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Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location IL, MO, KS, IA, NE, SD, ND, MT, ID, OR, and WA, USA
Nearest city Billings, MT
Coordinates 46°0′13″N 108°0′34″W / 46.00361°N 108.00944°W / 46.00361; -108.00944Coordinates: 46°0′13″N 108°0′34″W / 46.00361°N 108.00944°W / 46.00361; -108.00944
Area 51 acres (206,000 m²)
Established March 21, 1978
Visitors 250,000 (in 2004)
Governing body National Park Service

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is part of the National Trails System of the United States. In 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a voyage of discovery with 45 men, a keelboat, two pirogues, and a dog. They departed from Camp Dubois, located in what was to become the U.S. state of Illinois.

President Thomas Jefferson had long dreamed of what lay to the west of the young United States – the animals, plants, and minerals, and a route for eastern trade. The President had privately requested Congress to fund the expedition shortly before the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Lewis and Clark were ordered to write accounts of all they did, each species encountered, details of cultures they met, maps of the land—everything. They traveled over a three-year period through lands that later became 11 states.

Most of the trail follows the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Much has changed in 200 years but trail portions remain intact. At 3,700 miles (5,950 km), the trail is the second longest of the 23 National Scenic and National Historic Trails. It begins at Hartford, Illinois, and passes through portions of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters and Visitor Center

The official headquarters for the trail is located at the National Park Service, Mid-West Regional Headquarters, in Omaha, Nebraska. The visitor center features exhibits about the explorers and their historic trip, as well as information about sites along the trail.

External links

National Trails System
National Scenic Trails
National Historic Trails
National Recreation Trails
National Geologic Trail

Travel guide

Up to date as of January 14, 2010

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North America : United States of America : Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
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The Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail [1] is a United States National Historic Trail located in the states of Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington within the United States of America.

Understand

The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, a trail of approximately three thousand seven hundred miles, extending from Wood River, Illinois, to the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon, following the outbound and inbound routes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was created by Congress in the National Scenic and National Historic Trails law (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)). Today's Lewis and Clark NHT is the joint effort of many organizations and agencies. Although the Trail is administered by the NPS, sites along the Trail are managed by federal land management agencies, state, local, tribal, and private organizations.

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Illinois

  • Lewis and Clark State Historic Site, #1 Lewis & Clark Trail Hartford, IL 62048, ☎ +1 (618) 251-5811, [2].  edit

Missouri

  • Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, St Louis, MO 63102, ☎ +1 (314) 655-1700, [3].  edit
  • National Frontier Trails Center, 318 West Pacific, Independence, MO 64050, ☎ +1 (816) 325-7575, [4].  edit
  • The Lewis and Clark Boathouse and Nature Center, Bishop's Landing, 1050 Riverside Drive, St Charles, MO 63301, ☎ +1 (636) 947-3199.   edit

Kansas

  • Frontier Army Museum, 100 Reynolds Ave,Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, ☎ +1 (913) 684-3767.  edit

Iowa

  • Lewis and Clark State Park, Route 1, Box 104, Onawa, IA 51040, ☎ +1 (712) 423-2829, [5].  edit
  • Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, 900 Larsen Road, Sioux City, IA 51102, ☎ +1 (712) 224-5242, [6].  edit

Nebraska

  • Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Interpretive Trails & Visitors Center, 100 Valmont Drive, Nebraska City, NE 68410, ☎ +1 (402) 874-9900, [7].   edit
  • Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters and Visitor Center, 601 Riverfront Drive, Omaha, NE 68102, ☎ +1 (402) 661-1804, [8].   edit

South Dakota

  • Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center, St. Joseph’s Indian School, 1301 N. Main Street, Chamberlain, SD 57325, ☎ +1 (800) 798-3452, [9].  edit

North Dakota

  • Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, PO Box 9, County Road 37, Stanton, ND 58571, ☎ +1 (701) 745-3300, [10].   edit
  • Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, RR3 Box 71, Williston, ND 58801, ☎ +1 (701) 572-9083, [11].   edit
  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Box 7, Medora, ND 58645, ☎ +1 (701) 623-4466, [12].  edit
  • Fort Mandan North Dakota Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, PO Box 607, Washburn, ND 58577, ☎ +1 (701) 462-8535, [13].   edit

Montana

  • Pompeys Pillar National Historic Landmark, Pompeys Pillar, MT 59105, ☎ +1 (406) 875-2233, [14].  edit
  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center, 4201 Giant Springs Road, PO Box 1806, Great Falls, MT 59403, ☎ +1 (406)727-8733, [15].   edit
  • Missouri Headwaters State Park, 1400 South 19th Ave., Bozeman, MT 59792, ☎ +1 (406) 994-4042, [16].  edit
  • Traveler's Rest State Park, Lolo, MT (1/2 mile west of downtown Lolo on Highway 12 West), [17].  edit
  • Lolo Pass Visitor's Center, US Highway 12 at the Idaho - Montana Border, [18].  edit

Idaho

  • Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural and Education Center, 200 Main Street, Salmon, ID 83467, ☎ +1 (208) 756-1188, [19].   edit
  • Northwest Passage National Scenic Byway, Lewiston, Idaho, [20].  edit

Washington

  • Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 Myra Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362, ☎ +1 (509) 525-7703, [21].  edit
  • Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, PO Box 488, Ilwaco, WA 98624, ☎ +1 (360) 642-3078, [22].  edit
  • Sacajawea Interpretive Center, 2503 Sacajawea Park Road, Pasco, WA. 99301, ☎ +1 (509) 545-2361, [23].  edit

Oregon

  • Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Route 3, Box 604-FC Astoria, OR 97103, ☎ +1 (503) 861-2471, [24].  edit
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