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Great Salt Lake: Great Salt Lakes
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  • Yaqui
  • Updated By Yaqui on January 14, 2007
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  • Great Salt Lake - Salt Lake City
    by Yaqui, 1 more photos
    I never realized how much life the Salt Lakes provides! I actually thought it was a completely dead lake. Little did I know how much it provides for wildlife and the local communities a place to fish, camp, sailing, exploring and to enjoy the presteen beauty it offers. One of the other uniques aspects the salt lake has is that you will float like a cork because of the salt waters. I was afraid to try it out, but did venture out into the waters. If you use the Antelope Island camp facilities, they have picnic tables, restrooms and showers there.

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  • Phone: 801-250-1898
  • Directions: I-80 exit 104
  • Website: http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm
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    Great Salt Lake: The Great Salt Lake
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  • By Jim_Eliason on October 3, 2005
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  • The Great Salt Lake - Salt Lake City
    The Great Salt Lake
    by Jim_Eliason, 4 more photos
    Just a short drive from town is America's largest salt water lake. It is the remants of an inland sea that once covered most of the area. However given the brackish nature of the water its smell probably prevents it from ever being a major tourist draw.

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  • Phone: 801-250-1898
  • Directions: I-80 exit 104
  • Website: http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm
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    Great Salt Lake: Great Salt Lake
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  • Ewingjr98
  • Updated By Ewingjr98 on December 14, 2006
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  • Great Salt Lake - Salt Lake City
    by Ewingjr98, 4 more photos
    The Great Salt Lake is the largest lake in the US west of the Mississippi, and it's about 75 miles long and 28 miles wide. Because the lake is so shallow, as the water level changes, the dimensions of the lake are greatly affected. For example, the average surface are is 1,700 square miles, but when the water level dropped 9 feet, the surface area was cut almost in half to only 950 square miles. Conversely, when the water level rose about 11 feet in 1987, the surface area almost doubled to 3,300 square miles.

    The GSL is 3 to 5 times more salty than the oceans, and it is the world's 4th largest terminal lake. Because of the high salt content, the lake is devoid of fish, and boasts just shrimp and larvae of brine flies. The GSL is a major destination for migratory birds in North America.

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  • Phone: 801-250-1898
  • Directions: I-80 exit 104
  • Website: http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm
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    Great Salt Lake: Greatly Salty Grows Sea Monkeys
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  • grandmaR
  • Updated By grandmaR on June 24, 2005
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  • Salt Lake from the air - Salt Lake City
    Salt Lake from the air
    by grandmaR
    10,000 to 30,000 years ago, Lake Bonneville covered some 20,000 square miles of land in what is now Utah, Nevada and Idaho. The Great Salt Lake is what is left of this lake.

    Because the area is so flat, small changes in the water level of the lake make a big difference in the area that the lake covers. In an average year, the lake covers an area of about 1,700 square miles.

    The salinity of the water averages about 12%, making it much saltier than the ocean. There are two Utah State Parks on the Great Salt Lake: Antelope Island State Park and Great Salt Lake State Park. The water is so salty, people can easily float. So swimming and aquatic sports are very popular in the lake.

    A little known fact about the lake is that during the 1950s the harvesting of brine shrimp out of the lake started. Brine shrimp live in hypersaline lakes (salt content may be 25%) where there is a lot of algae to eat and not many other animals to eat them. Brine shrimp are also called "Sea Monkeys" and are harvested in the cyst form so that they can be 're-constituted' later for the amusement of aquariumists.

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  • Address: north and west of Salt Lake City
  • Directions: Antelope Island is north on I-15 to Syracuse, then west on U-127, following the signs. A causeway has been built to allow automobile access to the island. Great Salt Lake State Park/Saltair Beach is about 16 miles west of Salt Lake City, along I-80.
  • Website: http://www.utah.com/stateparks/great_salt_lake.htm
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    Great Salt Lake: The salinity of the salt lake...
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  • John195123
  • By John195123 on September 7, 2002
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  • The salinity of the salt lake doesn't quite rival that of the dead sea, so if you want super-salinated waters, go to Israel. If that's too far or you want an easier, safer trip, the salt lake should do just fine!
    Keep boats out, unless you want them to get eaten up by the salt!

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  • By dzni on August 26, 2002
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  • You might want to check out the Great Salt Lake, which was rumored to me that you're able to just float there with ease since there's so much salt. Anyway, I've never been there, but it is a famous lake, no?

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    Great Salt Lake: Great Salt Lake
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  • By agarcia on August 26, 2002
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  • Great Salt Lake - Salt Lake City
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    The reflection of the sky over the water. You simply can’t tell where they join.

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  • Address: Around 40 miles northwest of SLC.
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    Great Salt Lake: Sunset on the Great Salt Lake
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  • sambarnett
  • Updated By sambarnett on September 3, 2002
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  • Great Salt Lake - Salt Lake City
    by sambarnett
    The south bank of the Great Salt Lake is about 20 minutes west of the city via I-80 and is a great place to watch the sun set. Of course, the high salinity of the water makes it smell pretty bad here.

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    Great Salt Lake: The Great Salt Lake
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  • spartan
  • Updated By spartan on July 15, 2003
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  • Great Salt Lake - Salt Lake City
    by spartan
    Large salt lake in northwestern Utah and one of the most famous natural landmarks in the United States. The Great Salt Lake lies within the Great Basin, an area of inland drainage in the western United States. The Great Salt Lake is the largest body of water between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean. It is also the largest salt lake in the western hemisphere and one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.

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  • Address: Located just west of the Wasatch Mountains
  • Phone: (801) 250-1898
  • Website: http://www.utah.com/stateparks/greatsaltlake.htm
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    Great Salt Lake: Well, the reason for going to...
    John195123
  • By John195123 on September 7, 2002
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  • Well, the reason for going to SLC, besides the Red Iguana, is the salt lake. It's kinda neat.

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