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Map of the Oregon National Historic Trail (NHT) in Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Published by the National Park Service (NPS).
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GREELEY
Rocky Mountain
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Black Vermillion Crossing
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St. MarysRed Vermillion
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Hill
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Hays
Sm
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River
INDEPENDENCE
KANSAS CITY
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Blue
Mound
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Emporia
35
Lone Elm
Campground
Parting of the
Oregon and
Santa Fe Trails
des
335
as
Tallgrass Prairie
National Preserve
135
River
Upper
Independence
Landing
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Ottawa
SALINA
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See map above
LAWRENCE
Upper
Wakarusa
Crossing
M
Saline
76
Pellant
Ruts
TOPEKA
Ne
83
Kansas River
Crossing/
Pappin’s Ferry
Vieux Cemetery/
Red Vermillion
Crossing
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Mission
Junction City
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99
Manhattan
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Leavenworth
Tuttle
Creek
Lake
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Coon Creek/Marshall Grave
Scott Spring
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Hiawatha
36
Atchison
77
Harlan
County
Lake
ST. JOSEPH
KA
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NEB
SAS
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36
Sterling
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Beatrice
Alcove Spring
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Blue
Solomon
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Fairbury
Rock Creek Station
Rive
Junction of St. Joe and
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Independence Roads
Hollenberg Station
Marysville
The
Narrows
Holdrege
23
Julesburg
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C
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Thirty-two
Mile Station
Plum Creek
Rep ubli
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Fort
Kearny
Susan Hail Grave
and Ruts
Hastings
Lowell
36
35
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SOU
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SAS
KAN
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Ro
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Deschutes
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Willamette
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A
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PA C I F I C
Upper Crossing of the
South Platte River
83
25
80
73
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Homestead NM of America
Ayr Ruts
Heart Grove Campground
P l a tt e
Ogallala
Dan Smith’s
West Ranch
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SAS
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Rock Springs
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Brule
ORA
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Fort
Bridger
Flaming
Gorge
Reservoir
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Name Rock
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Pl
FORT BRIDGER was a major
supply point on the trail. Here
the Mormon Trail veered off
to the southwest and into Utah.
Church Butte
80
30
Fort
O’Fallon’s
McPherson
Bluff
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30
Eighty-fifth Street Ruts
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tal
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IN
West End of the
Sublette Cutoff Segment
Sidney
California Hill
Platte
Lexington
6
KA
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Ash Hollow
Windlass Hill
385
75
COL
ve
Courthouse/
Jail Rock
Lake
McConaughy
Kearney
81
80
470
Blu
Ri
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nen
30
189
Brigham City
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TA
Golden Spike NHS
30
Oshkosh
North
North Platte
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Rive
Grand Island
RAS
Kemmerer
Co
en
372
26
ASH HOLLOW was the entry to
the North Platte River Valley.
Ample supplies of wood, water,
and grass made this a soughtafter camping area.
FORT KEARNY: the U.S. Army
established the fort in 1848 to
provide protection for emigrants.
All trails from jumping off points
along the Missouri River met
here, at the “Gateway to the
Great Plains.”
435
INDEPENDENCE was the pre
ferred jumping off point for
the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
in the 1840s and early 1850s.
Big
77
National Frontier
Trails Center
MISSOURI
LINCOLN
York
CHEYENNE
N
50 Miles
Segments of the trail
offering the best visitor
experiences
GREAT
SALT
LAKE
Lombard Ferry
191
Crossing
Laramie
80
River
0
50 Kilometers
N E VA D A
Big Sandy to
Green River Segment
re
Gering
Chimney
Rock NHS
Amanda Lamin
Grave
A
IOW RI
SOU
MIS
29
er
85
e
0
Trail interpretive
center
U TA H
28
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Bayard
Riv
69
35
70
Minor Park/Red Bridge Crossing
New Santa Fe
10 Km.
0
71
0
10 Mi.
34
75
Loup
le
76
Divid
Oregon Trail route
Logan
372
Farson
70
435
I
West End of the
Sublette Cutoff
Fossil Butte
NM
ING
WYOM
UTAH
IDAHO
UTAH
NEVADA
97
Upper
Klamath
Lake
84
30
287
Rawlins
BASIN
Scotts Bluff NM
(Mitchell Pass)
Scottsbluff
FORT LARAMIE: this early Indian
71
trading post quickly developed
into the major resupply point
for emigrants and a major military
post. Old Bedlam, on the fort
Kimball
grounds, is the oldest structure
in Wyoming.
U
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89
L
85
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ar am
M
287
G R E AT D I V I D E
SCOTTS BLUFF was one of
the major landmarks on the
trail, and, with Chimney Rock
35 miles east, it signaled that
almost one-third of the trail
had been traversed.
dd
A
Big
Hill
Bear
Lake
15
INDEPENDENCE ROCK: fur trap
pers named this formation on
July 4, 1824. Many emigrants
later carved or painted their
names on the rock.
