This page has been served 7438 times since. The Sentry from the North (junction with West Side Trail) (). View of the gully on the north side of the summit (). Tetzlaff Peak from Bonneville Salt Flats (1986?). Looking out towards Great Salt Lake from Frary Peak. These magnificent white carpets cover 1,214 square km and contain 147 million tons of salt. It is one of Utah's most visited nature spots. Photo by Malias M.Īlong the trail looking Southwest towards the Stansbury Mountains (). +42 Something wrong Suggest an edit Dry Bonneville Salt Flats Featured in United States Utah The Bonneville Salt Flats are listed among most outstanding landscapes in North America. Leppy Peak as seen on the drive from Wendover (). Photo by Ken Jones.ĭesert Peak from the road into Miners Basin (). Looking south toward the summit of Cedar Benchmark (). Photos of Peaks in the Great Salt Lake Desert Ranges Cedar Benchmark List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Major Peaks of the Great Salt Lake Desert Ranges Ten Highest Peaks

Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Great Salt Lake Desert Ranges. Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative. Search Engines - search the web for 'Great Salt Lake Desert Ranges':Ĭlick on red triangle icons for links to other ranges. (numbers are approximate percentage of range area) There are restrooms and a restaurant.Miscellaneous physical or political Feature 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. It's free to visit during the non-season. 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. 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 crust is thinning, but it's still thickest in the center and less than one inch toward the edges. 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.

Utah salt flats map