The Oregon Trail
1,938 miles 11 milestones 550 day goal Independence, Missouri → Oregon City
Milestones
- The Kansas River Crossing81 mi leg81 mi
- Fort Kearny236 mi leg317 mi
- Chimney Rock243 mi leg560 mi
- Fort Laramie61 mi leg621 mi
- Independence Rock171 mi leg792 mi
- South Pass109 mi leg901 mi
- Fort Hall312 mi leg1,213 mi
- Three Island Crossing162 mi leg1,375 mi
- The Summit of the Blue Mountains272 mi leg1,647 mi
- The Dalles131 mi leg1,778 mi
- Oregon City160 mi leg1,938 mi
The road.
Every mile on this road comes from Joel Palmer, who walked to Oregon in 1845 and printed a table of distances so the next wagons would know what they were in for. Steer by the emigrants’ own landmarks: Chimney Rock, Independence Rock where the wagons carved their names, South Pass over the Continental Divide, and down the Columbia to Oregon City, where the trail ends and the farms begin.
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