Salt Lake City

A Short Drive Away:

• Guardsmans Pass Overlook (23 miles)
• Antelope Island State Park (23.5 miles)
• Silver Lake (25.3 miles)
• Deer Creek State Park (Utah) (33.9 miles)
• Utah Lake (38.7 miles)
• Metaphor: The Tree of Utah (84.9 miles)

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