Bonneville Salt Flats

Any size rig can fit here. The road is flat and you won’t have any problems. The cell service is perfect (Verizon). The only draw back is the high winds that showed up over night. Our rig leaned so much that our stabilizers came off the ground and we lost one of our LEGO blocks.

Down the road, they race cars across the salt flats. You won’t hear them and they won’t bother you.

The Bonneville Salt Flats are amazing! The flat boondocking area is perfect for self-contained travelers but I wish it was closer to the speedway. No facilities, amenities or shade in the campground. Verizon service is strong. T-mobile needed the WeBoost but had amazing speeds once boosted. Some road noise from the interstate but not to bad.

First right onto gravel road from paved road. You’ll see a sign for Silver Island Mountains with rules and a guestbook.

Parked near a rock fire pit. Trash in our campsite, but we picked it up. Shotgun shells and minor trash throughout the area. Not very bad.

The area is scrub-like. Small bushery and few little cacti. 95% gravel throughout, which is a huge plus. No getting stuck unless you try.
It rained the entire week we were here, and we’d track small bits of gravel in instead of mud, which is nice.
Wonderful views surrounding. Mountains and salt flats on the horizon.

We hiked right up the side of the mountain with our doggos. About a 10min walk from rig to base of mountain. Beautiful views of the Salt Flats at the top.

A few other campers while we were here. One seemed to be a permanent resident. All quiet. The area is large so we had plenty of space.

The clearing we stayed in was obviously designated for camping, but there are roads that go two or three ways from the clearing, so there’s potentially more campsites back between the mountains if searching for solitude.

Location to Wendover is good, in that you’re 10 min away from town, but Wendover is meh. Small, no amenities, a few fast food places, no restaurants (worth trying). Don’t try the casinos, they are scummy.

Local KOA is the only water and dump I found - $15.

Cell signal is the best we’ve had so far. 4-5 bars Verizon LTE. Able to work, stream, surf no problem.

We drove out onto the salt for a relaxing night, just sitting and looking at the sky and the surrounding mountains. The air cooled off quickly when the sun went down and we had comfortable sleeping weather on last day of June. Also the moon was almost full so there was plenty of light reflecting up off the salt. This is not a campground. No facilities at all.

On the down side, the salt was moist on the surface, so it caked on our shoes. You had to take shoes on and off whenever you went into or out of the rig. I know, first world problem. Also, I had a little trouble finding my way back to the Bonneville Speedway Road when we left the next day.You have to be careful driving around on the salt, to avoid wandering into a soft spot and getting stuck. I spent a lot of time washing salt off my vehicle after we left. I could not find a car wash in Wendover. Had to find one back in Salt Lake City.

Otherwise this was a memorable night for us. Sunset and sunrise were spectacular against the flat salt bed and the surrounding mountains. Stars, Milky Way, meteors, satellites. Great pictures. Lots of room in a wide open space with hardly a soul around. This would be a good place to go with a group of friends, to sit around and hang out together for a night.

Exit 4 I-80. Go left. Over bridge/overpass, past truck stop on right. Go @ 1 mile. Stop and read the signs! We went left toward mountains. We stayed on left “salt flats” just at that intersection. 2 other RVs stayed in salt flat North or behind big sign on right at that intersection.

In morning we drove up toward mountains/pass. Saw Silver Island Mt BLM sign. Probably the place to to boondock. No one bothered us however. Great for Katie dog to roam. The playa/flat hard surfaced. Cloudy but lotsa stars. Quiet, we slept past sunrise!