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The park is located at an elevation of 4,200 feet (1,300 m), on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, 16 miles (26 km) west of Salt Lake City. [ 1 ] Park facilities
Stansbury's 1852 map of the Great Salt Lake and adjacent country in the Utah Territory. There are several maps dating back to 1575 that show the Great Salt Lake at the correct latitude and longitude, within an accuracy of a few degrees. [citation needed] One example is a map by Nicolas Sanson dated 1650. [8]
Great Salt Lake State Park: Salt Lake: 162 acres (66 ha) [8] 4,200 ft (1280 m) 1978 396,911 Maintains a public boat launch and 320-slip marina on the Great Salt Lake. Green River State Park: Emery: 53 acres (21 ha) 4,050 ft (1234 m) 1965 56,828 Features a shady campground, nine-hole golf course, and float trip launching on the Green River ...
Antelope Island State Park is surrounded by the Great Salt Lake. The lake is the last remaining part of a vast inland Pleistocene sea, Lake Bonneville. At more than 1,000 feet (305 m) deep [28] and more than 19,691 square miles (51,000 km 2) [29] in area, the lake was nearly as large as Lake Michigan and significantly deeper. [30]
The Salt Lake Tribune newspaper on Monday began using a new map of Utah that features a fresh depiction of the Great Salt Lake in response to the drastic shrinking the iconic body of water has ...
Out of the 11 states which I-80 passes through, the 197.51-mile-long (317.86 km) segment in Utah is the fourth shortest. As part of the Interstate Highway System, [2] the entire route is listed on the National Highway System, a system of roads that are important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.
The Great Salt Plains Lake is located at the park and covers 9,300 acres (38 km 2) with 41 miles (66 km) of shoreline and is a shallow, salty lake with fishing opportunities for catfish, saugeye, sandbass and hybrid striper. The average depth is reportedly 4 feet (1.2 m) and the impoundment capacity is 31,420 acre-feet.
Saltair viewed from the lake, c. 1900 Saltair concert program from 1919 The first Saltair, completed in 1893, was jointly owned by a corporation associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Salt Lake & Los Angeles Railway (later renamed as the Salt Lake, Garfield, and Western Railway; not to be confused with the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad), which was constructed ...