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The park is located at an elevation of 4,200 feet (1,300 m), on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, 16 miles (26 km) west of Salt Lake City. [ 1 ] Park facilities
Antelope Island State Park is surrounded by the Great Salt Lake. The lake is the last remaining part of a vast inland Pleistocene sea, Lake Bonneville . At more than 1,000 feet (305 m) deep [ 28 ] and more than 19,691 square miles (51,000 km 2 ) [ 29 ] in area , the lake was nearly as large as Lake Michigan and significantly deeper. [ 30 ]
Goosenecks State Park: San Juan: 10 acres (4 ha) 4,500 ft (1372 m) 1962 51,985 Overlooks some dramatic meanders of the San Juan River. Great Salt Lake State Park: Salt Lake: 162 acres (66 ha) [8] 4,200 ft (1280 m) 1978 396,911 Maintains a public boat launch and 320-slip marina on the Great Salt Lake. Green River State Park: Emery: 53 acres (21 ha)
The shrinking Great Salt Lake is facing ecological collapse as salinity levels rise. State leaders hope a hearty snowpack and a surplus in the state budget can save the it.
Utah's Great Salt Lake dropped to its lowest recorded level this month amid a two-decade drought, a grim milestone as researchers and politicians point to grave threats to wildlife and people ...
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere [1] and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. [2] It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate , particularly through lake-effect snow .
The Antelope Island bison herd is a semi–free-ranging population of American bison (Bison bison, buffalo) in Antelope Island State Park in Great Salt Lake, Utah. Bison were introduced to Antelope Island in 1893. The herd is significant because it is one of the largest and oldest publicly owned bison herds in the nation. [2]
The Jordan River Parkway is an approximately 40-mile (64 km) urban park that runs along the Jordan River within the U.S. state of Utah.The parkway follows along the river from Utah Lake in Utah County, through Salt Lake County and onto the Great Salt Lake in Davis County.