A proposal to drill for oil in the Great Salt Lake could threaten artist Robert Smithson’s monumental 1970 earthwork Spiral Jetty. The Canadian firm Pearl Montana Exploration and Production holds three leases, dating to 2003, to drill exploratory boreholes near the iconic sculpture. The Spiral Jetty is usually invisible (Smithson built the piece in 1970 at a time when the lake was at a particularly low level), lying a few feet under the fluctuating surface level of the lake, but at this time has been above surface level for 4 years. Spiral Jetty is located at Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, 15 miles SW of Promontory, Utah. The site is pretty remote, 16 miles from Golden Spike park hrough private ranch land on a gravel road. Unless you have a 4-wheel drive, hike in the last 4 miles as the road gets more volcanic and less hospitable, and if you get stuck, you really will get stuck (no traffic / no cell reception). I suggest hiking up and over the mountain so the first view you have is from above, the most impressive way to see the Jetty.
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