The Great Salt Lake

Great Salt Lake is so enormous, you can't possibly miss it. And getting there is easy from Park City. Leaving Park City, take 189 to I-80 towards Salt Lake City. Follow signs for Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island. Great Salt Lake isn't very tourism geared, so don't expect any welcoming visitor centers. Take a deep breath and smell the salt!

Although it resembles a small ocean, Great Salt Lake is really a lake with no outlet. Consequently it is highly saturated with some two million tons of minerals annually, a small amount of which is only removed by brine flies, shrimp birds and Salt Lake's very own humans. Salt, potassium and magnesium are mined here so the sight of workers and front-end loaders should be no surprise. The Morton Salt facility lies here along I-80. Statistically speaking, Great Salt Lake is the largest Salt Lake in the Western Hemisphere, the fourth largest terminal lake in the world and the 33rd largest lake in the world.

While the natural wonder is worth checking out, submerging oneself is not necessarily recommended. Indeed, some Salt Lake residents enjoy spending time on the lake but it isn't really a tourist destination. With limited facilities and very high water salinity, Great Slat Lake is perhaps better for observation rather than recreation. Nevertheless, it is a great natural anomaly that anyone can appreciate.The adventurous floater, may find a dip in Salt Lake particularly exciting, especially with increased buoyancy due to the higher density of water found in the salty lake.