The notebook of Bonneville Salt Flats
Take a break above the everyday.
White stretch perfectly flat on the edge of the Grand Bassin.
At your own pace
Identity summary
1 to 3 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Recommended car
Desert · Nature
Variable accessibility
Sweet rhythm
General presentation
Bonneville Salt Flats
White stretch perfectly flat on the edge of the Grand Bassin.
To understand what Bonneville Salt Flats is, you have to look at Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover Airfield and Great Salt Lake Desert. These places give us a view of a territory marked by desert areas and natural spaces and allow us to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 1 to 3 days, a quiet rhythm works well. Also to be anticipated: conditions to be checked according to the season. A car is usually the easiest way to connect the different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be verified step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Bonneville Salt Flats
- Wendover Airfield
- Great Salt Lake Desert
Before you choose
- Car often useful
- Conditions to be checked by season
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
The Bonneville Salt Flats form a vast white crust west of the Great Salt Lake, so flat that the horizon seems to float. After the rain, salt can become a mirror; in dry weather, it cracks under the footsteps. The speed records added a mechanical layer to this almost abstract landscape.
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Wendover Airfield
Wendover Airfield retains the traces of a large training base of the Second World War, laid on the edge of the salt desert. Hangars, runways and military buildings recall the crews of bombers who passed there, including the 509th Composite Group; the place speaks as much of aviation as of military memory.
Nature and landscape
Great Salt Lake Desert
The Great Salt Lake Desert Surrounding the saltwaters of Bonneville, there is a harsh landscape of dry basins, white deposits and distant mountains. The road gives an impression of a very stripped space, with little reference between sky and ground; travellers sensitive to minimal landscapes find it austere beauty.
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Bonneville Speedway
Bonneville Speedway means the Salt Flats area used for tests and speed records on earth, when the salt condition allows. Nothing looks like a classic circuit: the track is drawn on a white and horizontal surface, where motors, horizons and heat create a very special atmosphere.
Practical tips
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