Travel Guide---Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake and its islands provide outstanding scenery and recreational opportunities in northern Utah. Sunsets over the lake can be breathtaking. Amazing red, orange, lavender and magenta hues slowly dissolve in the evening sky. The lake's turquoise waters attract sailors, its white sand beaches are popular with swimmers and sunbathers, and craggy outcroppings on Antelope Island and some shoreline areas draw hikers and mountain bikers.

Legends abound about the lake. Early explorers thought the lake was an inland extension of the Pacific Ocean, or that a river connected the lake to the ocean. Some Indians and early settlers thought the lake was inhabited by a terrible monster with an enormous head. The lake and its legends are an intriguing part of Utah's landscape and history.

View Wildlife

One of the best places to view the abundant wildlife at Great Salt Lake is Antelope Island State Park.Bison are wild animals and can charge if disturbed from a sound sleep at a speed of  30 mph! The favorite saying is "Antelope Island is not a petting zoo." 

Wildlife on Antelope Island includes: Bison, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, fox, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, badgers, porcupines, jackrabbits, and more. The park staffs suggest going to the visitor center and ask what's around... and remember the part about this not being a petting zoo!

Witness a Sunset                                                                                                    

Sunsets at the Great Salt Lake are some of the most amazing you will see anywhere in Utah. Some of our favorite places are of course from a sailboat or airboat; yet you can also get a great photo or a romantic evening from the shorelines as well. 

Blackrock offers unobstructed views of the Lake and beautiful sunsets. Antelope Island and the causeway is another one of our favorite locations to witness these miraculous events that only the Lake can offer.