Category: West Wendover

Goshute Mountain Watchable Wildlife Area

Goshute Mountains funnel thousands of raptors past this site during the fall migration. Follow watchable wildlife binocular logo signs from Alternate 93 to trailhead parking. Part of this site is a wilderness study area, under consideration for federal protection. During the fall migration, the Goshute Mountains funnel thousands of raptors through this site. Follow the […]

Historic Wendover Air Show

The Historic Wendover Airfield will be hosting our 2019 Air Show on Saturday September 28, 2019. Please join us in Wendover, Utah for an enjoyable day of aviation and military history. On display will be both modern and vintage aircraft, military displays, Utah Military Vehicle Club and the Arizona Ground Crew WWII Living Historians. Come […]

Historic Wendover Airfield

Wendover Field was conceived during the late 1930s, and Congress appropriated funds in 1940 for the acquisition of land for bombing and gunnery ranges. Wendover was selected because of the Great Salt Lake desert with its shimmering salt flats and other vast uninhabited terrain. In 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the “Manhattan Engineer […]