Antelope Island Drive and picnic with the Wasatch Mountain Jaguar Register
We’ll have two rendezvous points for this drive. For those in the SLC area, we’ll meet on the east side of the Capitol building at 9:00 AM for a 9:30 departure. Jim Klekas, member of both the BMCU and WMJR, will lead the group from there probably up Highway 89 to Layton, but with the on-going construction, there could be last minute changes to the exact routing.
Our northern rendezvous point is the Extra Space Parking lot (formerly Kmart) at the corner of Antelope Drive and Main Street in Layton. We (Pat and Donna) and the northern group will meet there around 10:15 to join the southern group and depart for Antelope Island around 10:45. From there, route is exceedingly simple, straight west on Antelope Drive, across the causeway and take a left on Antelope Island Road (at the painted bison) to the Ranch. The drive is no more than 45 minutes, however the time to get through the gate can take a while depending on how many LBCs we have to squeeze through that choke point. But arrival at Fielding Garr Ranch should be well before noon where we’ll have lunch in the picnic area. Lunch is not provided and there’s no concessions at the ranch, so don’t forget to pack a sack lunch, picnic basket or pickup a bucket of chicken on the way!
Park fees are $15 per vehicle, $10 for seniors. Day use pass includes causeway fee. Passes can be purchased online prior to arrival at the gate to save a little time. But passes are only good for day of purchase, so don’t buy it the night before! Complete information on park fees, including options for season passes at Antelope Island or statewide can be found at https://stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island/park-fees/. If you already have a state parks annual pass, note that they do require a separate causeway fee of $2 in addition to the parks pass.
Google Maps link below has details on meeting locations and notional route up from SLC to Layton. Please don’t take that route as final, as it may change depending on the construction.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=13iAIMKtGEa13b1xV9oY0rjvY0h6jNVbQ&usp=sharing