Key to listings along the journey roughly east-to-west: |
| Abbreviations |
NP
SP |
National Park
State Park |
SHP
SHS |
State Historical
Park
or Site |
|
NM |
National
Monument |
NRA
SRA |
National or
State
Recreation Area |
|
Photo |
Point of interest
as featured in Emigrant Road |
Light Gray |
Point of interest
also featured in Emigrant Road |
Dark Gray |
Point of interest not featured
in Emigrant Road |
| |
| Things to see
and do along today's Oregon Trail |
| |
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Keeney Pass, Lytle Rd se of Vale (interpretive
panels, no services) |
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Birch
Creek, w of I-84 exit 353, (dirt road access, ruts) |
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Farewell
Bend SP, I-84 exit 353 (emigrants' last view of Snake River, picnic areas,
playground, camping in "covered wagons") |
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Hells
Canyon NRA (viewpoints of deep river canyon, jet-boat rides, scenic byway) |
|
Chief
Joseph Days, Joseph, July (rodeo, picnic) |
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Lake Wallowa SP, Hwy 82 s of Joseph (camping, boating, hiking,
picnic areas, beautiful mountain lake views) |
|
Wallowa
Lake Tramway, off Hwy 82 at south end of Lake Wallowa ("steepest tram in
North America" ) |
|
LOOK AT THE MAP |
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National
Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Flagstaff
Hill e of Baker City (exhibits, trails, ruts, living history displays, daily
programs) |
|
Ladd
Canyon Hill, I-84 mile marker 269, (view of Grande Ronde and surrounding
mountains, interpretive rest stop at bottom) |
|
Oregon
Trail Days/Rendezvous, LaGrande, August (picnic, parade, craft fair) |
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Hilgard
Junction SP, Hilgard (streamside camping, originally an emigrant campground) |
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Oregon
Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing , I-84
exit 248 (tall pines, ruts, interpretive trails & panels, living history
volunteers in summer) |
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Squaw
Creek Overlook, e of I-84 off frontage rd (viewpoint) |
|
Deadman
Pass Rest Area, I-84 mile post 228, (view of Emigrant Hill) |
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Tamustalik
Cultural Institute, Umatilla Reservation, I-84 exit 216, 1 mi n via Hwy 331 (Umatilla
cultural and interpretive center, shows how Native Americans were affected by the coming
of the Oregon Trail and westward migration) |
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Whitman Mission NHS, s of Hwy 12, w of Walla Walla (monuments,
grounds, visitor center, picnic area) |
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Weatherford
Monument, off Hwy 19 (historical marker) |
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Stonehenge
"re-creation", Maryhill, WA (war memorial, walk among the stones,
views above the Columbia River) |
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First View
Columbia River Monument, w end of Biggs, OR (historical marker) |
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The Dalles
Dam, e of The Dalles (view of rapids, dam) |
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End of the
Trail Monument, The Dalles, in the park at 6th & Union
Sts (stone to mark end of overland trail) |
|
Fort
Dalles Museum, 15th & Garrison Sts (historical exhibits) |
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OKAY, WHERE AM I?
I GIVE UP
JUST A LITTLE FARTHER
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