You’ll get stuck very quickly and can damage the salt surface Avoid driving on the Salt Flats if it is muddy or wet.Staying on existing roads and designated areas for vehicles.The Bureau of Land Management allows the public to use the salt flats but there’s a few things you need to keep in mind for your next visit: You’ll be tempted to stop at the rest stop to view the flats, but keep going. If you’re heading west from Salt Lake City, there is a rest stop about five minutes before Exit 4. There is a parking area at the end of the road. Take a right on Leppy Pass Road towards the flats. Head north and follow the signs to the Speedway. The Salt Flats are only about 10 minutes outside of Wendover and an hour and a half from Salt Lake City. You can spend all day there or 30 minutes, it’s up to you. My boys thought it was amazing and it’s perfect for many, many photo opportunities. There’s no other place in the world like it. Our family decided to stop by the Salt Flats on our way to Goshute Cave just outside of Wendover. My kids enjoying the Bonneville Salt Flats So here’s everything you need to know to about visiting this one-of-kind natural wonder. There are restrooms and a restaurant.The Bonneville Salt Flats are truly one of the wonders of the world. 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. It's free to visit during the non-season. 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. 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. 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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