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The Great Salt Lake Welcome to Utah's HTA - Hospitality & Tourism, our official online edition - Celebrating 27 Years! Whether visiting for business or pleasure, our free pocket guides provide the planning tools to help make your Utah Visit be a memorable experience. Reviews, tips, discount offers on hotel lodging, condo rentals, golf, restaurants, activities, attractions and much more, all with one goal in mind, to get you the latest information for your upcoming Visit to Utah. The Great Salt Lake is featured on this page of our 2025 Pocket Travel Planner. The Great Salt Lake is only 15 miles west of Salt Lake City and is accessible by I-80. It is over 2,000 square miles, with an average depth of 12 feet and the deepest about 35 to 40 feet. The GSL was once was a part of the massive Lake Bonneville, which hundreds of years ago extended across 20,000 square miles including parts of Idaho and Nevada. Back then, nearly a quarter of Utah was covered by Lake Bonneville. It was a fresh water lake and was 900 feet deep at the site of where Salt Lake City is now. The lake is famous for its high salinity ( between 10 and 25%, and 6 times saltier than the ocean ), and is second only to the Dead Sea. I had been telling visitors for over 40 years that there was no reason they should go out there. That the lake had a horrible odor, and there is nothing out there. Wow, was I wrong!!! I am now calling it "Utah's Best Kept Secret". I found out that once you arrive at the Saltair exit off I-80, it still smells a little bit, but it's not the lake, it's the wetlands that surround the lake and are home or a stop over for over 200 species of birds. Once you take a left at the Saltair Building and drive west on the access road for 2 to 3 miles and you come to the Saltair Marina, there's no more stinky smell, and it's beautiful. The yearly visitors and 300 + sailboat owners who have slips at the marina know this. I am a huge fan of this massive lake! The sunsets are incredible out there! Bonneville Salt Flats: Driving west on I-80 about 90 minutes from Salt Lake are the Bonneville Flats, which has a race track and was the location for the land speed records set before the 1980s. Deterioration in the quality of the salt surface now means that these records are now attempted in a very remote area called Black Rock Desert which is in northwest Nevada. Site Features, Our Menu Common Questions Answered Salt Lake City Photos Genealogy Research LDS Mormon Attractions & Sites Sightseeing Tours Attractions & Sites To See Free Visitor Coupons Our Liquor Laws Salt Lake City Maps What To See & Do in Salt Lake Salt Lake Bars & Sports Salt Lake City Restaurants Salt Lake Lodging Options Downtown Salt Lake City Hotels Salt Lake City Hotels Helpful Hotel Hints Hotels Mid Valley Area of Salt Lake City Temporary Housing Salt Lake City Ski Lodging Free Lodging Brochures & Info Salt Lake Transportation, Taxis, UBER, Shuttles Salt Lake City Shuttles Airport Shuttles Shuttles To Park City Car Rentals, UBER Southern Utah, Our National Parks Utah's State Parks Utah's National Parks Visit Park City Utah Park City Lodging, Vacation Rentals, Condos Park City Hotels Park City Luxury Hotels Utah Olympic Park Free Lodging Brochures & Info Park City Tourism Visitor Info Utah Winters Utah Ski Resorts Daily Ski Report & Discount Lift Tickets Alta & Snowbird Vicinity Ski Lodging Ski Salt Lake's Official Website Park City Vacation Lodging Driving Instructions To Utah's Ski Resorts Apres Ski / Salt Lake Bars, Nightlife Summertime in Utah, What to See and Do Utah Golf Courses, Our Best To Play Things To See and Do in Salt Lake City Horseback Riding in Utah Hiking / Climbing / Camping / Fishing / Boating / Parks Kennecott Copper Mine Utah's State Parks Utah's National Parks Utah Olympic Speedskating Oval in Salt Lake City Renting Motorcycles In Utah Taste of Salt Lake's Downtown Dining By Email Welcome, we are proud to bring you our official Visit Utah Travel Planner. Providing the planning tools to help make your Utah Visit be a seamless and memorable experience. Reviews, tips, discounts on hotel lodging, condo rentals, golf, restaurants, activities, attractions and much more, all with one goal in mind, to get you the latest information for your upcoming visit to Utah. Views Utah's HTA - Utah Hospitality & Tourism Association Publisher of the Visit Utah.org 2025 Travel Planner © Copyright 1998 - 2025. All Rights Reserved.