Believe it or not, this is the BEST place to visit the Bonneville Salt Flats. You can actually walk out an on to the salt flats and take pictures with a beautiful backdrop of the mountains in the background. While it's a bit sad that Bonneville lake dried up, it has created these beautiful salt flats that we get to see and experience. While this is 1.5 hours away from Salt Lake City it's a great way to also visit the town of Wendover where there's an airfield museum, or cross the border into Nevada into West Wendover and visit one of the casinos and if you time your visit right you could also catch a good show at the Peppermill Concert Hall. read more