recreational equipment. Horses are not allowed. not are Horses equipment. recreational

per campsite. There is a fee for additional vehicles or or vehicles additional for fee a is There campsite. per

vehicles and up to eight people and two tents are allowed allowed are tents two and people eight to up and vehicles

chair accessible campsites are available by reservation. Two Two reservation. by available are campsites accessible chair

- Wheel campground. the in shade or electricity, water, no

include picnic tables, fire pits/grills, and vault toilets. There is is There toilets. vault and pits/grills, fire tables, picnic include

Bridger Bay Campground Bay Bridger - 26 primitive campsites campsites primitive 26 -

water tanks before coming to the park. park. the to coming before tanks water

recreational equipment. Recreational vehicles should fill fill should vehicles Recreational equipment. recreational

camping permit allows one vehicle and any attached attached any and vehicle one allows permit camping

Camping - Camp only in designated campgrounds. Each Each campgrounds. designated in only Camp -

other circumstances. other

in case of natural hazards, fawning or lambing seasons, and and seasons, lambing or fawning hazards, natural of case in

which are designated with trail markers. Trails may be closed closed be may Trails markers. trail with designated are which

hiking, and bicycling are permitted only on established trails, trails, established on only permitted are bicycling and hiking,

available along trails, so plan accordingly. Horseback riding, riding, Horseback accordingly. plan so trails, along available

trail maps or signs for more information. No water is is water No information. more for signs or maps trail

Davis County, which is seven to 14 miles east of the island. the of east miles 14 to seven is which County, Davis motorized and vary in length and difficulty. Please consult consult Please difficulty. and length in vary and motorized

Gas, food, lodging, and medical services are available in in available are services medical and lodging, food, Gas, Trails – Trails within the backcountry system are non- are system backcountry the within Trails –

and rentals are available. available. are rentals and the eastside road describe island history and geology. and history island describe road eastside the

the Great Salt Lake are available by reservation. Kayak tours tours Kayak reservation. by available are Lake Salt Great the facilities and the visitor center. Interpretive exhibits along along exhibits Interpretive center. visitor the and facilities

Guided horseback, wagon rides, wildlife safaris, and cruises on on cruises and safaris, wildlife rides, wagon horseback, Guided the visitor center, and drinking water is available at beach beach at available is water drinking and center, visitor the

shop and café. Hours of operation vary throughout the year. year. the throughout vary operation of Hours café. and shop Quiet hours Quiet modern restrooms. Covered picnic areas are available near near available are areas picnic Covered restrooms. modern - 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. 7 to p.m. 10 -

Other Services Other – Concessions on the island offer a souvenir souvenir a offer island the on Concessions – indoor/outdoor shower facilities, pavilion, picnic areas, and and areas, picnic pavilion, facilities, shower indoor/outdoor harass them. harass

Day-use Facilities Day-use - Bridger Bay offers a sandy beach, beach, sandy a offers Bay Bridger - station is available. is station protected. It is unlawful to remove, alter, destroy or or destroy alter, remove, to unlawful is It protected.

Contact marina ranger for availability. availability. for ranger marina Contact from campers or trailers onto the ground. A disposal disposal A ground. the onto trailers or campers from and all other natural features within the park are legally legally are park the within features natural other all and

Marina - Boat slips are available for long-term or day-use. day-use. or long-term for available are slips Boat - Waste water Waste There is no drinking water available. available. water drinking no is There - It is unlawful to dump or drain water water drain or dump to unlawful is It - Plants and Animals and Plants - Wildlife, plants, minerals, cultural, cultural, minerals, plants, Wildlife, -

events are scheduled during summer months and holidays. holidays. and months summer during scheduled are events

on a first-come, first-serves basis. first-serves first-come, a on include self-guided tours, exhibits, and restrooms. Special Special restrooms. and exhibits, tours, self-guided include limited to designated trailheads. designated to limited firewood is prohibited. prohibited. is firewood

please call (801) 773-2941. Unreserved sites are available available are sites Unreserved 773-2941. (801) call please amenities are accessible to those with disabilities, and and disabilities, with those to accessible are amenities ing areas. Do not park along roadside. Horse trailers are are trailers Horse roadside. along park not Do areas. ing allowed only in designated areas, and gathering and areas, designated in only allowed

free 1 (800) 322-3770. To reserve sites at White Rock Bay, Bay, Rock White at sites reserve To 322-3770. (800) 1 free Fielding Garr Ranch Ranch Garr Fielding - Accessible year-round. Many Many year-round. Accessible - - park designated not are interest of points and pullouts tive Fires - Seasonal fire closures are posted. Fires are are Fires posted. are closures fire Seasonal -

