Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Kentucky, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, South Dakota, Montana, Kansas, Missouri, Idaho, Oregon, Ohio, Washington, Iowa, Illinois, North Dakota, Indiana
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.2 h fully dark
Hikes
Easy–Strenuous
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Open today
Open
Visitor Center Hours: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Visitor Center Hours: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Visitor Center Hours: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Entrance
Free entry
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail winds nearly 4,900 miles through the homelands of more than 60 Tribal nations. It follows the historic outbound and inbound routes of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Pacific Ocean. Follow the trail to find the people, places, and stories that make up the complex legacy of the expedition.
Activities
Topics
No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Visitor Center is located on the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska.
⚠ Visitor Center Hours: closed Nov 26 – Nov 26; Visitor Center Hours: closed Dec 25 – Dec 25; Visitor Center Hours: closed Jan 1 – Jan 1
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
📞 402-808-2714
✉ lecl_information@nps.govConditions
Weather now: ☁️ Overcast, 69°F
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⛈️ 91°/68°
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Things to do
Experience History Come Alive at Fort Clatsop · <p>Time spent varies greatly depending on time of year and how much you want to do. Add more time if there will be ranger programs, you want to watch all the movies, or if you plan to hike a longer trail such as the Kwis Kwis, South Slough, Or Fort-to-Sea. If you plan to hike, you may want to consider making it an activity for an additional day. </p>
Water Trails
Fort Clatsop Audio Tour
Stargaze at Spirit Mound
🔴 South Slough Trail
🔴 Clay Pit Pond Trail
🟢 Netul River Trail · 1 mi · The Netul River Trail though one way is typically hiked out and back which will add additional time. There is no shuttle from the Netul Landing to the Visitor Center.
Chief Twisted Hair Statue
Visitor centers
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Visitor Center
Accessibility
380 audio-described place(s)
Reported by the park — verify before you go.
Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
Park fingerprint
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Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail — each spans a cross-park journey.
John B. Thompson
— Private, Lewis And Clark, Lewis And Clark ExpeditionMeriwether Lewis
— Travel Lewis Clark, Lewis And Clark, ExpeditionPrivate Francois Labiche
Private George Gibson
— Lewis And Clark, George Gibson, Fort ClatsopPrivate George Shannon
— Lewis And Clark, Lewis And Clark Expedition, Lewis And Clark National Historic TrailPrivate Hugh Hall
— Lewis And ClarkPrivate Hugh McNeal
Private Jean-Baptiste Lepage
Passport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
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🎫 Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum
🎫 Falls of the Ohio State Park
🎫 Fort Osage National Historic Landmark
🎫 Historic Fort Steuben
🎫 Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum
🎫 Lewis & Clark State Historic Site (Camp Dubois)
🎫 Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (North Dakota)
🎫 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center (Great Falls, MT)
🎫 Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Visitor Center
🎫 Locust Grove
🎫 Lolo Pass Visitor Center
🎫 Mead Museum
🎫 Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Visitor Center
🎫 Multnomah Falls and Lodge
🎫 National Frontier Trails Museum
🎫 Pompeys Pillar National Monument
🎫 Ponca State Park
🎫 Ravalli County Museum
🎫 Sergeant Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center
🎫 Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center
🎫 Travelers' Rest
🎫 Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
🎫 Yellowstone Gateway Museum
Places to see
Akta Lakota Museum and Cultural Center
audio
Alice Creek Historic District
audio
Angel Mounds State Historic Site
audio
Annie & Abel Van Meter State Park and Missouri's American Indian Cultural Center
audio
Arrow Rock
audio
Arrow Rock State Historic Site Visitor Center
audio
Astoria Column
audio
Astoria Riverwalk
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Atchison County Historical Museum
audioBad Humored Island
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Bad River Encounter
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Bad River Encounter Site
audioAudio & media
🎧 Tabéhi - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 Miká hi - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 Moⁿkóⁿ tóⁿga - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 kwənat - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 Moⁿkóⁿsagí - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 Pézhe pa migá - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 Waxthá móⁿtanoⁿha - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
🎧 Nóⁿsi - Native Names - Lewis and Clark Trail ↗ · 0 mintranscript
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Learn more
Hopa Mountain, in partnership with the National Park Service, is pleased to announce the 2019 awardees of the Connecting with our Homelands travel grants. Twenty-one Indigenous organizations, schools, and nonprofits have been awarded travel funds for trips to national park units across 12 states/territories within the United States.
Congratulations to the 2021 National Freeman Tilden Award recipients, Caitlin Campbell of Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and Lucas Wescott, Megan Richotte, Karen Evanoff, Kara Lewandowski, Anne Lattka, Tewosret Vaughn, and Monty Rogers of Lake Clark National Park & Preserve for their outstanding work in interpretation.
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail provides its 2022 update on the High Potential Historic Sites along the trail.
Find out what's new with the LewisandClark.Travel program, including new sites to visit and new partnerships.
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail is pleased to share its 2024 Annual Report.
The beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition nearly ended in tragedy when an airgun discharged into a group of bystanders.
During the Lewis and Clark Expedition, there were many ways the members were able to treat themselves when they became ill. Filled with what was available for modern medicine at the time, Lewis brought a chest of different medicines for expected or unexpected illnesses or wound care. Many of these remedies were what we might call today herbal or home remedies. How prepared do you think Lewis and Clark were for these unexpected encounters?
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation now manages the Geotourism Program
Ranger School
Park-grounded courses you can learn with the Ranger.
Biomes and Climates of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Gifts and Trading
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Important Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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I’ll Take This, and I’ll Need That!
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To Code or Not to Code, That was the Question.
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“Tracking” Down the Secret Code / North American Animal “Who am I”
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“With Great Pains and Accuracy”
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How Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail connects
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