Latitude: 41.1663079
Longitude: -113.8584737
Elevation: 1404 meters / 4606 feet
Barometric Pressure 856KPa

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Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah by Ken Lund, The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large dry lake in northern Utah between the Great Salt Lake and the
Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah by Ken Lund
Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah by Ken Lund, The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large dry lake in northern Utah between the Great Salt Lake and the
Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah by Ken Lund
Fence surrounding a mysterious piece of property... 20120419_1702 by listorama, The land to the left of the fence is an isolated piece of private property in the desert of northwes
Fence surrounding a mysterious piece of property... 20120419_1702 by listorama
The Middle Of NOWHERE by The VIKINGS are Coming!, Good luck finding this one on the map...

Just stopped, in the middle of 15 hours of straight drivin
The Middle Of NOWHERE by The VIKINGS are Coming!
Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah by Ken Lund, The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large dry lake in northern Utah between the Great Salt Lake and the
Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah by Ken Lund
Car-camping sunrise on the causeway... 20070914_9832 by listorama, The causeway, at right, connects Floating Island to the Silver Island Mountains Backcountry Byway. T
Car-camping sunrise on the causeway... 20070914_9832 by listorama
Car-camping at Crater Island... 20091013_8356 by listorama, After hiking up Peak 5297 I spent the night in my car at this site at the edge of the playa. It was
Car-camping at Crater Island... 20091013_8356 by listorama
Desert campsite... 20090516_9671 by listorama, This is where I car-camped the night before visiting Pigeon Mountain. This site is a few miles north
Desert campsite... 20090516_9671 by listorama
Important junction... 20070913_9699 by listorama, The Green Weenie is sitting on the Silver Island Mountains National Backcountry Byway, pointed at th
Important junction... 20070913_9699 by listorama
Fistful of art... 20120420_1857 by listorama, This arm/fist, about three feet (0.9 m) tall, is one of two pieces of casual art standing in the des
Fistful of art... 20120420_1857 by listorama
Approaching my Crater Island campsite....20110609_3228 by listorama, Looking east toward my campsite (see note on image) on the mud flat of Crater Island. The Green Ween
Approaching my Crater Island campsite....20110609_3228 by listorama
Driving to my first handcart hike....20110609_3191 by listorama, No. I didn't drive through this quagmire of water and clay-mud. I by-passed this mess by using anoth
Driving to my first handcart hike....20110609_3191 by listorama
Heading for the Sun Tunnels... 20120419_1657 by listorama, About five minutes later, I arrived at the Sun Tunnels (somewhere off to the right). This looks sout
Heading for the Sun Tunnels... 20120419_1657 by listorama
Union Pacific trains passing each other near Lucin... 20091011_7661 by listorama, An eastbound train (above) moves very slowly toward Lucin while a westbound stack train (below) zoom
Union Pacific trains passing each other near Lucin... 20091011_7661 by listorama
Quarry car, later... 20091011_7793 by listorama, When I returned to my car after watching some trains, the sky took on a nicer look. In a few minutes
Quarry car, later... 20091011_7793 by listorama
High voltage fence... 20110604_9932 by listorama, Those insulators and wires are not the type one sees on a fence around a horse pasture! This private
High voltage fence... 20110604_9932 by listorama
Irrigation sprinkler... 20110604_0046 by listorama, Taken during a hike from the Lucin VORTAC to a center-pivot irrigation sprinkler 1.3 miles (2 km) so
Irrigation sprinkler... 20110604_0046 by listorama
Quarry car... 20091011_7526 by listorama, The Green Weenie sits in a defunct quarry at Lucin, Utah. It got here by ascending a little-used gra
Quarry car... 20091011_7526 by listorama
Irrigation sprinkler, up close... 20110604_0080 by listorama, Taken during a hike from the Lucin VORTAC to a center-pivot irrigation sprinkler 1.3 miles (2 km) so
Irrigation sprinkler, up close... 20110604_0080 by listorama
Overgrown abandoned railroad grade... 20091011_7136 by listorama, Looking northwest along an overgrown, abandoned railroad grade at Lucin, Utah. From here the grade m
Overgrown abandoned railroad grade... 20091011_7136 by listorama
Hi-railer at Lucin...20050625_5232 by listorama, Shortly after I watched a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7979543@N02/2194184696/" target="_bl
Hi-railer at Lucin...20050625_5232 by listorama
Looking north toward Lucin airfield... 20110604_9986 by listorama, Taken during a hike from the Lucin VORTAC to a center-pivot irrigation sprinkler 1.3 miles (2 km) so
