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Great Salt Lake State Park

Great Salt Lake State Park from directly overhead

Great Salt Lake State Park is a park in Utah, at a recorded elevation of 1,335 m. Kelsey Peak stands 3,162 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Sands Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Great Salt Lake Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1335 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.73419, -112.21083
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Emigrant Park: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Point Community Park: 5.6 mi
  • Magna Neighborhood Park: 5.7 mi
  • Magna Copper Park: 5.7 mi
  • LDS Church field: 6.5 mi
Artworks
  • Vines of Time: 5.7 mi
  • The Peaks: 12.0 mi
  • Drifting Waters: 12.1 mi
  • In Bloom: 12.2 mi
  • Column Plates And Benches: 12.3 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Attractions: 57
Gardens: 54
Museums: 50
Springs: 49
  • Maple Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Factory/Dunne's Pond Springs: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 12
  • Carr Fork Wildlife Managment Area: 12.7 mi
  • Cougar Park Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
  • Fife Wetland Preserve: 15.2 mi
  • Big Bend Habitat Restoration Area: 18.2 mi
  • Mystic Springs Wetland Educational Area: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 2
  • Hole in the Rock.: 4.2 mi
  • Industrial Arch: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Great Salt Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kelsey PeakS 181°3,162 m19.5 mi
White Pine PeakS 181°3,146 m18.9 mi
Tooele PeakS 183°2,926 m17.7 mi
Butterfield PeaksS 174°2,856 m18.6 mi
Nelson PeakS 171°2,829 m8.4 mi
Butterfield PeaksS 175°2,814 m18.5 mi
Clipper PeakS 175°2,805 m15.3 mi
Bates PeakS 173°2,797 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:41
June solstice05:5920:2321:04
September equinox07:1718:5219:28
December solstice07:5016:2117:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545526272817969544132
Precip in1.41.41.82.32.41.00.70.71.11.61.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garfield, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Spotted Orbweaver87 obs
  • California Gull43 obs
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird40 obs
  • common reed34 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush23 obs
  • San Francisco Brine Shrimp20 obs
  • American Avocet19 obs
  • Canada Goose16 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/642778717

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