Remarkable Antelope Island

There are many places in the vast Western United States that are so beautiful that they defy description. One of those places is Antelope Island State Park. Antelope Island is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake, the largest lake in the Western U.S. and probably the largest salt water lake in the world. Although it is only a short distance from a large city, it has a remote and unworldly feeling. The level of the Great Salt Lake determines how much land there is adjacent to the island. In years of high water, these pictures would show the lake covering all of the flat land. This picture shows the "beach" made of oolitic sand. I talked about oolitic sand in a previous post but on this trip we found out that the little spherical grains are mineral deposits on salt water shrimp fecal matter. We lost some of our fascination with the sand upon learning this fact. There really is water way out there in the distance.


This next picture shows the lake disappearing into the haze.



In the distance you can see the dramatic Wasatch Front



There are almost no trees on the whole island.

But there is a herd of around 800 North American Bison



Even though this blog is called Walking Arizona, I do walk, ride and fly to other places now and again. Antelope Island is one of the most spectacular places to visit especially if you like wind, sand, no trees and bison.