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Nebraska
Scotts Bluff County

Saddle Rock Trail - South Overlook Trail

Easy

3.1

(28)

32

hikers

Saddle Rock Trail - South Overlook Trail

01:58

6.66km

200m

Hiking

The Scotts Bluff National Monument rises high above the prairie and is a natural landmark of Nebraska that can be seen from far away. You climb up a well-developed path and can admire the landscape through which the settlers once traveled with their covered wagons on the Oregon Trail.

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Last updated: March 19, 2025

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54 m

Scotts Bluff National Monument

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The landmark towers about 250 meters over the prairie and the former Oregon Trail, along which many settlers traveled with their covered wagons. With an annual pass for the American …

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193 m

Saddle Rock Trail

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The approximately two and a half kilometer long Saddle Rock Trail leads up to the almost 250 meter high Scotts Bluff National Monument and offers a great view over the prairie, the historic Oregon Trail and the town of Gering.

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2.90 km

North Overlook Trail

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The North Overlook Trail connects to the parking lot on the mountain saddle and also to the two-and-a-half kilometer long Saddle Rock Trail. From here you can enjoy a gigantic …

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3.57 km

South Overlook

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The South Overlook offers a great view of the route the pioneers of the Oregon Trail took when going over Mitchell Pass. Besides that, the impressive rock formations of Crown …

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6.66 km

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6.65 km

Surfaces

4.91 km

1.09 km

644 m

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February 7, 2025

The Scotts Bluff National Monument rises high above the prairie and is a natural landmark of Nebraska that can be seen from far away. You climb up a well-developed path and can admire the landscape through which the settlers once traveled with their covered wagons on the Oregon Trail.



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