2014 Map of Arinosa

About this map

Arinosa sits as a lonely point along the northern edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert in Tooele County. This 2014 survey documents a landscape dominated by the vast alkaline flats, where the topography is strikingly level across miles of the Great Salt Lake basin. The primary corridor for transportation and movement through this arid environment is defined by the east-west passage of the interstate and its accompanying Frontage Rd. The map illustrates the stark geometry of the Public Land Survey System, with township and range lines like t1s r16w and t2s r17w providing the only structural framework across the wide, open salt crust. This area remains a critical transit point through the desert, where human presence is largely limited to the narrow infrastructure of the highway system.