Places to See Oregon Trail Ruts - U.S. National Park Service
Jan 14, 2021 · One of the best ways to experience the Oregon Trail is by taking a step back in time while visiting a trail rut. Luckily, there are still places where you can have that experience …
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site - U.S. National Park Service
Feb 9, 2019 · At this site, where the trail was forced away from the river and crossed a ridge of soft sandstone, the track is worn to a depth of five feet, creating some of the most spectacular …
Nine Places Where You Can Still See Wheel Tracks from the Oregon Trail
Oct 3, 2016 · As the Oregon Trail evolved, thousands of wagons wore ruts into the ground that acted as an ad-hoc road for the settlers who followed. But they didn’t follow a single solid path. …
Oregon Trail Ruts - Wikipedia
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site is a preserved site of wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail on the North Platte River, about 0.5 miles south of Guernsey, Wyoming. The Oregon Trail here was …
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site - U.S. National Park Service
Jan 18, 2023 · Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site, also called the Guernsey Ruts, is located where the geography of the area forced the Oregon Trail to change course. At this point, the …
Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, & Trails - Oregon Trail Ruts
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site (OTRSHS) provides visitors the opportunity to view and experience some of the best-preserved evidence of the great overland migration of the west, …
Oregon Trail Ruts - WyoHistory.org
Nov 17, 2011 · Ruts carved two to six feet deep in a sandstone ridge on the south side of the North Platte River about a half mile south of Guernsey, Wyo., provide striking physical …
Guernsey Ruts/Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site, Wyoming
The site contains one of the best preserved set of wagon ruts to be found on the Oregon Trail. Carved in soft sandstone by thousands of wagon wheels, overland emigrants used this route …
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site (Wyoming) - Nomadic Niko
Sep 11, 2015 · Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site in Wyoming features wagon ruts made by brave pioneers heading west on the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s.
Best Visible Trail Ruts on the Oregon Trail | Moon Travel Guides
From Alcove Springs to Guernsey Ruts, here are the best visible wagon trail ruts on the Oregon Trail.