Neosho River Crossing, Council Grove
The Neosho River in Council Grove was an important crossing on the trail.
Fort Union, New Mexico
The Santa Fe Trail traverses through Fort Union.
Arrow Rock, Missouri
Arrow Rock Ferry Landing, at the northern extension of 2nd Street in Arrow Rock, Missouri, is where westward migrants crossed the Missouri River at this spot beginning about 1816.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, La Junta, Colorado
After spending weeks crossing hundreds of miles of lonely and desolate prairie, a trading post appeared: a welcome respite where travelers could repair their wagon and trade for coffee, sugar, blankets, and ammunition.
Wagon Mound, Mora County, New Mexico
Wagon Mound was a landmark on the Santa Fe Trail. Coming from Raton, New Mexico, travelers looked for this wagon-like hill to know that they were close to Santa Fe. Leave Interstate 25 at the village of Wagon Mound in Mora County to find this landmark.
Fort Larned National Historic Site, Kansas
Fort Larned was established in 1859 near the midpoint of the Santa Fe Trail. Throughout the 1860s Fort Larned served as an outpost on the vast Kansas prairie, protecting mail coaches and freight caravans on the trail during the turbulent Indian Wars.
Fort Union National Monument, Watrous, New Mexico
Established in 1851 to protect this vital international trade route, Fort Union ensured that Santa Fe Trail commerce traveling over 900 miles from the United States (Missouri) to Mexico (Santa Fe) reached its destination safely.
Ohanapecosh Campground - Site E021 Parking Area
Ohanapecosh Campground - Site E021 Parking Area
Campers are provided with a picnic table, food storage box, and a fire pit.
Campers are provided with a picnic table, food storage box, and a fire pit.
Ohanapecosh Campground - Site E021
Ohanapecosh Campground - Site E021
Ohanapecosh Campground - Site E021 Tent Space
Ohanapecosh Campground - Site E021 Tent Space