National Trails Intermountain Region Administered Trails

National Historic Trails Administered by National Trails Intermountain Region

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A road covered with fallen leaves, leads through a tree-tunnel.
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Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

A rocky outcropping looks out over a vast grassland, under a warm setting sun.
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Santa Fe National Historic Trail

A large covered wagon in a flat desert.
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Oregon National Historic Trail

A covered wagon in front of a landscape of boulders and rocky outcroppings.
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California National Historic Trail

A steep-walled canyon, covered with green vegetation, under a blue sky.
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Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail

A cowboy rides a horse in a vast shrub desert plain.
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Pony Express National Historic Trail

A still creek winds through a heavily vegetated area.
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El Camino Real de los Tejas

Ruined adobe walls with distant desert mountains.
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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

A trail stretches through a shrubby desert, under a pink sunset-sky.
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Old Spanish National Historic Trail

A ruin of an old stone wall, next to a trail that leads into distant mountains.
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Butterfield Overland

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT is co-administered with:

The Old Spanish Trail NHT is co-administered with:

Last updated: November 2, 2026