KANSAS CITY
80
COUNCIL BLUFFS
INDEPENDENCE
Santa Fe Trail Park Ruts
10
L
30
Cokeville
City of Rocks
National Reserve
Fontenelle
Reservoir
Thomas Fork Crossing
Parting
of the Ways
Little Sandy Crossing
189
H I L L S
385
Torrington
Henry
Guernsey
Ruts
Fort Laramie
R iver
NHS
Horse Creek
Treaty Grounds
Wheatland
Robidoux Pass
O
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Mi
P
California Trail Junction/
Raft River Crossing
Div
a
T
89
Big Sandy Crossing
Montpelier
The National Oregon/
California Trail Center
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South Pass
al
Alliance
Register Cliff
Mexican Hill
M
Crater Lake
Crater Lake
National Park
Pacific Springs
t
on
Saleratus Lake
Independence Rock
Pathfinder
Devil’s
Reservoir
Gate
Muddy Gap
A
26
Laramie
Peak
R iv e r
R
r
bra
Agate Fossil Beds NM
Fort Laramie to
Warm Springs Segment
Guernsey
v
Independence
Courthouse Square
73
Columbus
NEB
Upper Salmon Falls
Thousand Springs
Burley
Shoshone Milner
Falls
Ruts
Twin
Falls
Kanaka Rapids 30
Caldron Linn
Rock Creek
Crossing
Stricker Store/
Rock Creek Station
Hagerman
Bruneau
Fossil Beds NM
Dunes
Hagerman Fossil Beds
Segment
e
Massacre Rocks
Register Rock
Coldwater Hill
Burnt Ranch
Marbleton
25
Prospect Hill
Segment
LA
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680
so u r i
30
NEBRASKA
A
Lake
Walcott
Ice Slough
Rocky
Ridge
28
E
30
E
a t er
South Pass
Segment
Dry Sandy Crossing
Soda Springs
Complex
Sheep
Rock
Sw
Split
Rock
r
Warm Springs
MOUNTAINS
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American Falls
G
Ayres Natural
Bridge
Nio
29
Glendo
Reservoir
220
GRANIT E
Three Crossings
N
ASKA
Soda
Springs
86
Wind River Peak
13192ft
4021m
NEBR
POCATELLO
Afton
RA
MING
American
Falls
Reservoir
26
93
RESERVATION
Willow Springs
Prospect Hill
Lander
ER
TA
Fort Hall
Blackfoot
Reservoir
V
WYO
Craters of
the Moon
National
Monument
89
RI
275
OMAHA
20
85
Avenue of Rocks
789
287
Pinedale
191
Fort Casper
Riverton
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IN
CASPER
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20
North Hembree Grave
Douglas
Mormon Ferry
(1849)
Emigrant Gap
26
r
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E l kho r
Fremont
Chadron
M is
er
Upper
Independence
Landing
29
435
80
Ri
TH D
189
FORT HALL
84
SOU
W
Blackfoot
INDIAN
Rive
Norfolk
435
IOWA
Blair
S
er
191
National Historic
Trails Interpretive Center
20
26
Gannett Peak
13804ft
4207m
Jackson
e
Riv
WYOMING
nd
vi
18
S A N D
AIN
Castle Butte
e
Palisades
Reservoir
15
26
ak
20
Harrison
NT
Utter Massacre Site
Sn
Wi
30
275
385
Lusk
OU
78
REGISTER CLIFF: of the thousands
of names carved by emigrants
into the soft sandstone, several
hundred are still legible. Some
trail ruts, as deep as five feet, are
three miles west.
M
r
IDAHO FALLS
20
Big Southern
Butte
75
18
85
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r
Pla
Ri
Rive
IE
Givens Hot Springs
Sinker Creek
Segment
Malheur
Lake
Nampa
IDAHO
Bonneville Point
Indian Creek Station
Ditto Station
20
Inscription Rock
Canyon Creek Station
Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome Hot Springs
Rattlesnake Station
Three Island Crossing
North Trail
Glenns Ferry
Segment
25
AINS
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UNT
84
26
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R iv
35
30
Ni ob rar a
Valentine
29
81
Niobrara
National Scenic Riverway
e
MO
Canyon Hill Ruts
Ward Massacre Site
BOISE
RN
Sn a
Owyhee
Di
Ch
R
29
r
M
O
201
Lake
26
287
tal
S O U T H D A K O TA
Wind Cave
National Park
n
en
G
H
v
Nyssa
THREE ISLAND CROSSING: if
the water was low this was
the best place to cross to the
north bank of the Snake River
to a route that offered better
travel conditions and ample
drinking water.
