2023 Map of Knolls SW

About this map

The Great Salt Lake Desert dominates this section of western Utah, presenting a landscape of extreme salt flats and sparse relief. The vast expanse is defined by its role as part of the Utah Test and Training Range, a restricted military area that underscores the isolation and strategic utility of this environment in the twenty-first century. Minimal topographic variations across the desert floor are captured with ten-foot contour intervals, revealing the subtle mounds and depressions that characterize this arid basin. This document provides a clear record of military land management and the enduring physical geography of Tooele County's salt flats, where few man-made landmarks exist outside of the administrative boundaries of the training range.