Looking north toward Lucin airfield... 20110604_9986 by listorama
Long-abandoned connector... 20091011_7411 by listorama, In my exploration of an abandoned railroad alignment (the gently-curving section at right) I reached
Long-abandoned connector... 20091011_7411 by listorama
Sun Tunnels by starlight by ashergrey, 46 minute exposure of the night sky from within one of the concrete tubes comprising the Sun Tunnels
Sun Tunnels by starlight by ashergrey
Looking south from near the Lucin VORTAC... 20110604_9962 by listorama, Taken during a hike from the Lucin VORTAC to a center-pivot irrigation sprinkler 1.3 miles (2 km) so
Looking south from near the Lucin VORTAC... 20110604_9962 by listorama
Mysterious goings-on in the desert.. 20120419_1677-80-83-86 by listorama, Looking south at some private property of mysterious purpose half a mile (0.8 km) south of the Sun T
Mysterious goings-on in the desert.. 20120419_1677-80-83-86 by listorama
Bing Maps: gas pipeline at Grouse Creek Junction by listorama, Grouse Creek Junction (blue dot) is a road intersection in northwestern Utah. North is at the top. T
Bing Maps: gas pipeline at Grouse Creek Junction by listorama
Lion Mountain in the background... 20050625_5301 by listorama, While driving here from Lucin, I saw Lion Mountain standing proudly in the distance, calling to me t
Lion Mountain in the background... 20050625_5301 by listorama
BLU WGN on a causeway... 20040703_1363 by listorama, My trusty Subaru GL wagon sits on the causeway that provides access to Floating Island. The top of t
BLU WGN on a causeway... 20040703_1363 by listorama
Morning view into the tent....20110626_9767 by listorama, utah craterisland camping mudflat tent ut2011sep lightroom 900 boxeldercounty
Morning view into the tent....20110626_9767 by listorama
The Green Weenie rocks... 20091011_7529 by listorama, The Green Weenie sits in a defunct quarry at Lucin, Utah. The quarrying created a level area on the
The Green Weenie rocks... 20091011_7529 by listorama
Would not win a beauty contest... 20100913_6349 by listorama, Looking east at "ugly but beautiful" Peak 5297 on Crater Island, taken in September 2010 d
Would not win a beauty contest... 20100913_6349 by listorama
Quarry ruins at Lucin... 20110605_0812 by listorama, This could be the foundation for a rock-processing facility, perhaps a crusher. The photo below show
Quarry ruins at Lucin... 20110605_0812 by listorama
Freight train far below... 20110606_1334 by listorama, This view is to the southwest from Pigeon Mountain in northwestern Utah. In the center of the scene
Freight train far below... 20110606_1334 by listorama
Roads leading to the abandoned quarry... 20110605_0407 by listorama, The road at right leads to the north end of the quarry. The road at left is a former railroad grade
Roads leading to the abandoned quarry... 20110605_0407 by listorama
Defunct quarry just north of Lucin, Utah... 20050625_5164 by listorama, Seen while driving south from SR-30 to Lucin.  A few years later I explored that quarry. Pictures ta
Defunct quarry just north of Lucin, Utah... 20050625_5164 by listorama
Flag at Lucin airfield... 20120419_1518 by listorama, Looking west across the north-south "runway" of the airfield at Lucin. Photographed from I
Flag at Lucin airfield... 20120419_1518 by listorama
Is exploring wyes wise?... 20091011_7196 by listorama, Whether or not exploration of wyes is wise is immaterial. My nostalgia gene forces me to explore aba
Is exploring wyes wise?... 20091011_7196 by listorama
Route to the sprinkler... 20110604_9994 by listorama, Taken during a hike from the Lucin VORTAC to a center-pivot irrigation sprinkler 1.3 miles (2 km) so
Route to the sprinkler... 20110604_9994 by listorama
Entrance to mysterious private property... 20120419_1668 by listorama, This is an isolated piece of private property in the desert of northwestern Utah, a few miles south
Entrance to mysterious private property... 20120419_1668 by listorama
Mirage... 20110610_3569 by listorama, Photographed from the site of a corral on the northwestern part of the Silver Island Mountains Backc
Mirage... 20110610_3569 by listorama
Lake Bonneville wave terrace?... 20100913_6331 by listorama, This is probably a wave terrace made by ancient Lake Bonneville. It's on the southeast slope of Peak
Lake Bonneville wave terrace?... 20100913_6331 by listorama
Route of mud flat hike... 20091012_8182 by listorama, Looking south from the summit of Peak 5297, one of the Crater Island peaks. Letters on image indicat
Route of mud flat hike... 20091012_8182 by listorama
Lion Mountain looks interesting... 20050625_5258 by listorama, I saw Lion Mountain while driving from Lucin to the site of the Sun Tunnels. Although it was not the
Lion Mountain looks interesting... 20050625_5258 by listorama
Steps to nowhere... 20091011_7556 by listorama, Abandoned quarry at Lucin, Utah. 
