There are no services there, but just after you leave the interstate, there is a Sinclair Fuel Center and a C-store selling touristy things, drinks and sandwiches. Numerous land speed records have been achieved at Bonneville, on the vast and flat natural pavement of salt: the 300, 400, 500, and 600 mile per hour land. It's free to visit during the non-season. This unique Utah location encompasses 30,000 acres. Most of the water from this spring's snow-melt was gone, but there was much sticky mud alongside the road as we drove out there. Located along I-80 near the Utah-Nevada border is the Bonneville Salt Flats. We drove out on the flats and took some fun pictures. We were blessed on the weekday we visited in June to not have the drive-in cul-de-sac going out on the flats be crowded, and more importantly, there was light cloud cover, so we were not blinded or baked. We took care to clean off our footwear before getting back in the car. The crust is thinning, but it's still thickest in the center and less than one inch toward the edges. The Flats are 12 miles long and roughly 5 miles wide. Today it's used to set land speed records during the racing season in August. TOOELE COUNTY, Utah The canals near the Bonneville Salt Flats, which first went viral on social media in 2020, have resurfaced yet again as pictures and videos show kayakers and paddle boarders recreating on bright blue waters in the vast desert region. It's the remnants of the prehistoric Lake Bonneville, which also formed the Great Salt Lake. To learn about this very interesting place was fascinating to me.
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