8/25/2023 0 Comments Utah salt flats mirror night![]() Three steps in and I feel my feet sinking from beneath me. We pull over to the side of the road and start walking out to the flats. The flat looked slightly wet and it had that mirror like effect that we were looking for to get the perfect Instagram picture. After we left Bonnevile we saw another Salt Flat off Highway 80. I wish my sister and I had this advice before visting. ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK if you are not going to Bonneville. There are many Salt Flats althroughout Utah, but I’d advise against visiting them. It’s something fun for the kids to climb on and discourage them from eating the salt. There’s also a little Lochness Monster and Shark art instalation that are just peaking above the flats. Breedlove actually had specially devoloped inflatable tires that could handle speeds up to 800 MPH.Īfter reading about the flats we were also able to see a few people riding ATV’s and even driving their cars drifting on the flat. But could you imagine going more than 300MPH on land? That truly gives a new meaning to feeling the wind in your face. ![]() Granted these were all rocket powered jet engines. In October 1970 Gary Gabelich set a new record of 622 MPH on the flats. He was the first person to reach a land speed of more than 400 MPH - it was 601 MPH!! The record setting doesn’t stop there though. The records don’t stop there! A new record was later set by Craig Breedlove in November 1965. He averaged 301 mph in 2 passes down the raceway on Sept 3, 1935. The Salt Flats is also the home to the highest land speed record by Sir Malcolm Campbell, who reached a top speed of more than 300 MP in one mile. It is home to Utah’s very own Race Week and is home to the Land Speed world record runs. The Bonneville Salt Flats are also home to some other activities other than the occasional salt tasting. Similar to how they say you should make your pasta cooking water - like the ocean that is. For it to be called a salt flat wouldn’t you want to see if it was actually salt… It taste just like highly concentrated salt. You can probably already assume what happens next… yeah. We both kneeled down and scraped a small piece off the ground. The photo below shows parts of the salt crust cracking and forming ruts in the mud.Well, after we finished gawking at the miles of salt, we looked down at the flats under us. If we had more time, we would’ve done sunset at the rest stop, spent the night in Wendover, and shot sunrise the next morning at the speedway. The I-80 is heavily-patrolled by Idaho State Troopers, and the speed limit is 75mph… so traffic is flying. While some people illegally use the “emergency vehicle only” U-turn options, it’s a risk. While you can easily get back on the I-80 heading east… the next closest exit you can use to turn around is half-an-hour away! So it’ll literally take an hour to get from the speedway back to the rest stop… even though “as the crow flies” it’s only four miles. If you decide to then go to the speedway site, be prepared for a long drive back around to the rest stop. If you’re driving from SLC, you’ll hit the rest stop first. The I-80 doesn’t have exits in the area which allow you to easily go between the two sites. This is important to keep in mind: if you’re aiming for sunset photos, you need to pick one of the spots ahead of time and commit.
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