Last updated: June 17, 2022
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Trip Itinerary: Gering, Nebraska
As they followed the North Platte River across western Nebraska, covered wagon emigrants gradually left the prairie behind and entered an area of monumental geological formations: Courthouse and Jail Rocks, Chimney Rock, and Scotts Bluff. These served as milestones to the emigration, but also piqued travelers’ curiosity and served as artistic subjects for many a trailside “Rembrandt.”
Check out these places near Gering, and one more not-to-be-missed site about an hour’s drive west: