This small community on the Utah/Nevada border is located along I-80, about 120 miles west of Salt Lake City and adjoining with West Wendover, Nevada. It attracts Salt Lake-area residents out for weekend trips and tourists seeking a taste of Las Vegas-style entertainment off the beaten track. Wendover’s local casinos include Montego Bay Casino, Peppermill Casino, Wendover Nugget Casino, Red Garter Casino, Pilot Travel Center and Rainbow Casino. The Bonneville Salt Flats, a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, is the largest of many salt flats located west of the Great Salt Lake. The property is known for land speed records and five major land speed events take place at the Bonneville Salt Flats. When Wendover AAF was declared surplus in 1976, most of the field, including the water system, was turned over to the state as a municipal airport.
A non-profit group, Historic Wendover Airfield has restored the historic elements of the field, all of the original hangars (including the "Enola Gay" B-29 hangar) and 75 other World War II–era buildings. Several flying scenes for the 1997 movie Con Air were filmed at Wendover. Visit the Natural History Museum of Utah to see how the animal and plant life came up in the region and go to the Pioneer History Museum, which contains manor housing paintings, photos, manuscripts and memorabilia from Utah's earliest founders. Knolls Recreation Area is an off highway vehicle park and camp grounds, The landscape contains mud flats, salt flats, and gypsum sand dunes. While you’re enjoying this vibrant city, you’ll have accommodations waiting to fulfill all of your travel needs when you stay at one of our Choice Hotels in Wendover, UT. Book a room online now!