Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Combining stunning vistas, abundant recreational opportunities, the richcultural heritage of the native coastal people and the dramatic story of Americaísmost famous explorers, the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park encompasses12 sites along 40 miles of the rugged Pacific coast in Oregon and Washington.At the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park you can hike the cape and the sandybeaches of the peninsula where the Corps of Discovery first stood at the edge ofthe Pacific. You can gaze out at the mighty Columbia River where the captainstook a historic vote among each of the explorers, including their Indian guideSacagawea and the black slave York, to decide where to spend the winter.Other park sites invite you to step inside a replica of a traditional Pacific coastNative American longhouse on the site of a Clatsop Indian village. Explore the fortthe explorers built to shelter from the coastís wet and windy winter. You can hikea similar route to the oceanís edge where the expedition ventured to set up a saltmaking operation in order to spice up their bland diet of elk meat. You can alsohike the headland the explorers crossed and enjoy the view that Clark describedin his journal as ì...the grandest and most pleasing prospects which my eyes eversurveyed...î