swimming and camping near Great Salt Lake
We are planning a cross country trip next spring and would like to stop and see and go into the Great Salt Lake. We will be going in late May early June. My dilemma is this: I hear that time of year ...
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Antelope island is the best for access to the water, but the lake level has been low the last couple years so it's a fair walk through the former lake bottom to get to the water. Depending on how you look at it the brine flies making the ground almost look like it's moving is really neat, or creepy. Many go out to the water and swim, but being a dead lake I'm not much inclined. The biting nats get really bad by May most years, and tend to stay till the temps regularly hit 90 plus. You still have brine and horse flies after that. Out on the Island the lake smell isn't that bad most of the time. It can be as you first hit the causeway though. The island has some trophy dear, antelope, a large buffalo herd, lots of birds etc. They had a large fire a couple months back that burned a lot of the island so it will be interesting to see where the animals hang out now as opposed to before the fire. The two campgrounds are dry camping. There are shower facilities at the beach.
Willard bay is actually a fresh water reservoir on the edge of the Salt Lake. It's a very popular boating area, but the bugs can be bad on the shore. As far as the campground, it's right off the freeway, and the other side of the exit has a flying J so you hear the semi jake brakes through all hours of the night as the exit for fuel.
Willard bay is actually a fresh water reservoir on the edge of the Salt Lake. It's a very popular boating area, but the bugs can be bad on the shore. As far as the campground, it's right off the freeway, and the other side of the exit has a flying J so you hear the semi jake brakes through all hours of the night as the exit for fuel.
