Back to Trail

Spirit Mound

NPS Visual Resource Inventory
Complete NPS VRI with Scenic Quality, View Importance, and Scenic Inventory Value

Viewing 1 of 81 analyzed scenes | Page 5 of 5

Collections: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Filters:
Scene #80 NPS Visual Resource Inventory Grade A | View 2 HIGH
Analyzed 2 months ago
Front
Front SSE 159°
Right
Right WSW 249°
Back
Back NNW 339°
Left
Left ENE 69°
Up
Up
Down
Down
Summary: Front This panoramic view from Spirit Mound captures an expansive prairie landscape with a visible dirt trail descending from the elevated viewpoint. The immediate foreground shows bare, sandy soil with sparse vegetation, transitioning to native grassland in the middleground, while distant agricultural fields and tree lines extend to the horizon under clear blue skies. Right An expansive prairie vista looking across gently rolling grasslands from an elevated vantage point at Spirit Mound. The foreground shows a worn dirt/sand trail surface transitioning to native prairie grasses, with distant agricultural fields, scattered tree windbreaks, and farm structures visible along the horizon under clear blue skies. Back An expansive prairie vista looking back from Spirit Mound showing a sandy dirt trail descending through open grasslands. The view encompasses vast agricultural fields stretching to the horizon with scattered farm buildings and tree clusters visible in the middleground. A brilliant blue sky dominates the upper two-thirds of the composition with minimal cloud cover.
< Previous Page 5 of 5 Next >