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Why Go
The hill is a leftover of Lake Bonneville, a spit of sand and gravel that waves piled against the Traverse Mountains. Pilots have been using it a long time: the University of Utah Flying Club launched gliders off it in 1927, and today around 700 pilots fly the site each year, close to a third of them from out of state or another country. Watching costs you nothing but a parking spot at 5,146 feet, and there is a radio-control modelport just west of the lot.
Do this: Watch or learn to fly, kite flying
Family note: Watching paragliders launch never gets old
Fees and hours: stateparks.utah.gov
Build Your Day
Add to the trip: Bells Canyon Waterfall (Hike, 10 mi) · Battle Creek Falls (Hike, 12 mi) · Granite Flat Campground (Camping, 14 mi) · Mount Timpanogos (Timpooneke) (Hike, 14 mi)
Quick Answers
- What is there to do at Flight Park State Rec Area?
- Watch or learn to fly, kite flying
- Is Flight Park State Rec Area good for kids?
- Watching paragliders launch never gets old
- Why visit Flight Park State Rec Area?
- Because it is one of the most reliable training hills anywhere for hang gliding and paragliding, and you do not have to fly to enjoy it. The launch sits at 5,146 feet on a Lake Bonneville sandbar at Point of the Mountain, and it has drawn pilots since the 1920s.