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Park Guidelines To Your park fees provide for the care, protection and enhancement of this park. Great Please observe the following park regulations Golden Spike National Park Location: to ensure a safe and pleasant visit. Gunnison Bay Historical Site State Park The park is located 17 miles west of City on Bear River Fires – Campfires are allowed in developed pits 89 To Logan I-80, Exit 104 (Saltair Dr). Migratory Bird only. All developed campsites provide barbeque Dolphin Refuge Spiral Operating Hours: grills. Firewood is not available. Jetty The park is open year-round. Fireworks – Explosives, fireworks and firecrackers April through September: 8 a.m. to sunset Willard State Park are prohibited. Bay October through March: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gunnison Pets – Pets are allowed, but should be on a Island Bear River Address Inquiries To: maximum six-foot leash. Service dogs are the only Bay State Park Great Salt Lake animals admitted into park buildings. Please clean P.O. Box 440 up after pets. Promontory 15 Magna, UT 84044 Plants and Animals – All plants, animals, minerals Point (801) 250-1898 and other natural features in state parks are protect- Railway or (Private) Fremont ed. It is unlawful to remove, alter or destroy them. Island State Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 146001 Vandalism – Please help keep our parks beautiful. , UT 84114-6001 It is unlawful to mutilate or deface any natural or Antelope Drive (801) 538-7220 constructed feature. (Exit 332) Carrington stateparks.utah.gov Wastewater – It is unlawful to dump or drain Island State Park Utah State Parks Mission: wastewater from campers or trailers onto the Antelope Island To enhance the quality of life by preserving and ground. Utility sinks and a sanitary disposal station Farmington Bay providing natural, cultural and recreational resources are provided. Farmington Bay for the enjoyment, education and inspiration of this Quiet Hours – 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Waterfowl and future generations. Management Area N Gilbert Bay

Salt Lake City 80 Great Salt Lake 80 State Park To Park City & Saltair (Exit 104) 215 To Wendover & 36 Information contained in this brochure was accurate at the time of To Tooele 111 printing. Policies, facilities, fees, hours and regulations, etc., change as mandated. For updated information please contact the park. 15 Printed on recycled paper 09/16 To Bingham To Provo Copper Mine Utah State Parks STATE PARK History The first sailing craft was launched in 1847 and by the Facilities and Services 1860’s, boating for pleasure began on Great Salt Lake. reat Salt Lake State Park is a gateway rom the mid 1800’s to the present, Great Salt Visitor Center - Open year-round. Amenities Various cruises and boat races were held throughout to Great Salt Lake, with opportunities G FLake has been visited for recreational purposes by the late 19th century. In 1877 the Great Salt Lake Yacht include wheelchair accessibility, exhibits, for boating, birding, kayaking, biking, and swimmers, boaters, bikers, hikers, and hunters. In the Club was established and continues to operate today, publications, and gift shop. A video presentation sweeping views of the lake. Hundreds of past, eateries and lake-side resorts were spread along making it among the oldest in the nation. The Yacht may be viewed upon request and a Junior Ranger thousands of migratory birds stop by Great the lake front. level fluctuations have affected Club still holds sailboat and remote control sailboat Program is available for young visitors. Salt Lake each year, making the marina lake recreation over the years; many resorts have either races at the marina. Day-use Facilities - The marina offers access a popular destination for birders. The flooded or been left dry. to sandy beaches, outdoor shower facilities, marina offers visitors a chance to explore The Saltair is the most famous resort and is about two pavilion, picnic areas and modern restrooms. The this unique inland , with a boat launch, his unique inland sea contains no fish; only , covered pavilion can be reserved and rented for miles east of the marina. It was first built in 1893, but fly-larvae and can live in Great Salt observation deck, beach, visitor center, gift T private events. shop and camping. was destroyed by fire in 1971. In 1981 a Saltair replica Lake’s . was built, but a flood in 1984 made it close again. With Camping - The marina offers five camp spots Brine shrimp are a major source of food for migratory Great Salt Lake the lowering of the lake’s water level, the Saltair was with water and electrical hook-ups, picnic tables once again reopened in 1993 and has been open to the birds. They are also valuable for their hard-walled and fire pits/grills. reat Salt Lake is a remnant of eggs or cysts, which are commercially harvested public ever since. Marina - Boat slips are available for long-term prehistoric , which and sold worldwide as fish and prawn food. Shrimp G or day-use. Contact the Harbor Master for covered more than 20,000 square miles harvesting boats can be seen on Great Salt Lake availability. of land. The present lake is about 75 miles October through January. Geology Nearby Services - Gas, food, lodging and medical GREAT SALT LAKE LAKE SALT GREAT long and 35 miles wide, with a maximum Great Salt Lake is a popular destination for birders he park offers excellent views of the Bonneville depth of 33 feet. Water levels in the lake are due to the diverse amount of migratory birds that pass TShoreline levels, which mark the presence of the services are available a short distance away in far from constant and depend on seasonal through. The lake attracts more than 257 bird species, ancient Lake Bonneville. Four distinct shorelines are both Tooele and Salt Lake counties. evaporation and precipitation. depending on the season. Ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans, visible along the mountain ranges surrounding the lake, eagles and hundreds of other birds live in the marshes and on the within the lake. Four rivers and numerous streams empty into and surrounding the lake. The lake is an Great Salt Lake, carrying dissolved minerals. important part of the Pacific and Central Fly Ways for Silver Sands Beach consists of oolitic sand, which The lake has no outlet and has such a high migratory birds and part of the Northern Hemispheric is a unique feature of Great Salt Lake. Oolitic sand concentration of salt because water evaporates Black Rock, located about a mile west of the marina, can Shore Bird Reserve. consists of round, smooth grains that are formed when off of the lake and leaves the salt and minerals be seen from both the marina and I-80. This landmark concentric layers of calcium carbonate build up around The shores and nearby wetlands are also home to a behind. The lake’s levels range between was first seen by three days after he mineral grains or brine shrimp fecal pellets. number of reptiles and mammals. 5 and 28 percent, compared to the ocean at 3 arrived in the . It has also been the site of percent. About 4.5 billion tons of salt are in the several beach resorts that eventually fell prey to the ever- Salinity Comparison lake, and commercial removal of salt equals fluctuating lake level. Average % of Salinity about 2.3 million tons annually. Before the 1960’s, most early water craft on Great , Israel ...... 33% Fish and most other aquatic life cannot tolerate Salt Lake were for industrial purposes, including Great Salt Lake, Utah ...... 15% , California ...... the stress of the hyper . However, everything from mineral extraction to ferrying livestock. 4% Oceans ...... 3% brine shrimp, brine fly larvae, and algae thrive in Commercial vessels also assisted in the construction of Drinking Water ...... 0% the lake. the Transcontinental Railway, contributing to Great Salt Lake’s role as a crucial transportation hub.