Utah State Symbols
Follow the links below and learn the fascinating history of our state symbols.
- State Animal:
- Rocky Mountain Elk
- State Bird:
- California Seagull
- State Cooking Pot:
- Dutch Oven
- State Emblem:
- Beehive
- State Fish:
- Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
- State Flag:
- State Flag and Seal
- State Flower:
- Sego Lily
- State Folk Dance:
- Square Dance
- State Fossil:
- Allosaurus
- State Fruit:
- Cherry
- State Gem:
- Topaz
- State Grass:
- Indian Rice Grass
- State Insect:
- Honey Bee
- State Mineral:
- Copper
- State Motto:
- "Industry"
- State Rock:
- Coal
- State Song:
- "Utah, This Is The Place"
- State Hymn:
- "Utah We Love Thee"
- State Star:
- Dubhe
- State Tartan:
- Utah State Tartan
- State Tree:
- Blue Spruce
- State Vegetable:
- Spanish Sweet Onion
- State Historic Vegetable:
- Sugar Beet
- State Astronomical Symbol:
- Beehive Cluster located in the constellation of Cancer the Crab.
- Centennial Star:
- Dubhe, one of the seven bright stars composing the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major.
- State Firearm:
- John M. Browning, designed M1911 automatic pistol.
- State Fossil:
- Allosaurus
- State Grass:
- Indian Rice Grass
- State Railroad Museum:
- Ogden Union Station
- State Winter Sports:
- Skiing and Snowboarding
- State Domestic Animal:
- None
Utah's state centennial tartan, which honors the first Scots known to have been in Utah and those Utahns of Scottish heritage, shall have a pattern or repeating-half-sett of white-2, blue-6, red-6, blue-4, red-6, green-18, red-6, and white-4 to represent the tartan worn anciently by the Logan and Skene clans, with the addition of a white stripe.
Utah's state emblem of service and sacrifice of lives lost by members of the military in defense of our freedom is the "Honor and Remember" flag, which consists of: (a) a red field covering the top two-thirds of the flag; (b) a white field covering the bottom one-third of the flag, which contains the words "honor" and "remember"; (c) a blue star overlaid by a gold star with a thin white border in the center of the flag spanning the red field and the white field; and (d) a representation of a folded United States flag beneath the blue and gold stars with three tongues of flame emanating from its top point into the center of the gold star.