Lewis and Clark set out through the Missouri river through intense cold winds. Clark writes, "I went up this river three miles to a butifull Plain on the upper Side where the Panias once had a Village this river widens above its mouth and is devided by Sand and Islands, the Current verry rapid, not navagable for even Canoos without Great dificulty owing to its Sands; the colour like that of the Plat is light the heads of this river is not known, it Corns into the Missourie from the S. W. by West, and I am told that is Genl. Course Some distance up is parrelel with the Missourie."
This 6.28-kilometer historic trail follows Lewis and Clark's expedition route from Niobrara State Park to Running Water Landing, featuring an elevation of 371.9 meters. The trail offers stunning views of the Missouri River, passes near a former Pawnee village site, and provides visitors with interpretive opportunities to experience the same landscape witnessed by the Corps of Discovery.