75
G
OREGON
North
5
20
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iv
Kansas City/Independence area
83
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Vale
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tin
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Missouri
National Scenic
Riverway
20
Riv
Bend
n
20
21
Fort Boise
hor
395
Alkalai Springs
Segment
Keeney
Pass
Big
v
SOUTH PASS: here the emigrants
crossed the Continental Divide
and passed into the Oregon
Country. The Pass is so broad and
so level that many did not realize
they had passed into the Pacific
watershed.
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Ri
er
C
Umpq
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93
GE
RAN
So
u th
Rexburg
on
ING
OM
WY
R
r
er
C ro o ke d
Grand Teton
National Park
ING
WYOM
IDAHO
FLAGSTAFF HILL: travelers caught
their first glimpses of the Blue
Mountains from this point—an
indication their trip was nearing
the end.
Roseburg
ive
n
26
IDAHO
N or t h
Jackson
Lake
Farewell Bend
OREGON
Coos Bay
v
Ri
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Memorial Parkway
26
89
C.J. Strike Ruts
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Salmo
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75
e
EUGENE
on
BARLOW PASS: tired and weary
emigrants who chose not to
go down the Columbia faced
a steep climb to the pass before
descending into the Willamette
Valley.
st
er
95
Burnt
20
97
w
84
Riv
26
126
A
R
16
Hot Springs
20
E
Flagstaff Hill
26
5
ANA
M ON T
ID AHO
86
Madras
CORVALLIS
R
Jewel Cave
NM
TA
AKO
D
TH
SOU RASKA
NEB
Badlands National Park
Mount Rushmore
N Mem
BLACK
HILLS
90
Buffalo
Worland
d
G
er
I
20
14
16
N
RESERVATION
vi
e
R iv
John Day Fossil Beds NM
207
Di
T
INDIAN
93
O
SALEM
RIVER
85
16
Yellowstone
Lake
O
WARM SPRINGS
National Historic
Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center
Nat i o n al Par k
20
Payette
Lake
395
19
Hebgen Lake
M O U N TA I N S
d
Baker City
218
l
26
Yel l o ws t o n e
R
197
ta
River
Segment
en
19
Barlow Gate
SALMON
B
Cody
R
End of the Oregon Trail
Interpretive Center
Po w
BLUE MOUNTAINS: Though
the trail passed over moun
tainous terrain, wood, water,
and shade were abundant—
a welcome change from the
desert along the Snake River.
Tygh Valley
y
West Barlow
Tollgate
Philip
Laurel Hill
Foster
Barlow Road
Farm
97
Hilgard
Junction
19
Da
Government
Camp
Barlow Pass
Ladd Canyon
Segment
in
3424m
206
Segment
95
er
Oregon City
Wildwood
Recreation Mt Hood
Area 11235ft
John
Sandy
Columbia Gorge
Discovery Center
Wallowa
Lake
M O N TA N A
Gillette
90
14
nt
PORTLAND
The Dalles
74
on
er
Bighorn
Canyon
NRA
TANA
MON
MING
WYO
E
84
Deadman Pass
Echo River UMATILLA
Meadows
INDIAN
207
Meacham
RESERVATION Emigrant
Well
Blue Mountain Crossing
Springs
Spring
Interpretive Park
Blue Mountains
La Grande
Fourmile
Canyon
John Day River
Crossing
Deschutes
River
Crossing
Dufur
Boardman
Segment
82
lm
Co
VANCOUVER
84
Emigrant Hill
Segment
Sa
T
Fort Vancouver
NHS
WHITMAN MISSION: Marcus
and Narcissa Whitman, who
helped blaze the route of the
Oregon Trail, established a
mission to Christianize the
Indians here in 1836.
15
T
m
er
I
le
Cascades of
the Columbia
11
Nez Perce
National
Historical Park
191
B
er
N
a
eh
Biggs Junction Ruts
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Tamustalik
Cultural
la
Institute
Echo
Pendleton
on
River
Riv
Co
Arlington
ia
mb
730
il
OREGON CITY: the Oregon Trail
ended here. Fort Vancouver, a
Hudson’s Bay Company trading
post, is across the Columbia in
Washington.
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at
Astoria
Rive
Um
Fort Clatsop
National
Memorial
Longview
Co
lum
bia
THE DALLES: before the opening
of the Barlow Road in 1846, emigrants had no choice but to build
rafts and float down the treach
erous Columbia.
12
m
lo
5
Lake
Wallula
al
WAS
OREGON
Walla Walla
Big Hole
National
Battlefield
l
Ye
82
HINGTON
S
WASHINGTON
KENNEWICK
Whitman Mission
NHS
89
Ri
Nez Perce
National
Historical Park
Fort Scott NHS
75