Above is an interactive map showing my proposed 3200-mile route from Alexandria, Springfield, St Joseph, Lincoln, Grand Island, Ansley, and Broken Bow to Alliance, and then from Alliance to Chadron, Norfolk, Omaha, and South Bend to Alexandria.
In and around Alliance will include day-trips to:
- Carhenge, County Road 59, Alliance, NE for the eclipse (we'll dress like Druids and act like we're at Burning Man or Lollapalooza)
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Chimney Rock Trail, Bayard, NE 69334
- Chadron State Park and campgrounds, 9 miles south of the town of Chadron on Hwy 385
Optional day-trips:
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- Fort Robinson
- Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed
- Toadstool Geo Park
Links to maps and travel guides:
- The Pioneers were moving west, and the name of the Bridges to Buttes Byway describes that westerly progress. But I'll be heading east, from the buttes to the bridges. Here is the story of another travelor who took the trail "backwards."
- The Bridges to Buttes Byway is rich with history and travelers can visit the sites of famous archaeological discoveries, pioneer and early trade museums, military outposts, and other treasures of the Old West
- There is so much to see and experience in this stretch of US Route 20. Here are two short videos that highlight some of the beauty of the Nebraska’s Bridges to Buttes Byway.
- This article stub on Less Beaten Paths appears to be waiting for someone to fill in the story...
Additional reference:
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch SHP
- Chadron State Park
- Cowboy Trail
- Fort Robinson
- Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed
- Oglala National Grassland
- Pine Ridge NRA
- McKelvie Natl Forest
- Smith Falls State Park
- Warbonnet Battlefield
- Toadstool Geo Park
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