Tower Rock

Tower Rock, a state park accessible from Exit 247 at Hardy Creek, Montana, located on I-15 south, was an important landmark to Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean, Tower Rock marked the beginning of a new ...

Obsidian Cliff

Named in 1879 by then Park Superintendent, P. W. Norris, Obsidian cliff runs south along Beaver Lake before turning east, continuing on for two more miles, and raising to a height of 200 feet above the earth.

While building a ...

Les Shirley Park and Cannon Beach

Les Shirley Park, in the city of Cannon Beach, commemorates the arrival of Lewis and Clark’s expedition, the Corp of Discovery, to the Pacific Coast and marks their furthest southern travel along the coast.

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Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth Spring

Upon their journey for the gold mines along the Salmon River, the Washburn Expedition discovered Dragon’s Mouth in 1870. Dragon’s Mouth underwent several name changes since its discovery and christening as “Cave Spring” by Warren Gillette, a member of the ...

Nez Perce National Historical Park

The Nez Perce Historical Park is comprised of thirty-eight sites spread through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Of these sites, three received notoriety as visited by Lewis and Clark. The Corps of Discovery passed through Nez Perce country during the ...

Teton Council Site

In the early nineteenth century, the Teton Sioux, also called the Lakota, controlled the trade on the Missouri River in the region of present-day Pierre, South Dakota. On September 25th, 1804, when Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery arrived at ...

Blackbird Hill

On August 11, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition stopped at the foot of a hill on the west side of the Missouri River near present day Macy, Nebraska. The two leaders and ten corpsmen climbed the hill to visit ...

Packer Meadows

Packer Meadows is located on the Lolo Trail near the present day Idaho and Montana border. The Nez Perce tribe utilized the Lolo Trail in order to pass through the Bitterroot Mountains and reach buffalo country. The Lewis and Clark ...

Ecola State Park

Named after the Chinook word for “whale,” Ecola State Park is located on the Pacific Coast of Oregon. During the winter of 1805-06 the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery camped at nearby Fort Clatsop. On January 6, 1806, William ...

Colter Bay

Named after the explorer John Colter who passed through the Jackson Lake area in 1807-08, Colter Bay is a small body of water located on the eastern side of the much larger Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Colter ...