PromontoryTrains and carsTicketedGood for kids
Golden Spike National Historical Park
The spot where the ceremonial last spike of the transcontinental railroad was driven on May 10, 1869, with a visitor center holding exhibits, a theater and a bookstore. Replica locomotives Jupiter and No. 119 are moved out to the Last Spike Site each day to recreate the meeting of the rails, and you can walk or drive fifteen miles of the original grade, including the Big Fill. No fuel or food within 27 miles, so fill up first.
What is inside
- Replica locomotives Jupiter and No. 119 at the Last Spike Site
- Visitor center exhibits and theater
- Big Fill Trail on the original grade
- East Auto Tour along the historic grade
Good for
- History buffs
- Trains
- Kids
- Outdoors
- Road trips
From the museum's own site, checked October 2026. Something changed? Tell us.
Plan it
- Where
- Golden Spike Drive, Promontory Summit, Box Elder County, UT (mail: P.O. Box 897, Brigham City, UT 84302)
- Admission
- Ticketed. Prices and details on the museum's site.
- Website
- nps.gov
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