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Often times, while flying in the Cache Valley, you'll hear pilots making radio calls over local landmarks that are not marked on any map. This page is to try and help our fellow pilots recognize some of these local landmarks while visiting our airspace.

A. Little Mountain	Little Mountain, and just East of little mountain are popular places for training maneuvers. You'll often hear student pilots making calls in relationship to their location from little mountain.
B. Cheese Ponds	You'll often times hear a pilot make a report that he/she is over the cheese ponds. This is a popular reporting point when entering on a 45 for runway 35.
C. Sewer Ponds	You'll often hear pilots report their location as over the sewer ponds. Be careful not to confuse the Cheese Ponds with the Sewer Ponds. The Sewer Ponds are much larger, and a little further South.
D. USU University	Reporting that you are over Utah State University is a popular place to make a position report. Remember to keep your altitude, for some reason, they don't seem to appreciate the sound of our propellers cutting holes in their clouds.
E. Mormon Temple	Making a call over the Mormon Temple is also a very popular position reporting point; another group who also appreciates a little extra altitude.
F. Logan Golf Course	Making a straight in approach to runway 35? Making a call over the Logan City Golf Course is a popular reporting point.
G. Wellsville City	Cache Valley has a number of small towns that are great reporting areas. Wellsville is one of the more popular due to the fact that it lies at the base of Sardine Canyon (I).
H. Hyrum Dam	Hyrum Dam, a popular boating and watering hole for the ground bound of Cache Valley, as well as a popular pilot reporting point when approximately ten miles out on a straight in final for 35. (Traffic Permitting.)
I. Sardine Canyon	Many planes travel back and forth through Sardine Canyon between Logan, Brigham City, Ogden & Salt Lake City. 8000 feet MSL is a popular altitude you might want to avoid. A popular rule with the locals is to make your South bound trip through the smaller pass to the North, and your Northbound trip into Cache Valley through the larger pass to the South, over the highway. This is just a rule of thumb used by some pilots, keep a close watch out; there is a lot of traffic through this canyon. Always remember to make regular position reports on both sides of the mountain. (Logan's CTAF as well as Brigham City's CTAF.) If your airplane has two radios, you might be wise to monitor both frequencies at the same time. Alternatively, avoid Sardine Canyon all together by flying up to Tremonton and entering the Cache Valley over the Brigham City VOR pass where much less altitude is required. (The Brigham VOR is another very popular reporting point.)
J. The Owl	A local outdoor bar where our rotorcraft friends have been known to report circling maneuvers while searching the roof deck for coeds.
Brigham City VOR	The Brigham City VOR is approximately ten miles West of KLGU, and is often used as a reporting point when entering or exiting the Cache Valley via the Tremonton Pass. Student pilots often use the Brigham VOR for training. Listen close and remember to make frequent radio calls when getting close to this popular VOR.
Logan VOR	The Logan VOR is just north of the field, and does not have much range. This VOR is often used by our IFR students while making practice approaches for IMC conditions. Always keep in mind that VFR pilots are not always aware of IFR approach and departure routs; as an IFR pilot, please continue to be courteous by making visual position reports for our VFR pilots.
Preston ID.	Preston Idaho is approximately 20 miles North of KLGU, and has a wonderful little airport, another popular practice field. One caveought is that the Preston Airport CTAF Radio Frequency is the same as Logan's. Listen careful to the radio calls being made while in the Cache Valley, they may be making calls over Preston's airport, and not Logan's. Remember to be courteous and always start and end your radio calls with the words "Logan Traffic, or "Preston Traffic."
Final Note:	Never forget, given all these "local points of interest," its always a welcome radio call to simply hear another pilot give their distance in miles North, South, East or West from the airfield. This is always a welcome reporting point.

Fly safely, and watch out for birds.