Scotts Bluff Administrative History

APPENDIX A:
Photographs of Scotts Bluff National Monument (continued)

View from the summit of Scotts Bluff National Monument looking north into the badlands below. In the distance is the North Platte River and the communities of Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska. (Photograph by Ron Cockrell)

View of the long extension of Scotts Bluff from atop the National Monument. Note the Summit Trail ascending to a small tunnel along the route to the summit. (Photograph by Ron Cockrell)

NPS bronze marker interpreting the route of the Oregon Trail across the North Platte Valley floor below. The view is from the summit in the area called the "South Overlook." (Photograph by Ron Cockrell)