A parent-first plan for flying in to see Utah State University's Logan campus: how to register for a campus tour, visitor parking rates, three Logan hotels plus a Salt Lake City option from budget to upscale, times from Salt Lake City International Airport, Aggie Ice Cream and the campus art museum for siblings, and Logan weather by season, every fact sourced and checked Oct 29, 2026.
Old Main from the south, Utah State University, Logan (May 2024). Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized and cropped
Last checked Oct 29, 2026. Every fact comes from the pages listed in Sources at the bottom. Some hotel and tour links are affiliate links (disclosure).
The short version
Trip at a glance
School
Utah State University, Logan campus (Logan, UT)
Days
1 on campus, plus travel. Arrive the day before a morning tour.
Fly into
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), about 1 hour 40 minutes from Logan by car with no traffic.
Best base
University Inn, on the Logan campus, about a 2-minute walk from the Taggart Student Center, where tours begin.
Car or no car
Rent a car at SLC. Campus visitor parking is paid ($2 an hour, $10 a day maximum); tour guests get parking validation.
Registration
Register for a campus tour on USU's tour page at least 2 days ahead; walk-ins aren't accepted.
1. Who this guide is for
This plan is for parents flying in with a high schooler, and maybe younger siblings, to see Utah State University, home of the Aggies, in Logan.
Logan sits in Cache Valley, 85 miles north of Salt Lake City. Campus tours begin in the Taggart Student Center, a short walk from Old Main, shown in this guide's photo.
Why this order
Fly into Salt Lake City the day before and drive about 1 hour 40 minutes to Logan, or spend the first night in downtown Salt Lake City.
Visit day: the campus tour lasts 1 hour 30 minutes and is led by student ambassadors, who treat you to Aggie Ice Cream.
Afterward, siblings can try Aggie Ice Cream at the creamery or see the free Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, both a short walk from the Taggart Student Center.
Pick the right visit
Logan campus tours run on weekdays and select Saturdays during the school year; register through USU's tour page at least 2 days ahead. Walk-ins aren't accepted.
Each student can bring up to two guests on a tour.
You can add an on-campus housing and dining information session, with a free lunch, when you register for the tour.
USU's colleges also offer major-specific tours, and tours in other languages are offered on Saturdays, with registration closing 2 weeks ahead.
Check the admissions events page for open houses and other visit events.
Tour availability varies by season.
Logan winters are snowy: January averages about 13 inches of snow at the NOAA normals station on campus, so allow extra time on the drive from Salt Lake City.
Summer is the driest season, with July highs around 88°F.
Questions about a tour? Email campustours@usu.edu.
2. The suggested 1-day plan
Drive times are no-traffic estimates from OpenStreetMap routing, and walking times use OpenStreetMap foot routing, with addresses geocoded by OpenStreetMap Nominatim. Times to campus are to the Taggart Student Center, where USU campus tours begin.
Arrival day: fly into Salt Lake City and drive to Logan
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) → University Inn (on campus)
Driving (no traffic)
~104 min, 83.7 mi
Driving and walking
Rental car
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) → Hampton Inn & Suites Logan
Driving (no traffic)
~99 min, 81.9 mi
Driving and walking
Rental car
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) → Best Western Plus Weston Inn
Driving (no traffic)
~99 min, 81.9 mi
Driving and walking
Rental car
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) → Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City
Driving (no traffic)
~22 min, 11.2 mi
Driving and walking
Rental car, rideshare or taxi
Staying at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City? Leave about 1 hour 45 minutes for the drive to the Taggart Student Center the next morning.
Visit day: Utah State campus tour, then Aggie Ice Cream or the art museum
University Inn → Taggart Student Center (tour start)
Driving (no traffic)
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Driving and walking
~2 min walk, 0.1 mi
Hampton Inn & Suites Logan → Taggart Student Center
Driving (no traffic)
~6 min, 1.8 mi
Driving and walking
~26 min walk, 1.5 mi
Best Western Plus Weston Inn → Taggart Student Center
Driving (no traffic)
~5 min, 1.8 mi
Driving and walking
~26 min walk, 1.5 mi
Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City → Taggart Student Center
Driving (no traffic)
~101 min, 83.2 mi
Driving and walking
Drive
Big Blue Terrace (visitor parking) → Taggart Student Center
Driving (no traffic)
—
Driving and walking
~4 min walk, 0.2 mi
Taggart Student Center → Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Driving (no traffic)
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Driving and walking
~6 min walk, 0.4 mi
Taggart Student Center → Aggie Ice Cream (750 N. 1200 E.)
