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The road will curve north and ends at a parking lot directly next to Spiral Jetty.

You will see the north arm of Great Salt Lake and an old oil jetty (not Spiral Jetty) left by old drilling explorations.

Drive south for another 2.7 miles around the east side of Rozel Point.

Go for 2.8 miles south-southwest to cattle guard #4 and an iron gate.

Continue southeast for 1.2 miles to cattle guard #3.

Turn right onto the southwest fork, and go for 1.7 miles to cattle guard #2. The monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) was created by artist Robert Smithson and is located off Rozel Point in the north arm of Great Salt Lake.

Drive 1.3 miles south to a second fork in the road.

Cross cattle guard #1-you'll cross 4 cattle guards total before you reach Rozel Point.Look for small white signs directing you to Spiral Jetty. Drive 5.6 miles west on the main gravel road to a fork in the road-continue left, heading west.Turn left onto Golden Spike Road and continue for 7.7 miles up the east side of Promontory Pass to Golden Spike National Historic Site Visitor Center.Follow the signs to Golden Spike National Historic Site Visitor Center.Turn right onto Route 13 (note: the last gas station you'll have access to is in Corinne).Take the Corinne exit #365 (west of Brigham City).Head north on I-15 for approximately 65 miles.

Stepping in this sludge is waaaay worse than getting Bubbleyum stuck to the bottom of your shoe. It’s a bit of a trek to see it, but you’ll probably get the most Instagram likes you’ve ever had after you post a pic of this prehistoric landscape. Watch your step and keep your four-legged family members on a leash at all times. the Great Salt Lake and is subject to the lakes fluctuating water levels. Tar pits also emerge when water levels are low. Aerial view of the 1,500 foot long earthen artwork Spiral Jetty in a Utah. The jetty disappears and reappears depending on lake water levels - drought years bring it out for all to see. The spiral's coil is 1,500 feet long and approximately 15 feet wide. And then, bam, a giant art piece was born in 1970. Ya, that’s it.” That’s probably pretty close to what went through artist Robert Smithson’s head when he needed something productive to do. I’ll just move over 6,000 tons of black basalt rock and earth around here and there in the middle of a desert salty lake - in a spiral. My thanks to the individual photographers whose images grace this site.MATERIALS: Black basalt rock, salt crystals, earth, water

This inventory spans an eleven year period with a wide range of water levels that illustrate the earthwork's visibility. © Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation, licensed ARS, New Yorkįor current lake levels in the northern half of Great Salt Lake, see data provided by USGS for Great Salt Lake water levels.įor more information on Smithson and Spiral Jetty, see Dia Art Foundation and Holt/Smithson Foundation. Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, waterġ,500 ft. For an overview of Spiral Jetty and lake levels recorded each April from 1970-2010, see my article The Spiral Jetty: Strata of Water. This page provides images of Spiral Jetty with corresponding lake levels: when created in 1970, Great Salt Lake's levels were 4195.15 feet above sea level. The Salt Lake Tribune created a video in 2013, Utah's Spiral Jetty, an artist's work on nature's canvas, which depicts the earthwork and its beautiful environment. Smithson's interest in the interplay between art and the natural environment has led to a work of art situated in a lake where the water level continually rises and falls. Created by the American artist Robert Smithson in April 1970, Spiral Jetty is located in a dynamic region of Great Salt Lake in northern Utah.