Deseret News ‘Where heaven and earth intersect’: Tooele Valley Latter-day Saints break ground for Deseret Peak Utah Temple See photos of the groundbreaking and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the temple to be built in Tooele, Utah Share this story Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News With seagulls calling in the spring sky and a majestic backdrop that included running horses and all 11,000 feet of snow-capped Deseret Peak itself, church members and leaders also turned the final page on a year that included a decision to move the planned temple to Tooele from the original site in Erda, a seven-minute drive away.