During the first summer of the famed Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1804, the travelling company camped for four nights at the base of a high bluff along the Missouri River, described by the party as “composed of a yellowish red, and brownish clay as hard as chalk.” Here the expedition met several times with local Sioux and Yankton tribes before moving on, heading further upriver en route to the Rocky Mountains. The cliffs here came to be known as Calumet Bluff, which is now part of protected parkland between a base for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Lakeview Golf Course in northeast Nebraska. A short hike—about 1.2 miles round-trip—leads to and from the bluff and offers scenic views of the Missouri River floodplain and Lewis & Clark Lake, a man-made reservoir on the border of Nebraska and South Dakota.
55245 NE-121, Crofton, NE 68730, USA
Distance: 0.38 mi (straight line)
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Gavins Point Road, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 3.92 mi (straight line)
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W Riverside Dr & W 2nd St, Yankton, SD 57078, USA
Distance: 4.47 mi (straight line)
Riverside Park, Levee Street, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 5.06 mi (straight line)
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Mead Museum / Dakota Territorial Museum, Mickelson Drive, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 6.12 mi (straight line)
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NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center, Archery Lane, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 6.30 mi (straight line)
Missouri River Rafting, 450th Avenue, Gayville, SD, USA
Distance: 14.42 mi (straight line)
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Bow Creek Recreation Area, Unnamed Rd, Wynot, NE, USA
Distance: 17.73 mi (straight line)
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Goat Island, Nebraska, USA
Distance: 21.70 mi (straight line)
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Spirit Mound, SD, USA
Distance: 25.30 mi (straight line)
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Valiant Vineyards Winery & Distillery, West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 27.33 mi (straight line)
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Carey's Bar, West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 28.33 mi (straight line)
Dakota Brick House, West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 28.34 mi (straight line)
Cee Cee's 605 Scratch Kitchen & Bar, East Main Street, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 28.39 mi (straight line)
953 N Dakota St, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA
Distance: 28.43 mi (straight line)
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25412 Park Ave, Niobrara, NE 68760, USA
Distance: 28.51 mi (straight line)
Mulberry Bend Overlook, State Highway 15, Newcastle, NE, USA
Distance: 28.52 mi (straight line)
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National Music Museum, E Clark St, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 28.64 mi (straight line)
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