Be sure to bring lots of water and make sure your car doesn’t overheat.ĭuring the winter and early spring, standing water causes the flats to get less stable. Summers are great and very popular, although the heat can be pretty intense. Best Time to Visit the Bonneville Salt FlatsĮarly Summer and Fall are the best times to drive on the flats. Utah Salt Flats Racing Association has others listed too. The most famous is Speed Week, 6 days of racing in August (weather permitting). There are several racing events held at the Bonneville Salt Flats around the year.
Rishel for a Bike race between San Francisco and New York. The first race was scouted in 1896 by W.D. Racing has been a history of the Salt Flats since the early days. However, be sure to do it from the entrance at the end of the Bonneville Speedway Road as some areas close to the highway are private property. Just drive your car onto the flats and go. Yes, anyone can go and drive on the Bonneville Salt Flats. However, during times of races or other events, there may be restrictions or fees. No, the salt flats are free and open to the public. Is there a Fee to use the Bonneville Salt Flats All of the recent records have been rocket powered. However, the fastest current record was broken at the Black Rock desert in Nevada.
Up until recently all of the recent land speed records were broken in Bonneville. Most of the surface is actually regular table salt! You can also basically drive in any direction as fast as you want! Actually the Salt Flats are known as the place where a lot of land speed records were broken. The salt flats are an exceptionally hard and exceptionally flat natural wonder. Covering 30,000 acres, the flats are about 12 miles long and 5 miles wide covering about 46 square miles. The Bonneville Salt Flats, are one of the most impressive natural wonders in Utah.
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