Golden Spike National Historic Site - Promontory Summit
Completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad was celebrated here where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met on May 10, 1869.
The event is re-enacted every year on the same date. The annual Railroader's Festival is held the second Saturday in August, and the Winter Steam Demonstration and Film Festival are the last weekend in December. Working replicas of the 1869 steam locomotives 'Jupiter' and '119' are in operation from May-October.
Includes 9-mile auto tour and ranger program. Recreation activities include biking, hiking and wildlife viewing.
Gunnison Island
One of the largest white pelican rookeries in the world. Over 10,000 bidrs flock here in spring.
Located near upper west shore of lake.
Spiral Jetty
Robert Smithson's monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) is located on the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
Using black basalt rocks and earth from the site, the artist created a coil 1500 feet long
and 15 feet wide that stretches out counterclockwise into the translucent red water.
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