Bay, please call (801) 322-3770 in the Salt Lake area or toll toll or area Lake Salt the in 322-3770 (801) call please Bay, Parking - Interpre areas. parking designated in only Park -

group and individual campsites. For reservations at Bridger Bridger at reservations For campsites. individual and group available for young visitors. visitors. young for available Sentry Trail. Trail. Sentry

Reservations Reservations - Advance reservations are available for for available are reservations Advance - be viewed upon request, and a Junior Ranger program is is program Ranger Junior a and request, upon viewed be duties. Hunting is prohibited within park boundaries. park within prohibited is Hunting duties. are not allowed in ranch area. Dogs are not allowed on the the on allowed not are Dogs area. ranch in allowed not are

restrooms, and amphitheater. A video presentation may may presentation video A amphitheater. and restrooms, rized law enforcement officers in the performance of official official of performance the in officers enforcement law rized in designated hitching areas when not on the trail. Horses Horses trail. the on not when areas hitching designated in

available in the campground. Horses are allowed. are Horses campground. the in available wheelchair accessibility, exhibits, publications, bookstore, bookstore, publications, exhibits, accessibility, wheelchair - autho by used being 2) or use, its prevent to away packed on the beach or the Frary Peak Trail. Horses must remain remain must Horses Trail. Peak Frary the or beach the on

site. Vault toilets are available. No water or electricity is is electricity or water No available. are toilets Vault site. Visitor Center Visitor - Open year-round. Amenities include include Amenities year-round. Open - prohibited unless the weapon or device is 1) unloaded and and unloaded 1) is device or weapon the unless prohibited under control at all times. Dogs and horses are not allowed allowed not are horses and Dogs times. all at control under

Picnic tables, fire pits, and charcoal grills are located at each each at located are grills charcoal and pits, fire tables, Picnic lize, injure or kill a person or animal, or damage property is is property damage or animal, or person a kill or injure lize, Pets - Pets must be on a maximum six-foot leash and and leash six-foot maximum a on be must Pets -

campsites are available by reservation for groups up to 70. 70. to up groups for reservation by available are campsites by season. season. by - immobi can that projectile a launching of capable devices

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Help protect island resources by following park rules. Firearms - Possession or use of firearms, traps or other Antelope Island is open year-round and hours vary White Rock Bay Group Campground - 12 primitive devices capable of launching a projectile that can immobi- by season. campsites are available by reservation for groups up to 70. Pets - Pets must be on a maximum six-foot leash and lize, injure or kill a person or animal, or damage property is Picnic tables, fire pits, and charcoal grills are located at each under control at all times. Dogs and horses are not allowed prohibited unless the weapon or device is 1) unloaded and Visitor Center - Open year-round. Amenities include site. Vault toilets are available. No water or electricity is on the beach or the Frary Peak Trail. Horses must remain packed away to prevent its use, or 2) being used by autho- wheelchair accessibility, exhibits, publications, bookstore, available in the campground. Horses are allowed. in designated hitching areas when not on the trail. Horses rized law enforcement officers in the performance of official restrooms, and amphitheater. A video presentation may are not allowed in ranch area. Dogs are not allowed on the duties. Hunting is prohibited within park boundaries. be viewed upon request, and a Junior Ranger program is Reservations - Advance reservations are available for Sentry Trail. available for young visitors. group and individual campsites. For reservations at Bridger Parking - Park only in designated parking areas. Interpre- Bay, please call (801) 322-3770 in the Salt Lake area or toll Fires - Seasonal fire closures are posted. Fires are tive pullouts and points of interest are not designated park- Fielding Garr Ranch - Accessible year-round. Many free 1 (800) 322-3770. To reserve sites at White Rock Bay, allowed only in designated areas, and gathering ing areas. Do not park along roadside. Horse trailers are amenities are accessible to those with disabilities, and please call (801) 773-2941. Unreserved sites are available firewood is prohibited. limited to designated trailheads. include self-guided tours, exhibits, and restrooms. Special on a first-come, first-serves basis. events are scheduled during summer months and holidays. Plants and Animals - Wildlife, plants, minerals, cultural, Waste water - It is unlawful to dump or drain water There is no drinking water available. Marina - Boat slips are available for long-term or day-use. and all other natural features within the park are legally from campers or trailers onto the ground. A disposal Contact marina ranger for availability. protected. It is unlawful to remove, alter, destroy or station is available. Day-use Facilities - Bridger Bay offers a sandy beach, harass them. indoor/outdoor shower facilities, pavilion, picnic areas, and Other Services – Concessions on the island offer a souvenir Quiet hours - 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. modern restrooms. Covered picnic areas are available near shop and café. Hours of operation vary throughout the year. the visitor center, and drinking water is available at beach Guided horseback, wagon rides, wildlife safaris, and cruises on facilities and the visitor center. Interpretive exhibits along the Great Salt Lake are available by reservation. Kayak tours the eastside road describe island history and geology. and rentals are available.

