Legacy of the Plains Museum
Legacy of the Plains Museum is a museum in City of Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska which is located on Old Oregon Trail. Legacy of the Plains Museum is situated nearby to Corn Maze at Legacy of the Plains, as well as near West Lawn Cemetery.- Email: info@legacyoftheplains.org
- Type: Museum
- Address: 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE 69341
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Scotts Bluff National Monument and Summit Christian College.
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Photo: TEvans1301, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scotts Bluff National Monument is a United States national monument in western Nebraska. Despite the name, there are only a few bluffs or rather large rock formations in this area.
Summit Christian College
College
Summit Christian College is a private Christian college in Gering, Nebraska, United States. It was established in 1951 in Scottsbluff as Platte Valley Bible College. Summit Christian College is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Legacy of the Plains Museum.
Mitchell Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Decumanus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mitchell Pass is a gap through the bluffs near Scottsbluff and Gering, Nebraska. Beginning in 1851, two of the Westward Expansion Trails passed through the gap, as did the Pony Express in the early 1860s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gering and Terrytown.
Gering
Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.
Gering, the seat of Scottsbluff county, is a relatively small city south of Scottsbluff. Gering is the oldest of the Scottsbluff/Gering/Terrytown Triplets.
Terrytown
Village
Photo: Paltron, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terrytown is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,057 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Scottsbluff, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. Terrytown is situated 2 miles northeast of Legacy of the Plains Museum.
Scottsbluff
Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.
Scottsbluff is a town in the Panhandle region of Nebraska, USA. The geological structure that gives the town its name was an important waypoint on the Oregon Trail and is preserved today as a national monument. The town of Gering is 1½ miles south.
Legacy of the Plains Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82301° or 41° 49′ 23″ northLongitude
-103.68844° or 103° 41′ 18″ westOpen location code
85HRR8F6+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 530677998OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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