![]() Mile 68.67 Whiskey Bob’s Camp: River Right. Mile 67.83 Basin Creek Camp: River Right. In addition, the Utah Highway Patrol has indicated that parking along I-80 to access the canals is illegal and extremely dangerous due to the proximity to the interstate highway. The river makes a jarring right turn that creates tricky current. Therefore, the public should not access, swim, float, kayak, canoe, or pursue any other recreation activities in these industrial canals. They are located at 9200 North Bush Highway in Mesa, about 40 minutes from. ![]() Tickets are available for purchase online at. The other way to find the Lower Salt River is via Exit 199 from The Beeline, Hwy 87. Salt River Tubing opened Saturday, April 29. Salt River Project is releasing water from various dams, including Bartlett Dam 15 miles east of Carefree toward metro Phoenix to make room for the above-average snowpack expected to melt. If you are tubing on your own, park a car at your take-out point and then continue on to your put-in point. The canals are industrial facilities leased to Intrepid Potash for potash mining activities and are not designed or safe for public recreation. If you went straight, you’d arrive at Salt River Recreation, the outfit that runs the busy tubing rental and shuttle service for the river. Salt River Tubing and Recreation is on the northwest corner at the four-way stop. “The potash production canals north of Interstate 80 (I-80), located just east of the Bonneville Salt Flats, are leased and managed by Intrepid Potash and are located on a mix of private property, State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) land, and Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands. BLM issued the following statement about the canals: Lisa McNee, public affairs specialist with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says unsafe recreational activity on the canals has decreased significantly over the last year. NEXT: Bonneville Salt Flats draws some of fastest land speed machines to ‘Hot Rod Mecca’
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