Established: April 2^nd, 1957

Area: 2,735 acres

Visitors (2005): 40,156

Golden Spike National Historic Site is located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The nearest city is Brigham City, approximately 32 miles 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^th, 1869. The final joining of the rails spanning the continent was signified by the driving of the ceremonial Golden Spike.