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Logan is a city in and the county seat of Cache County, Utah, situated on the Logan River at the eastern edge of Cache Valley, about 82 miles north of Salt Lake City.

The 2020 census counted 52,778 people in Logan, with 17,808 households, and Logan is the principal city of a metropolitan area that also includes Franklin County, Idaho, with 147,908 people in 2020.

Logan was founded in 1859 by settlers sent by Brigham Young to survey for a fort site near the Logan River, was named for early fur trapper Ephraim Logan, and was incorporated on January 17, 1866.

Logan is home to the main campus of Utah State University, founded in 1888 as the Agricultural College of Utah, and Brigham Young College operated in Logan from 1877 until it closed in 1926.

Mount Logan rises to 9,710 feet immediately east of the city, and Logan Canyon cuts through the Bear River Mountains to the east.

Downtown Logan is anchored by the Cache County Historic Courthouse, built in 1883, and the Ellen Eccles Theatre is a noted performing arts venue.

Logan's largest employers include Utah State University and its Space Dynamics Laboratory, an aerospace and government contractor owned by the university.

The cookie company Crumbl Cookies was started by students attending Utah State University in Logan.

Logan's economy also centers on manufacturing and processing, medical services, agriculture, and retail, with employers including Gossner Foods, Campbell Scientific, and Schreiber Foods.

The city lies near the western slopes of the Bear River Mountains, with flat farmland and marshes to the west and rapidly growing residential suburbs to the north and south.