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Antelope Island State Park
- Established
- 1969
- Acreage
- 28,022 · 28,022 acres; northern 2,000 acres acquired in 1969, remainder added in the 1980s
- Location
- Davis County, UT — the largest island in the Great Salt Lake, ~40 miles north of Salt Lake City
- Key features
- Largest island in Great Salt Lake (15 miles long); free-roaming herd of 500-700 bison (founded with 12 animals in 1893); Frary Peak (6,596 ft); historic Fielding Garr Ranch; designated International Dark Sky Park
- Activities
- Hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, beachcombing, wildlife viewing, swimming/floating in the Great Salt Lake, stargazing, the annual Bison Round-Up
- Notable
- Home to one of the longest-standing publicly held bison herds in the country and a Dark Sky Park overlooking the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere
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Source: en.wikipedia.org · 2026-05-08