Follow in the footsteps of over 250,000 emigrants who traveled to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840s and 1850s: the greatest mass migration in American history. The California National Historic Trail is over 5,000 miles long and covers portions of 10 states. Step into history along more than 1,000 miles of ruts and traces from travelers and their overland wagons.
What you’ll hear
210 places to explore in this park.
- 1864 Indian Raids
- 1866 Jail Cells at Fort Laramie
- 1868 Treaty Field Area
- 3 Trails Greenway, Hickman Mills School District Segment, Kansas City
- Administration Building Ruins (1885)
- Alcove Spring
- Alcove Spring Swales
- Alexander Majors House
- A Second Cliff-face Billboard
- Ash Hollow State Historical Park
- Ash Hollow State Park- Windlass Hill Area
- Attack and Fortifications at Fort Laramie
- Avenue of Rocks
- Ayres Natural Bridge
- Barnes Enclosure and Cave Spring Interpretive Center
- Bear River Crossing - Beartown
- Bedlam Ruts
- Bensons Gristmill
- Bessemer Bend National Historic Site
- Bidwell Pass
- Big Mountain Pass
- Big Sandy Crossing
- Bingham-Waggoner Estate
- Black Rock Site
- Bonneville Salt Flats Special Recreation Management Area
- Broad Hollow
- Burnt Ranch/9th Crossing of the Sweetwater River
- California Hill
- California National Historic Trail
- Captain's Quarters
- Carson City, Nevada
- Cavalry Barracks (1874)
- Cave Creek Nevada
- Children Stories at the Captain's Quarters
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site
- Church Butte Wyoming
- City of Rocks National Reserve, the California Trail
- Commissary Storehouse
- Courthouse and Jail Rocks
- Daniel Lantz Grave
- Death's Rock
- Defensive Breastworks, the Mormon Pioneer Trail
- Devil's Gate Interpretive Site
- Devils Ladder, Carson Route
- Donner Hill
- Donner Springs
- Dry Sandy Crossing
- Echo Canyon Billboard 1
- Echo Canyon Road
- Elko Hot Hole
- Emigrant Gap
- Emigrant Trail Park
- Emigration Square/Washington Square Pioneer Campground
- False Parting of the Ways
- Floating Island
- Flowery Lake Springs Nevada
- Folsom Museum
- Fort Bridger State Historic Site
- Fort Churchill State Historic Park
- Fort Kearny State Historical Park
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, the Oregon Trail
- Fort Mitchell Site
- Fremont County Pioneer Museum
- Gardner Junction Park
- Geyser Park
- Granger Stage Station State Historic Site
- Grassy Mountain Rest Area
- Grayback Hills
- Greasewood Creek
- Halls Spring Utah
- Hampton Ford
- Hanging Rock Pony Express Station
- Harry S Truman National Historic Site, the Santa Fe Trail
- Hart Grove Creek Campground and Crossing at Marion Park
- Hastings Cutoff
- Hastings Pass
- Head of Echo Canyon
- Henefer Pioneer Trails Park
- Hensley - Salt Lake Cutoff
- Historic Trails Park (Marshall's Ferry)
- Hogsback Summit
- Hollenberg Pony Express Station
- Homestead Era at Fort Laramie
- Homestead National Historical Park, the Oregon Trail
- Hooper Springs Park
- Hope Valley, Carson Route
- Hope Wells
- Horseshoe Springs, Utah
- Hospital Ruins at Fort Laramie
- Ice Slough
- Independence Courthouse Square
- Independence Courthouse Square- Truman Courthouse
- Independence Rock State Historic Site
- Infantry Barracks Foundation (1867)
- Jim Beckwourth Cabin Museum
- Kanesville Memorial Historic Site
- Kansas Museum of History
- Lander Road Cutoff- Idaho Junction
- Lander Road Cutoff- Lane's Grave
- Legacy of the Plains Museum
…and 110 more in the app.
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