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Liberty
Liberty lies in the northwestern Ogden Valley of the Wasatch Range, some 7 miles up North Ogden Canyon eastward from North Ogden and 4 miles northwest of Eden. Liberty is home of Nordic Valley ski resort, a family friendly resort offering great skiing in the winter, and summer activities such as tubing and hiking. The north-west corner of Liberty is also home to the North Fork trail system. North Fork offers cross-country skiing in the winter, as well as horse back riding, group campsites, and it serves as the East entrance of the hike to Ben Lomond peak. With a great combination of quiet mountain living and year-round recreation activities you may find yourself interested in Liberty, Utah homes for sale. You’ll find solitude, open spaces, and a world of outdoor activities in Liberty.
Liberty lies in the northwestern Ogden Valley of the Wasatch Range, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) across the North Ogden Divide and east of North Ogden and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Eden. Near Liberty are Nordic Valley, Utah State Route 158, and the Nordic Valley ski resort. To the southeast, just past Eden, are Pineview Reservoir and the town of Huntsville. Avon Road, formerly State Route 162, leads north over the Avon Pass to Avon.
ionally a farming and ranching community, Liberty has developed in recent years into a recreational community and commuter town for the Ogden area.
British trapper and explorer Peter Skene Ogden was the first European to map and describe the “Ogden Hole” valley which would later include Liberty. The Liberty area was settled beginning in 1859 as an outgrowth of Eden. In 1892, a separate townsite was laid out and a separate ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized. The name came from John Freeman’s remarks that both cattle and people took “full liberty” in the area.
Settlement happened gradually, homes built one at a time rather than in tract housing. Tradit