Peppermill Wendover (West Wendover, NV).

Super 8 by Wyndham Wendover (Wendover, UT).

Best Western Plus – Wendover Inn (Wendover, UT – my top pick!).

Hotels and Motels near the Bonneville Salt Flats: Very expensive.To stay near the Salt Flats, you will need to stay in Wendover, UT or W. Then there is the totally unique impress your friends and family overnight near Price (on US Rt 6)- the only hotel overlooking either or both Desolation Canyon and the largest collection ancient Indian collection of cliff dwellings in the country (discovered about 70 yeas ago but not revealed to the public until the early 21st C). It was fake news, a sound stage in a warehouse in SLC, but the backdrop view was what we see out our front windows The anchor desk for NBC's broadcast of the Utah Olympics had the anchors sitting in front of blazing fire with windows on both sides of the fare place overlooking a spectacular mountain view. Full disclosure: We spent 20 years of vacations looking for the best mountain setting retirement home, and picked Heber City. If you decide to blast straight thru to SLC, consider a semi-rural option to SLC, whose only major attraction is some of the worst air pollution in the county- the Heber Valley (Heber City/Midway). He took my advice to eat at Mom's, and at the end of his trip emailed me that Mom's was the high light of their vacation.įrom Salina, take UT Rt 28 to Nephi (I-15), which would be a reasonable place to stop overnight. An Australian friend came to the US for a rt road trip LA-Chicago on I-70. The National Geographic article on the wall will explain why. Take I-70 west from Green River to UT Rt 24 thru Capitol Reef NP to UT Rt 72 in Loa to I-70 west to Salina. I assume you realize you will be blowing past three spectacular national parks to get from one second rate sight to another, but if you must, you can add in some good sight seeing by doing this.

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