National Historic Trails

The California National Historic Trail (NHT) was designated by Congress in 1992 and is administered by the National Park Service as a component of the National Trails System. Despite the name, the California NHT is not a continuous traditional trail from end to end, but consists of many trail traces, structures, graves, landmarks, and markers left on the landscape to remind us that the trail still lives on.

Trail sites are located across 2,000 miles and 10 states including California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and Kansas.

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. 

Trail sites are located across 1,300 miles and 5 states including Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois.