Basic Information

GIS Data and Information
For Geographic Information System data regarding the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, please visit National Trails Resource Information Management.

 

Physical Address

Trail sites are located across 1,300 miles and 5 states. The Trail is administered by the NPS office located at:

 

National Trails Office Regions 6, 7, & 8
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
1100 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Directions

The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail crosses five states following the route the Pioneer Company of 1846-1847 established from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah, covering about 1,300 miles.

Directions Details

Operating Hours & Seasons

All Park Hours

• Every Day:Open 24 hours

The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail is not a clearly marked hiking trail. Instead it is a corridor that passes through communities, urban areas, public lands, and Wilderness. The route travels across a variety of land ownerships and management, including private land. Each location varies as to the hours of operation and access. Please contact individual trail sites before your visit for more information.

Weather

Due to the length of the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, be sure to consult local weather sources for the region you'll be visiting. Check out the forecast with the National Weather Service and search for the area you'd like to visit: weather.gov

National Weather Service

Fees & Passes

Entrance Fee-free

This site is fee-free year-round. No entrance fee or pass is required.

Internet & Cellular Access

Public WiFi is not available.

The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail is a mixture of private, municipal, tribal, federal, and state lands that stretches for hundreds of miles across several states. Services, including public WiFi and Cellular access, vary from location to location. Contact the individual trail sites you are planning to visit to find out if internet and/or cell phone service is available.

Internet & Cellular Access Details

 

Hikers walk at Ash Hollow State Historical Park on the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail in Nebraska.

Trail Administration

The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail was designated by Congress in 1978 and is administered by the National Park Service as a component of the National Trails System. This historic trail commemorates the 1846-47 journey of the Mormon people from Nauvoo, Illinois to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. The designated corridor is almost 1,300 miles long and the land it runs through is managed by private, state, local, federal, and nonprofit landowners. Trail sites are in private, municipal, tribal, federal, or state ownership. Please ask for permission before visiting any trail sites on private lands and check with public sites for visiting hours and regulations.

Protect the Trail

To foster trail preservation, do not use metal detectors, dig at sites, collect artifacts, or remove anything. Please respect these historic places.

 

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