Driving (no traffic)
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Driving and walking
~12 min walk, 0.6 mi
Driving? There's no free parking on campus. The Big Blue Terrace, Aggie Terrace, Gateway Terrace and TSC Visitor lot are the best visitor options, at $2 an hour and $10 a day maximum; pay when you park by mobile or at a kiosk.
Tour guests get parking validation, so ask about it when you check in.
Heading home: the Taggart Student Center is about 1 hour 45 minutes from SLC with no traffic.
3. Campus by campus
Old Main from the south, Utah State University, Logan (May 2024). Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · resized and cropped
Tours begin in the Big Blue Room (229) of the Taggart Student Center.
Plan for 1 hour 30 minutes with a student ambassador, who treats you to Aggie Ice Cream.
Register at least 2 days ahead; walk-ins aren't accepted, and each student can bring up to two guests.
Visitor parking
There's no free parking on campus. The best visitor parking is the Aggie Terrace, Big Blue Terrace, TSC Visitor lot or Gateway Terrace, plus metered parking at Old Main.
Terraces and lots charge $2 an hour, $10 a day maximum; pay when you park, by mobile or at a kiosk. The TSC Visitor lot uses T2 MobilePay with your license plate number.
Tour guests get parking validation. Parking office: 840 E. 1250 N., (435) 797-3414.
Getting there
Plan on a rental car from SLC: Logan is about 1 hour 40 minutes each way with no traffic.
Once you're in Logan, the Aggie Shuttle runs every five minutes on campus, Cache Valley's bus system is free, and Aggie Blue Bike is free.
University Inn is a 2-minute walk to the Taggart Student Center; the Hampton Inn and Best Western on Main Street are about 6 minutes by car.
What to know
Old Main, shown in this guide's photo, is about a 2-minute walk from the Taggart Student Center.
USU lists two campus museums (the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art and the Museum of Anthropology), the Lyric Repertory Company and Aggie Ice Cream among things to do in Logan.
Contact
Campus tours: campustours@usu.edu. Utah State main line: (435) 797-1000.
Last checked Oct 29, 2026. Tour and admissions details change often, so confirm them on the school's official visit page before you go.
Price tiers (Budget, Mid-range, Upscale) follow each hotel's star class on Expedia. Rates vary by date, so check your dates on Expedia.
Hotel · Our pickMid-range
University Inn
650 N. 875 E., Logan, UT 84322
Why here
Utah State says the University Inn is centrally located on the Logan campus; it's about a 2-minute walk to the Taggart Student Center, where tours begin.
Expedia lists this hotel as a 3-star property, so we place it in the Mid-range tier. Rates vary by date, so check your dates on Expedia.
Good to know
Expedia lists 74 rooms, a free continental breakfast, free self-parking and a minimum check-in age of 18. Confirm details on the Expedia listing before you book.
Expedia lists this hotel as a 2.5-star property, so we place it in the Budget tier. Rates vary by date, so check your dates on Expedia.
It's on Main Street, about 5 minutes by car from the Taggart Student Center.
Good to know
Expedia lists 89 rooms, a free breakfast buffet, an indoor pool, a sauna and free self-parking. Confirm details on the Expedia listing before you book.
Expedia lists this hotel as a 4-star property, so we place it in the Upscale tier. Rates vary by date, so check your dates on Expedia.
It's in downtown Salt Lake City, about 22 minutes from SLC and about 1 hour 40 minutes from campus, so it suits an arrival night or a last night before flying home.
Good to know
Expedia lists 700 rooms, an outdoor pool, valet parking for a surcharge and a minimum check-in age of 21. Confirm details on the Expedia listing before you book.
Stay in Logan the night before a morning tour: the University Inn is on campus, and the Main Street hotels are about 6 minutes away by car. Save Salt Lake City for the arrival night or the end of the trip.
5. Meals between tours
Hours change, so check before you go.
On campus
Aggie Ice Cream has been made at USU "from the cow to the cone since 1888"; the creamery is at 750 N. 1200 E., with a second spot at The Blue Square (1111 N. 800 E.). It's closed Sundays.
Tour lunch
Add the housing and dining information session when you register for a tour to get a free lunch on campus.
Near your hotel
The University Inn includes a free continental breakfast, and the Hampton Inn and Best Western both include a free breakfast buffet, per Expedia.
6. Things for siblings along the route
With siblings
Aggie Ice Cream
750 N. 1200 E., Logan, UT 84322
USU's own ice cream, made on campus since 1888, about a 12-minute walk from the Taggart Student Center. The creamery lot has 9 customer stalls. Closed Sundays.
