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Scenic routes  › Utah

Silver Island Mountain Back Country Byway

Map of Silver Island Mountain Back Country Byway - scenic route

A gravel loop from I-80 near Wendover, circling the Silver Island Range behind the Bonneville Salt Flats. Follows the Hastings Cutoff of the California Trail — the 1846 Donner-Reed party route. Fossil-bearing limestone, ancient Lake Bonneville shorelines, primitive camping. Avoid summer heat; impassable when wet.

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