Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail is part of the National Trails System. It is not a park unit.
Explore the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail across five states to see the 1,300-mile route traveled by Mormons who fled Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1846-1847.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
There are no user or entry fees for the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. Nominal fees may be charged at some trail-related federal, state, or locally owned historic sites and interpretive facilities. Please contact individual sites for more specific fee information.
Hours
| Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail | Daily · All Day |
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
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Things to do
- Become a Mormon Pioneer Trail Junior Ranger
Learn about the Mormon Pioneer Trail and earn your junior ranger badge! This activity can be completed virtually or after visiting a site along the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail. Booklets can be submitted either electronically or by mail.
Opens on the Park Service site
Films
National Park Service productions, public domain.
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
Illinois guidebooks
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject.
Reference
Activities
Activity guides for this park Hiking in the national parks · Horseback riding in the national parks
Questions people ask
Does Mormon Pioneer charge an entrance fee?
No. Mormon Pioneer is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
Is Mormon Pioneer open year-round?
Yes. The grounds are open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Source: National Park Service
When was Mormon Pioneer established?
1846.
Source: Wikipedia
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- Add dates to your calendar (.ics file)
- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
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