Covered Wagons at Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Rose Red
N 41° 49.692 W 103° 42.483
13T E 607284 N 4631508
While we paused at the entrance to Scotts Bluff National Monument waiting for our bus escort, I photographed the covered wagons.
Waymark Code: WM2V5C
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member frivlas
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I traveled The Oregon Trail with an Elderhostel group from Kansas City/Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon June 13-28, 2007. On Monday, June 18, we traveled to Scotts Bluff National Monument. It is part of the scenic Wildcat Hills, south of Gering and Scottsbluff. While we paused at the entrance waiting for our bus escort, I photographed the covered wagons.

We rode to the top of the 700-foot bluff 1.6 miles on a narrow winding road through a couple tunnels. One of the finest views on the Oregon Trail can be found atop Scotts Bluff National Monument.

While the group admired the view, I took several photographs including a few of the benchmark: MN0634. The benchmark was located on the highest point of Scotts Bluff, on bare, soft, chalky rock near precipitous cliff to the northeast. The sandstone has worn away from the benchmark leaving the cast-iron pipe exposed about six or eight inches above the ground.

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