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Calumet Bluff Trail

Calumet Bluff Trail
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Unnamed Road
Crofton Nebraska 68730

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lat: 42.8481472 long: -97.4843332

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.

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Lewis and Clark Visitors Center at Gavins Point Dam
Lewis and Clark Visitors Center at Gavins Point Dam

55245 NE-121, Crofton, NE 68730, USA
Distance: 0.38 mi (straight line)

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Lewis and Clark Bicycle/Pedestrian Trail
Lewis and Clark Bicycle/Pedestrian Trail

Gavins Point Road, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 3.92 mi (straight line)

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Pierre Dorion Memorial
Pierre Dorion Memorial

W Riverside Dr & W 2nd St, Yankton, SD 57078, USA
Distance: 4.47 mi (straight line)

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Auld-Brokaw Trail
Auld-Brokaw Trail

Riverside Park, Levee Street, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 5.06 mi (straight line)

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Mead Museum
Mead Museum

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Distance: 6.12 mi (straight line)

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NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center
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NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Center, Archery Lane, Yankton, SD, USA
Distance: 6.30 mi (straight line)

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Missouri River Rafting / Guided Raft Tours On The Missouri River
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Distance: 14.42 mi (straight line)

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Bow Creek
Bow Creek

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Distance: 17.73 mi (straight line)

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Goat Island Recreation Island
Goat Island Recreation Island

Goat Island, Nebraska, USA
Distance: 21.70 mi (straight line)

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Spirit Mound
Spirit Mound

Spirit Mound, SD, USA
Distance: 25.30 mi (straight line)

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Valiant Vineyards
Valiant Vineyards

Valiant Vineyards Winery & Distillery, West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 27.33 mi (straight line)

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Carey’s Bar
Carey’s Bar

Carey's Bar, West Main Street, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 28.33 mi (straight line)

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Dakota Brick House
Dakota Brick House

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Distance: 28.34 mi (straight line)

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Cee Cee’s 605 Scratch Kitchen & Bar
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Distance: 28.39 mi (straight line)

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Wacipi
Wacipi

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Distance: 28.43 mi (straight line)

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Sportsmen’s Bar and Two Rivers Hotel
Sportsmen’s Bar and Two Rivers Hotel

25412 Park Ave, Niobrara, NE 68760, USA
Distance: 28.51 mi (straight line)

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Mulberry Bend Overlook
Mulberry Bend Overlook

Mulberry Bend Overlook, State Highway 15, Newcastle, NE, USA
Distance: 28.52 mi (straight line)

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National Music Museum
National Music Museum

National Music Museum, E Clark St, Vermillion, SD, USA
Distance: 28.64 mi (straight line)

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