My vantage point for the photo was at the center of <a href="http:
Steps to nowhere... 20091011_7556 by listorama
Mud flats... 20100913_6325 by listorama, Photographed in September 2010 during <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/listorama/sets/721576254
Mud flats... 20100913_6325 by listorama
Nice road... 20110606_1250 by listorama, Looking up toward the summit block of Pigeon Mountain. 

Shot during <a href="#//www.flickr.com/phot
Nice road... 20110606_1250 by listorama
North side of the summit block... 20110606_1328 by listorama, I went straight up to the summit block, then angled left along its base to the far side.

Shot durin
North side of the summit block... 20110606_1328 by listorama
Turn right to go to the Sun Tunnels... 20050625_5263 by listorama, This view looks about east-southeast. The creosoted post gave no indication of its purpose, but it m
Turn right to go to the Sun Tunnels... 20050625_5263 by listorama
Fish?... 20090518_2483 by listorama, I saw this boulder at the edge of the mud flat on the east side of Crater Island.  It reminded me of
Fish?... 20090518_2483 by listorama
Where I traversed along the summit block... 20110606_1343 by listorama, Shot during <a href="#//www.flickr.com/photos/listorama/sets/72157627017502126/" target="_blank" rel
Where I traversed along the summit block... 20110606_1343 by listorama
Side road to Floating Island... ... 20040703_1343 by listorama, I shot this as I was about to drive from the main road (at bottom) to the side road leading to Float
Side road to Floating Island... ... 20040703_1343 by listorama
Trash or treasure?... 20061015_3121&29 by listorama, During an exploratory scramble up Cobb Peak I found this empty sardine can on a flat ridge (left ima
Trash or treasure?... 20061015_3121&29 by listorama
Pigeon Mountain... 20110606_1472 by listorama, Shot during <a href="#//www.flickr.com/photos/listorama/sets/72157627017502126/" target="_blank" rel
Pigeon Mountain... 20110606_1472 by listorama
South side of the summit block... 20110606_1364 by listorama, I came from the far right and descended to this vantage point. The route to the summit looked inviti
South side of the summit block... 20110606_1364 by listorama
View of the desert through one of the "portholes"... 20050625_5370 by listorama, sculpture art geotagged concrete utah artwork view desert tubes device solstice porthole celestial m
View of the desert through one of the "portholes"... 20050625_5370 by listorama
Descending Pigeon Mountain... 20110606_1409-12-15_Pano by listorama, Looking down the south slope of Pigeon Mountain. Notes on the image identify the Lucin Cut-off, (a U
Descending Pigeon Mountain... 20110606_1409-12-15_Pano by listorama
A vast expanse of mud and salt... 20090518_2405 by listorama, Looking about east from a small peak at Crater Island.
My vantage point was at the center of <a href
A vast expanse of mud and salt... 20090518_2405 by listorama
Overgrown grade... 20091011_7163 by listorama, Looking about south during a hike on an abandoned railroad grade at Lucin, Utah.railroad abandoned o
Overgrown grade... 20091011_7163 by listorama
20091012_8077...Gentle west ridge of Peak 5297 by listorama, Getting to the summit was a walk-up except for a short easy scramble on rock
steps just below the su
20091012_8077...Gentle west ridge of Peak 5297 by listorama