Great Salt Lake, Utah, United States

4TCinci2015 5:00 PM Feb 26, 2023

Lovely views but terrible access road be careful
The views and the lake are amazing but if you want avoid potentially damaging your car don’t drive the last 0.5 miles to the visitor center and museum there is a free parking just before you enter the pot holes ( not much road just pot holes in places ). You can walk to the beach then along to the visitor center. Worth a visit but they really need to do something with that road The other issue is you may be shocked but at this time of year there is the normal smell from the marsh and brine but there are 100’s of dead birds on the beach from a virus problem,

3mariaz2200 5:00 PM Jul 22, 2022

The lake can’t help being unpleasant
The Great Salt Lake just isn’t a nice place to visit from the state park marina, in any way, especially in late July. I would give it fewer stars than 3, but the ranger at the entrance was very nice and in a way, it just is what it is. First, it’s an inferno (of course; it’s Utah in July). There’s a small visitors center, restrooms, showers and camping. There’s also an absolutely horrendous smell from the release of gas from decaying matter in the lake, and blankets of brine flies covering large portions of the black ash “sand” along the shore, which swarm around those who venture near. Although they don’t bite, this is nasty. People were swimming and I have to assume once you get past the shore, the water is pleasant (but won’t it still smell? And wouldn’t the smell stay on swimmers’ hair and skin?). The visitors center has some small aging displays, a couple of which are interesting. I can’t fathom how anyone can camp in this hell. I’m glad we went and had a look because now it’s done and I never have to go back.