Day admission. Season: Indoors, so it works all year.
8. Murray Theater
The 1938 theater on State Street reopened on September 26, 2025, after a restoration that took most of a decade and set out to bring back its 1938 look. The 333-seat house now books concerts, tribute shows, comedy and screenings. Getting there: State Street in the heart of Murray. Cost: Tickets vary by show. Season: Shows all year. Murray Theater tickets
9. Murray Fun Days
Murray's Fourth of July runs in and around Murray Park: a sunrise service, the parade, a car show, chalk art and plein air painting at the Armory, food trucks, an evening concert at the ballfield and fireworks. Getting there: Murray Park. Cost: The parade and fireworks are free to watch. Season: July 4.
10. Fashion Place
The big enclosed mall on State Street, anchored by Nordstrom, Macy's and Dillard's, is the indoor shopping day without the trip downtown to The Gateway. Getting there: 6191 South State Street. Cost: Free to browse. Season: Open all year.
11. Murray's stretch of the Jordan River Parkway
Murray's section of the parkway is a paved trail about five miles long, with mile markers every tenth of a mile and an equestrian trail alongside. Along the way are picnic areas, canoe launches, three rentable pavilions and trailhead parking in five places, and the whole stretch is barrier-free. Getting there: From 1200 West Winchester Street (6400 South) north to Arrowhead Park at 593 West 4800 South. Cost: Free. Season: Open all year. Murray's Jordan River Parkway page
12. Midvale's Main Street murals
About 50 large murals line four short blocks of Midvale's historic Main Street, painted during the city's Los Muros on Main festival since 2022, and each year some are replaced with new work. The district also holds the Midvale Performing Arts Center and the Art House, which puts artist studios in the old Midvale City Museum building. Getting there: Main Street, around 7500 to 7700 South. Cost: Free. Season: All year; the festival fills a week in early June, and in 2026 it ran June 8 to 13.
13. Midvale's Main Street events
The city keeps Main Street busy through the year: Trick or Treat on Main Street on October 24, Light Up Main Street on December 12, a car show in late September, Food Truck Tuesdays from late May through August, and LetterWest, Craft Lake City's lettering-arts festival, in April. Getting there: Midvale's Main Street. Cost: Free to walk around; food trucks and vendors charge. Season: The dates above are for 2026; the city's events page lists each year's.
14. Ruth Vine Tyler Library
Salt Lake County's Midvale branch opened in August 1941, after two years in a pair of classrooms at the old Midvale School. The county has bought land in Midvale City Park for a new branch to replace it, and Tyler stays open while that one is designed and built. Getting there: 8041 South Wood Street. Cost: Free. Season: Open all year; check the county library's hours before you go.
15. Midvale Harvest Days
Midvale's summer festival is more than 80 years old. It fills a week with neighborhood block parties, an arts council art show and concert in the park, and a night at the Tyler Library, and it ends on the Saturday with a fun run, pancake breakfast, parade, festival, concerts and fireworks, centered on Midvale City Park. In 2026 it ran July 27 to August 1. Getting there: Midvale City Park, 425 East 6th Avenue. Cost: The parade and fireworks are free to watch. Season: The last week of July into early August.
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