Free admission ($5 suggested donation), about a 6-minute walk from the Taggart Student Center. Closed Sunday and Monday. Free parking in the Museum Visitor stalls behind the Performance Hall.
Tours start in the Taggart Student Center's Big Blue Room (229); the Big Blue Terrace is about a 4-minute walk away.
Bring a card or phone for parking: there's no free parking on campus, but tour guests get validation.
Flying in and out
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) is about 1 hour 40 minutes from Logan hotels and the Taggart Student Center with no traffic.
Weather by season (1991–2020 NOAA normals: Logan Utah State Univ station)
Spring: April averages about 57°F highs and 36°F lows, with about 2.3 inches of precipitation.
Summer: July averages about 88°F/60°F, with about 0.6 inches of precipitation.
Fall: October averages about 61°F/39°F, with about 1.8 inches of precipitation.
Winter: January averages about 32°F/18°F, with about 1.8 inches of precipitation and about 13 inches of snow.
Parent checklist
Register for a Utah State campus tour at least 2 days ahead (walk-ins aren't accepted), and add the housing and dining session if you want the free lunch.
Book flights into Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) and a rental car.
Book a hotel in Logan, or Salt Lake City for the first or last night.
Plan to pay for campus parking ($2 an hour, $10 a day maximum) and ask about tour validation.
Pack comfortable walking shoes and layers; Logan winters are snowy.
After the visit, take five minutes to jot down what stood out to your student.
8. Student-athlete recruiting visits
For families whose student hopes to play a college sport. Rules below are the NCAA's; each school's links were checked Oct 26, 2026.
Coaches arrange the recruiting part of a visit, not the admissions office. The tour sign-ups in this guide are for the regular family visit. An official (school-paid) visit is offered by the school, and contact with coaches follows NCAA rules that vary by division, sport and grade level.
Start with your sport's questionnaire, then email the coaches. The NCAA suggests emailing coaches with your achievements, highlight videos and interest in their program, including your name, position, NCAA ID and graduation year.
1 Division I
Athletics
Utah State University, Logan campus
NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference
RecruitingWe found no department-wide recruiting page. Look for a questionnaire on your sport's team page at the athletics site ↗, or email the coaches.
Unofficial visit: any campus visit you or your family pay for. You can take as many as you like; in Divisions I and II each one has to come after the first permissible date for your sport.
Official visit: a visit paid for by the school. Each school can offer your student only one. Before a Division I official visit, your student must be registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center, be on the school's institutional request list, and the school must have their high school transcripts.
Division I (Utah State University, Logan campus): on an official visit the school can pay for travel for the student and up to two family members, lodging, up to three meals a day for the student and up to four family members, and up to $60 a person in entertainment, including five home-game tickets. On an unofficial visit there are no free meals, but the school can give up to three home-game tickets. Division I uses recruiting calendars with contact, evaluation, quiet and dead periods; in a dead period, no in-person contact and no visits.
Rules change. Confirm with the coach, or check the NCAA's recruiting page and recruiting calendars, before you plan dates.
Planning around the season
Check each school's athletics schedule (linked above) before you pick dates, so a coach meeting doesn't land on a road trip or game day for your sport.
Our recommendation, not a school rule: ask the coach whether they can line up an admissions session or tour around your meeting. If not, book the regular family tour yourself through the official sign-up links in this guide, and leave time between the two.
Add your dates and how you're getting there, and we'll pull this guide into one plan: tour sign-up links, the hotel base, parking or airport notes, the route and meals.
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Sources
All checked Oct 29, 2026. Tour schedules change constantly, so always confirm on each school's official sign-up page. Photo credits are under each photo and on our About page.
Expedia listing: University Inn, Logan (star class and amenities, checked 2026-10-29) (not linked: https://www.expedia.com/Logan-Hotels-University-Inn.h125553218.Hotel-Information)
Expedia listing: Hampton Inn & Suites Logan (star class and amenities, checked 2026-10-29) (not linked: https://www.expedia.com/Logan-Hotels-Hampton-Inn-Suites-North-Logan.h27042293.Hotel-Information)
Expedia listing: Best Western Plus Weston Inn (star class and amenities, checked 2026-10-29) (not linked: https://www.expedia.com/Logan-Hotels-Best-Western-Plus-Weston-Inn.h2185.Hotel-Information)
Expedia listing: Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City (star class and amenities, checked 2026-10-29) (not linked: https://www.expedia.com/Salt-Lake-City-Hotels-Hyatt-Regency-Salt-Lake-City.h76334084.Hotel-Information)
