They found those layers predate Lake Bonneville by 20,000 years or more — which means the ancient lakebed dried up and blew away before the salt flats formed.

Bonneville Salt Flats is ranked #11 out of 24 things to do in Salt Lake City. See pictures and our review of Bonneville Salt Flats.

The Bonneville Salt Flats is a completely flat field of salt over 30,000 acres, definitely unlike any track you've ever seen.

It has been long assumed that Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake dried up 13,000 years ago. But new research from the University of Utah has gutted that ...

The vast expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats, located in northwest Utah, captivate the imaginations of indigenous peoples, explorers, scientists and land speed racers, yet beneath the shimmering ...

Expect a two-hour drive from Salt Lake City. ... But even if the salt flats are open and appear dry, it’s pretty common for cars to get stuck in the muck, so proceed with caution.

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Bonneville Salt Flats are one of Utah’s most iconic destinations. They may sit in a remote portion of western Utah, but people across the world know about them.

Located 120 miles west of Salt Lake City, the 12-by-5 mile terrain of white salt crystals is home to the Bonneville Speedway, an international racetrack for land speed world records. It’s been ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Bonneville Salt Flats were damaged by a vehicle that drove on it while it was wet. The iconic flats — featured in films like Independence Day, Pirates of the ...

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By RICK BOWMER and SAM METZ. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Bonneville Salt Flats sit just off of a highway in a state nowhere near the ocean, but in parts they glimmer as white as a Caribbean beach.

A Utah family took their Tesla onto the Bonneville Salt Flats and wrecked it at more than 100 mph, police said. The five occupants were taken to a Salt Lake City hospital with non-life-threatening ...