Trails – Trails within the backcountry system are non- Gas, food, lodging, and medical services are available in motorized and vary in length and difficulty. Please consult Davis County, which is seven to 14 miles east of the island. trail maps or signs for more information. No water is available along trails, so plan accordingly. Horseback riding, hiking, and bicycling are permitted only on established trails, which are designated with trail markers. Trails may be closed in case of natural hazards, fawning or lambing seasons, and other circumstances.

Camping - Camp only in designated campgrounds. Each camping permit allows one vehicle and any attached recreational equipment. Recreational vehicles should fill water tanks before coming to the park.

Bridger Bay Campground - 26 primitive campsites include picnic tables, fire pits/grills, and vault toilets. There is no water, electricity, or shade in the campground. Wheel- chair accessible campsites are available by reservation. Two vehicles and up to eight people and two tents are allowed per campsite. There is a fee for additional vehicles or recreational equipment. Horses are not allowed. STATE PARK WILDLIFE isit this largest island in the Great Salt Lake, Vwhich offers camping, wildlife viewing, hiking, ison are the island’s most famous residents. Twelve May – Pronghorn fawns, bighorn sheep lambs, migratory horseback riding, and mountain biking. Antelope Banimals were introduced to the island in 1893 and birds, burrowing owls, long-billed curlews, willets, arriving Island is home to free-roaming herds of bison, were the foundation for today’s herd of 500 to 700. An an- migrants at ranch bighorn sheep, mule deer, and pronghorn antelope. nual bison roundup is held each fall to assess the health of The island provides spectacular views of Great Salt the herd and sell extra animals. Antelope Island is also home June - Deer fawns, Canada geese goslings, arriving Lake, the Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake skyline, and to bobcats, coyotes, reptiles, shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors, migrants at ranch, water bird viewing along shoreline benches of ancient Lake Bonneville. and chukars. July - Wilson phalaropes peak, foraging behavior and Keep your distance from all wildlife. View and photograph water bird activity increasing, large animal activity HISTORY wildlife from designated trails, roads, and pullouts. slows down due to heat

