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Barr Trail

Added by yongli on 10/27/2016 - 11:38, last changed on 04/05/2023 - 05:38

Barr Trail Map

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Barr Trail is a 12.6-mile trail that climbs about 7,500 feet from Manitou Springs to the summit of Pikes Peak , with an average grade of 11 percent. Surveyed and constructed by Fred Barr in 1918–21, Barr Trail was the first trail to reach the summit via the mountain’s steep east slope. Today the...

Overland Trail

Added by yongli on 03/11/2016 - 16:42, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 12:43
The Overland Trail, also known as the "Central Overland Emigrant Route," was an important nineteenth-century corridor for explorers, colonists, miners, and traders that ran from Atchison, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Wyoming. It followed preexisting Indigenous and early explorer trails throughout most...
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