The Trek West
The trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley was approximately 1,300 miles long and would ultimately lead 70,000 Latter-day Saint pioneers to the West.
Locations along the Trail
Nauvoo: City Beautiful
Nauvoo, Illinois: 1839–46
Sugar Creek
Distance: 7 miles from Nauvoo
Richardson’s Point
Distance: 35 miles from Nauvoo
Chariton River Crossing
Distance: 80 miles from Nauvoo
Locust Creek
Distance: 103 miles from Nauvoo
Garden Grove
Distance: 128 miles from Nauvoo
Mount Pisgah
Distance: 153 miles from Nauvoo
Nishnabotna River Crossing
Distance: 232 miles from Nauvoo
Grand Encampment
Distance: 255 miles from Nauvoo
Council Bluffs
Distance: 265 miles from Nauvoo
Winter Quarters
Distance: 266 miles from Nauvoo
Elkhorn River Crossing
Distance: 293 miles from Nauvoo
Platte River
Distance: 305 miles from Nauvoo
Loup Fork
Distance: 352 miles from Nauvoo
Fort Kearny
Distance: 469 miles from Nauvoo
Confluence Point
Distance: 563 miles from Nauvoo
Ash Hollow
Distance: 646 miles from Nauvoo
Chimney Rock
Distance: 718 miles from Nauvoo
Scotts Bluff
Distance: 738 miles from Nauvoo
Fort Laramie
Distance: 788 miles from Nauvoo
Upper Platte (Mormon) Ferry
Distance: 914 miles from Nauvoo
Red Buttes
Distance: 940 miles from Nauvoo
Sweetwater River
Distance: 964 miles from Nauvoo
Independence Rock
Distance: 965 miles from Nauvoo
Devil’s Gate
Distance: 970 miles from Nauvoo
Martins Cove
Distance: 970 miles from Nauvoo
Rocky Ridge
Distance: 1,038 miles from Nauvoo
Rock Creek
Distance: 1,048 miles from Nauvoo
South Pass (and Pacific Springs)
Distance: 1,065 miles from Nauvoo
Green River: Lombard Ferry
Distance: 1,128 miles from Nauvoo
Fort Bridger
Distance: 1,183 miles from Nauvoo
Bear River Crossing
Distance: 1,216 miles from Nauvoo
The Needles
Distance: 1,236 miles from Nauvoo
Echo Canyon
Distance: 1,246 miles from Nauvoo
Big Mountain
Distance: 1,279 miles from Nauvoo
Golden Pass Road
Distance: 1,281 miles from Nauvoo
Emigration Canyon: Donner Hill
Distance: 1283 miles from Nauvoo
Great Salt Lake Valley: Emigration Square
Distance: 1297 miles from Nauvoo