Bonneville Salt Flats
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The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. It is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the Bonneville Speedway. Access to the Flats is open to the public.
The Flats are about 12 miles (19 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, with a crust almost 5 ft (1. 5m) thick at the center and less than one inch (2. 5 cm) towards the edges. It is estimated to hold 147 million tons of salt, approximately 90% of which is common table salt.
Nearby Locations:
| Historic Wendover Airfield Museum (11.2 miles) Metaphor: The Tree of Utah (15.2 miles) Antelope Island State Park (85.7 miles) Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge (94.9 miles) |
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Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah 84083
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