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.

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

The map loads as you reach it…

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.

Atlas layers: 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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