Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah, United States Arrive. There are no services there, but just after you leave the interstate, there is a Sinclair Fuel Center and a C-store selling touristy things, drinks and sandwiches. Depart Salt Lake City and drive to Bonneville Salt Flats 90 minute drive. It's free to visit during the non-season. The salt flats began to form as precipitation decreased with a changing climate and the water in Lake Bonneville began to evaporate and recede. Bonneville Salt Flats Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA) The Bonneville Salt Flats are one of Earth's most unique landforms. Most of the water from this spring's snow-melt was gone, but there was much sticky mud alongside the road as we drove out there. Decker Lake Blvd West Valley City, UT 84119 Latitude/Longitude: 40.79527778, -113.8277778 Directions: From Interstate 80, Exit 4, near Wendover, Utah. We drove out on the flats and took some fun pictures. We were blessed on the weekday we visited in June to not have the drive-in cul-de-sac going out on the flats be crowded, and more importantly, there was light cloud cover, so we were not blinded or baked.
We took care to clean off our footwear before getting back in the car. The Bonneville Salt Flats study area is located in the western part of the Great Salt Lake Desert in northwestern Utah, about 110 miles west of Salt Lake. You can put Bonneville Salt Flats into your GPS app and it will take you to the rest stop, it’s pretty hard to miss. Prepare for a 1.5-2 hour drive if you are coming from Salt Lake or Provo. The crust is thinning, but it's still thickest in the center and less than one inch toward the edges. The Bonneville Salt Flats are located about 122 miles from Salt Lake and 20 miles from the Nevada border at Wendover. The Flats are 12 miles long and roughly 5 miles wide. Today it's used to set land speed records during the racing season in August. It's the remnants of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which also formed the Great Salt Lake. To learn about this very interesting place was fascinating to me.
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