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Explore the Trail · night by night · 360° today

Stand where they camped.

Every night of the journey, placed at its NPS campsite, beside the 360° view from that spot today. Start anywhere, or play the whole route.

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The journey in twelve chapters

The Missouri River beside a rocky, tree-lined bank under billowing clouds, 2023

Dec 1803 – May 1804

Camp Dubois

3 journal entries

The calm Missouri River beside a wooded bank under a soft grey sky, 2025

Nov 1804 – Apr 1805

Fort Mandan

454 journal entries

A shaded gravel path through dense green woods, with a wooden bench beside it, 2025

Dec 1805 – Mar 1806

Fort Clatsop

385 journal entries

The map: 1804–06 and today

… miles in 360° … panoramas

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The marker follows each night’s NPS campsite (Bergantino’s reconstruction; Harlan’s where his is the only one). A solid line is NPS’s course-and-distance line for that day. Both are reconstructions, not surveys.

Some map layers are partially sourced from the National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

Night by night

Every stop of the journey in order, at its NPS campsite, with the 360° view of that spot today where Terrain360 has one. A distance chip means the nearest capture is not at the spot itself.

Down the Ohio Aug – Nov 1803

Camp Dubois Dec 1803 – May 1804

Up the Missouri May – Aug 1804

Into the Plains Sep – Oct 1804

Fort Mandan Nov 1804 – Apr 1805

The Missouri Breaks Apr – Jun 1805

The Great Falls Jun – Jul 1805

Over the Mountains Aug – Sep 1805

Down the Columbia Oct – Nov 1805

Fort Clatsop Dec 1805 – Mar 1806

Back Over the Mountains Mar – Jul 1806

Two Paths Home Jul – Sep 1806

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