Great Salt Lake State Park

Great Salt Lake State Marina
Utah State Park
Great Salt Lake State Marina
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Salt Lake

Location	Great Salt Lake
- elevation	4,200 ft (1,280 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	40°44′01″N 112°12′36″W / 40.73361°N 112.21000°W / 40.73361; -112.21000Coordinates: 40°44′01″N 112°12′36″W / 40.73361°N 112.21000°W / 40.73361; -112.21000

Founded	1978 ^[1]
Management	Utah State Parks

Visitation	254,317 (2011) ^[2]

IUCN category	V - Protected Landscape/Seascape

Location of Great Salt Lake State Marina in Utah

The Great Salt Lake State Marina is a state park in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.

History

The Great Salt Lake State Marina opened to the public as a state park in 1978, and the marina itself was expanded two years later. ^[1]

Geography

The park is located at an elevation of 4200 feet, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake, 16 miles west of Salt Lake City.^[1]

Park facilities

The park features a 300 slip marina along with a boat ramp, and is popular for swimming, and picnicking. There are restrooms and showers.^[3]

It is home to the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club. ^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Great Salt Lake Marina: About the Park". Utah State Parks. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
↑ "Utah State Park Visitation". Utah State Parks Planning. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
↑ Official Great Salt Lake State Marina website

External links

Great Salt Lake State Marina website

Protected areas of Utah

Federal

National Parks	Arches Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Zion

NPS National Monuments	Cedar Breaks Dinosaur Hovenweep Natural Bridges Rainbow Bridge Timpanogos Cave

National Historic Site	Golden Spike

National Recreation Area	Glen Canyon

National Historic Trail	Mormon Pioneer

National Forests	Ashley Caribou-Targhee Dixie Fishlake Manti-La Sal Sawtooth Uinta-Wasatch-Cache

Forest Service areas	Desert Biosphere Reserve Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Fish Springs Ouray

National Conservation Areas	Beaver Dam Wash Red Cliffs

BLM National Monument	Grand Staircase-Escalante

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Ashdown Gorge Beartrap Canyon Beaver Dam Mountains Black Ridge Canyons Blackridge Box-Death Hollow Canaan Mountain Cedar Mountain Cottonwood Canyon Cottonwood Forest Cougar Canyon Dark Canyon Deep Creek Deep Creek North Deseret Peak Doc's Pass Goose Creek High Uintas LaVerkin Creek Lone Peak Mount Naomi Mount Nebo Mount Olympus Mount Timpanogos Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Pine Valley Mountain Red Butte Red Mountains Slaughter Creek Taylor Creek Twin Peaks Wellsville Mountain Zion

State

State Parks Northern Region	Antelope Island Bear Lake Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn Deer Creek East Canyon Flight Park Great Salt Lake Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail Hyrum Jordan River OHV Park Jordanelle Red Fleet Rockport Starvation Steinaker Utah Field House of Natural History Utah Lake Wasatch Mountain Willard Bay

State Parks Central Region	Fremont Indian Goblin Valley Green River Huntington Millsite Palisade Scofield Territorial Statehouse Yuba

State Parks Southern Region	Anasazi Coral Pink Sand Dunes Dead Horse Point Edge of the Cedars Escalante Petrified Forest Frontier Homestead Goosenecks Gunlock Kodachrome Basin Otter Creek Piute Quail Creek Sand Hollow Snow Canyon

Utah State Parks and Recreation

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