Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters

Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters is a museum in City of Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters is situated nearby to Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, as well as near the school Notre Dame Academy and Convent.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mormon Pioneer Cemetery and Florence Park.

Mormon Pioneer Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Avard Fairbanks, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is located at 3301 State Street in the present-day Florence neighborhood at the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. The Cemetery is the burial site of hundreds of Mormon pioneers who lived in Winter Quarters, a temporary settlement that lasted from 1846 to 1848 as the settlers moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Mormon Pioneer Cemetery is situated 350 feet west of Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters.

Florence Park

Park

The Florence Park is a city-owned public park in the Florence neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. Located at North 30th and State Streets, it is the oldest park and the oldest original town square in Nebraska, having been created by the original pioneers of the area in the 1840s.

Notre Dame Academy and Convent

School

Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.

The Notre Dame Academy and Convent is located at 3501 State Street in the Florence neighborhood on the north end of Omaha, Nebraska. It is significant for its ethnic association with the Czech population in Nebraska as the only school and convent of the Czechoslovak School Sisters de Notre Dame in the United States. Notre Dame Academy and Convent is situated 970 feet west of Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Briggs and Debolt.

Briggs

Hamlet

Briggs is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Briggs is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters.

Debolt

Neighborhood

Debolt is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States, located approximately seven miles northwest of Omaha. A post office called Debolt or De Bolt was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1899. Debolt is situated 2½ miles west of Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters.

Benson

Neighborhood

Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.

Benson is a historic neighborhood in North Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, originally platted in 1887 and annexed to the City of Omaha in 1917. Benson is situated 4 miles southwest of Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters.

Mormon Trail Center at Winter Quarters

Type: Museum
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.33505° or 41° 20′ 6″ north

Longitude

-95.96502° or 95° 57′ 54″ west

Elevation

1,066 feet (325 metres)

Operator

LDS Church

Open location code

86H682PM+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1101671508

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

5073367

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