Granite is a census-designated place (CDP) in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, adjoining the City of Sandy on the east.

[citation needed] Salt Lake County has designated a Granite “Community Council” for purposes of planning and development.

The Granite Community Council includes the area within the CDP as well as the rest of Little Cottonwood Canyon, extending to Snowbird and Alta.

[citation needed] Granite began as the site of the stone quarry for the Salt Lake Temple in 1859.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), all land.