rtifacts reveal prehistoric people inhabited August - Bison mating, returning shorebirds, Athe island more than 6,000 years ago. John GEOLOGY Viewing Opportunities Vary Greatly by Season pelican activity seen over island C. Fremont and Kit Carson made the first known ntelope Island comprises 28,022 acres, and is 15 miles Anglo exploration of Antelope Island in 1845, and January - Bald eagles, chuckar partridge, winter ducks: September - Eared grebes and waterfowl return, long and 4.5 miles across at its widest point. Frary Peak named it after observing several pronghorn ante- A common golden eyes, occasional scoters, and old squaws phalaropes, Franklin gulls, migrating raptors, lope grazing on the rangelands. is the highest point on the island at 6,596 feet above sea level. pronghorn harems, mature buck deer sightings The island is part of a basin and range mountain formation February - Coyote pairs, bald eagles, winter raptors: prairie located between the Wasatch and Sierra Nevada ranges. Fielding Garr established the first permanent resi- falcons, roughed-legged hawks; winter song birds: occasional October - Bison roundup, eared grebes, brine dence on the island in 1848, which is Utah’s oldest snow buntings, long spurs, horned larks, rosy finches shrimp harvest Anglo-built structure still standing on its existing The oldest rocks on Antelope Island are some of the oldest found anywhere on earth. The Farmington Canyon complex, at foundation. Tour the home and Historic Fielding March - Bald eagles, first returning migratory birds arrive, November - Bison in corrals, eared grebes, ANTELOPE ISLAND 2.7 billion years old, is older than rocks found at the bottom Garr Ranch, a western ranching living history. California gulls, pelicans, colonial bird nesting activity on pelicans leaving of the Grand Canyon. These rocks, which are banded and Egg and White Rock islands contorted, comprise the southern two-thirds of the island. December - Coyote sightings, bison bull bachelor April - Bison calves, returning avocets, stilts, groups on north end, porcupines in Russian olives; Tintic Quartzite, found on the northern one-third of the sanderlings, eared grebes in breeding plumage, wintering ducks: northern shovelers island, is 550 million years old and was deposited in a shal- phalaropes, peregrine falcons low marine environment. Quartzite, which is metamorphosed sandstone, can be seen around the visitor center. The youngest rocks on the island are tufa, deposited by Lake Bonneville only 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Tufa deposits typically resemble concrete and can be viewed from the Buffalo Point Trail.

GREAT SALT LAKE ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK reat Salt Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Nearly 80 percent of Utah’s wetlands surround Great Salt Map Legend GMississippi River. The lake is a remnant of pre-historic Lake, making its ecosystem one of the most important 53!RMY2ANGER-EMORIAL 9 Camping Lake Bonneville, which covered more than 20,000 square resources in North America for migratory and nesting birds. #AUSEWAY miles during the Ice Age. Four distinct shorelines from The area hosts 250 bird species each year, which represents F Hiking -ARINA the lake may be seen from Antelope Island and include a significant part of the six to nine million migratory birds ; = 6ISITOR#ENTER 5 Picnic Area Bonneville, Provo, Stansbury, and Gilbert. passing through the Pacific Flyway. The lake and its marshes $AY!REA5SE m provide resting, nesting, and staging areas for birds. "RIDGER"AY oq 0ARK/FFICE"UFFALO0ENS _ Restrooms #AMPGROUND  Great Salt Lake is currently 75 miles long by 28 miles wide wm = Visitor Center covering 1,700 square miles. At this level, maximum depth Antelope Island has 40 major freshwater springs found pri-  "UFFALO0OINT Road is about 33 feet. Size and depth vary greatly with seasonal marily on the east side. The springs produce 36 million gallons #ONCESSIONS Trail evaporation and precipitation. of water each year, supporting island wildlife and vegetation. mw 7HITE2OCK"AY m #AMPGROUND  Water flows into the lake from four river drainages, car- Oolitic sand is a unique feature of Great Salt Lake. These rying 2.2 million tons of minerals into the lake each year. round grains of sand are formed when mineral grains or Great Salt Lake has no outlet; water leaves only through brine shrimp fecal pellets are coated by concentric layers of Bridger Bay m evaporation. Because of this, high concentrations of miner- aragonite, a form of calcium carbonate. This is similar to how Campground als are left behind. Salinity level ranges between four and pearls are formed. m 28 percent compared to the ocean at three percent.  26 There are eight major islands in the lake - Antelope, 24 Salinity is too high to support fish and most other aquatic Stansbury, Fremont, Carrington, Gunnison, Dolphin, Bird 25 22 species. However, brine shrimp, brine flies, and several (Hat), and Badger. Smaller rock outcroppings appear at 23 Driving Map 20 m types of algae thrive in the lake. Brine shrimp and brine lower lake levels. Gunnison, Bird, Egg, and White Rock 21 1  flies tolerate the high salt content and feed on algae. islands are bird rookeries and access is not allowed. 2 19 ,15 3 18 17  Brine flies and brine shrimp are primary food sources 4 Ogden 16 Roy for millions of migrating birds. 5 15 6 14 Sunset ,84 7 13 Clearfield 8 11 12 9 10 Syracuse All sites are pull-through m = Layton except 9,18,19, 20, & 21 &IELDING'ARR Exit 332 Kaysville 2ANCH

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