# Road trips from Salt Lake City

> 3 road trips that start in or near Salt Lake City, from 3 to 6 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

Source: https://camping-spirit.com/road-trips-from/salt-lake-city-ut/

3 road trips that start in or near Salt Lake City, from 3 to 6 days, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary, distances and campsites along the way.

- [Wasatch and Uintas: Alpine Loop to the Mirror Lake Highway](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b18-wasatch-alpine-loop/): 3 days, 157 mi – Caves and waterfalls on the Alpine Loop, the mountain towns of Heber and Park City, then high lakes on the Mirror Lake Highway to Wyoming.
- [Red canyons, high mountain lakes and dinosaur bones: by camper through the Uinta Mountains, Flaming Gorge and Dinosaur National Monument](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-100-flaming-gorge-uinta/): 5 days, 317 mi – From Salt Lake City over the 3,260-metre Bald Mountain Pass to the red reservoir of Flaming Gorge and on to the bone wall near Vernal: a route for campers who want mountain air, moose and silence.
- [Bison, salt crust and the golden spike – by camper around the Great Salt Lake to the Bonneville Salt Flats](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/rf-507-utah-great-salt-lake-bonneville/): 6 days, 345 mi – From Salt Lake City via Antelope Island, the Bear River bird marshes, Golden Spike and the Spiral Jetty to the white expanse of Bonneville and on to Wendover on the Nevada border: around 800 kilometres of salt water, railway history and emptiness.

## FAQs

**What are the best road trips from Salt Lake City?**
Popular routes starting in or near Salt Lake City: Wasatch and Uintas: Alpine Loop to the Mirror Lake Highway, Red canyons, high mountain lakes and dinosaur bones: by camper through the Uinta Mountains, Flaming Gorge and Dinosaur National Monument and Bison, salt crust and the golden spike – by camper around the Great Salt Lake to the Bonneville Salt Flats.

**Is there a short road trip from Salt Lake City?**
The shortest is Wasatch and Uintas: Alpine Loop to the Mirror Lake Highway: 3 days, about 157 mi.

**What is the longest road trip from Salt Lake City?**
The longest is Bison, salt crust and the golden spike – by camper around the Great Salt Lake to the Bonneville Salt Flats: 6 days, about 345 mi with 12 stops.