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Scotts Bluff National MonumentView of Scotts Bluff from the west. Photo by Jonathan S. Garcia.
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Scotts Bluff National Monument
Directions
Heading west on highway 92 towards the Scotts Bluff National Monument.  Sentinel Rock is seen on the left, and Eagle Rock is seen on the right.
Photo by Jonathan S. Garcia

Plane
Commercial flights arrive at Western Nebraska Regional Airport in Scottsbluff.

Car
Visitors traveling east-west on Interstate 80 can exit at Kimball, Nebraska and drive 45 miles north on Highway 71. Follow National Park Service signs three miles west of Gering, Nebraska on Old Oregon Trail (State Highway 92 West).

Visitors following Old Oregon Trail along the North Platte River using State Highway 26 or 92, should follow the National Park Service signs.

Historic photo of construction on one of the vehicular tunnels on the summit road at Scotts Bluff National Monument  

Did You Know?
The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) built nearly every structure at the Scotts Bluff National Monument in the 1930's - the summit road, Saddle Rock Trail, the visitor center, the maintenance barn, and a residence now used for administration.
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Last Updated: July 30, 2006 at 16:57 EST