Golden Spike National Historical Park | |
IUCN Category III (Natural Monument) | |
Location | Box Elder County, Utah, U.S. |
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Nearest city | Corinne |
Coordinates | 41°37′04″N 112°33′06″W / 41.6179°N 112.5516°W[2] |
Area | 2,735 acres (1,107 ha) |
Built | 1868 |
Built by | Central Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad |
Visitation | 40,156 (2005) |
Website | www |
NRHP reference No. | 66000080[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHP | April 2, 1957 |
Golden Spike National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park[3][4] located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in east-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The nearest city is Corinne, approximately 23 miles (37 km) east-southeast of the site.
It commemorates the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad where the Central Pacific Railroad and the first Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869.[5] The final joining of the rails spanning the continent was signified by the driving of the ceremonial golden spike.[6]