324 S State, Ste 250, PO Box 45155, Long Distance Trails Office, Salt Lake City, UT 84145-0155
Phone: 801-539-4095 or 307-261-7648
Fax: 801-539-4098
Open All Year
Overview. The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail stretches for approximately 1,300 miles from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City, Utah. This was the route followed by Mormons fleeing religious persecution and seeking a place where they could practice their religion and live in peace after the brutal murder of their leader Joseph Smith, in Nauvoo. Brigham Young, who succeeded Smith, led an advance party of his followers out of Nauvoo in the winter of 1846. For the next 22 years, the trail blazed by that first party would be followed by countless Mormons seeking to begin new lives in Salt Lake City.What to see and do. The Mormon Trail begins in Illinois and cuts through Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah. Approximately 80 historic sites dot the route, and a 1,624-mile marked auto tour allows you to closely follow the trail of the Mormon pioneers. For information about trail routes, state trail administration contacts, historic sites and trail conditions contact either the National Park Service's Long Distance Trails Office in Salt Lake City, Utah at (801) 539-4095, or the Bureau of Land Management, Historic Trails Office, in Casper, Wyoming at (307) 261-7648.
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