St Louis Self Drive Tours

Get more from your St Louis self drive with this suggested St Louis fly drive tour.

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Suggested Self Drive Tour Itinerary From St Louis

Day 1 St. Louis Arrival

Arrive in St. Louis, pick up your rental car, and drive to your hotel. If time allows, you may want to take in some of the many interesting sites of St. Louis such as the Missouri History Museum and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the famous Arch and the Museum of Westward Expansion.
Hotel: Red Roof Inn

Day 2 St. Louis-Kansas City

Distance: 272 Miles
As you begin your journey west following in the footsteps of the fabled Louis and Clark, stop at Camp Wood and see the site where they wintered as they prepared the crew for their upcoming journey. Next head to St. Charles, the site of the expedition's first campsite. Visit the historic district and the Lewis and Clark Center as well as the reconstructed white and red pirogues. You may wish to visit the Daniel Boone Home near Defiance or Arrow Rock, a completely preserved town founded in 1829.
Hotel: La Quinta Inn

Day 3 Kansas City-Sioux City

Distance: 294 Miles
Head north to St. Joseph, once the eastern terminus of the fabled Pony Express. Then, experience the prairie landscape as Lewis and Clark saw it in the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge. In Omaha, visit the fascinating Western Historic Trails. In Ohawa, see a reproduction of the corp's keelboat. Also visit the column erected to honor Sgt. Floyd, the only member of the corps who lost his life on the expedition.
Hotel: Plaza Hotel

Day 4 Sioux City-Pierre

Distance: 306 Miles
See one of South Dakota's quirkiest attractions, the Mitchell Corn Palace in Chamberlain. Visit the Akta Lokota Museum dedicated to the culture of the Plains Indians. In Pierre, see the site where Lewis & Clark had their first council with the Sioux Indians. Pierre, South Dakota's capital, has a lovely promenade along the Missouri River.
Hotel: Best Western Ramkota

Day 5 Pierre-Bismarck

Distance: 212 Miles
Head north towards Mobridge, where you will find a monument to Sacajawea. Close by is the grave of famous Indian leader Sitting Bull. Experience the Great Plains on a drive across the beautiful Standing Rock Indian Reservation, ancient homeland of the Sioux. At Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, visit a recreation of a Mandan village. In Bismark you may want to enjoy an evening cruise.
Hotel: Fairfield Inn North

Day 6 Bismark-Williston

Distance: 230 Miles
Today's highlight is One Fort Mandan Historic Site, where the corps wintered among the Mandan and Hidatsu tribes. Visit the Knife River Indian Villages and head due west to Theodore Roosevelt National Park where you can enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery North Dakota has to offer.
Hotel: El Rancho

Day 7 Willison-Billings

Distance: 240 Miles
Today you will track the return voyage of William Clark, whose signature carved in rock, can be seen at Pompey's Pillar, a landmark located along the Yellowstone River. In the morning, visit Fort Union Trading Post National Site. Arrive in Billings, a quaint Western town, by late afternoon.
Hotel: Holiday Inn Grand Montana

Day 8 Billings-Yellowstone

Distance: 280 Miles
Travel to Yellowstone, the nation's first National Park. Be on the lookout for wildlife in the park's Lamar River Valley and marvel at the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. Sightings of bears, moose, elk and bison are not uncommon in this natural wonderland.
Hotel: Yellowstone National Park Area Accommodations

Day 9 Yellowstone National Park

You have a full day to explore Yellowstone. See the spectacular lower Yellowstone Falls and the geysers and hot springs around Old Faithful, the most famous geyser in the world.

Day 10 Yellowstone-Great Falls

Distance: 300 Miles
Travel through magnificent "Big Sky Country" today to the headwaters of the Missouri State Park where the expedition began its overland travel, away from the river that had taken them across the plains and into the mountains. Take a boat ride through the spectacular gates of the Rocky Mountains before arriving in Great Falls. Visit the Lewis and Clark National Historical Trail Interpretive Center as well as the Great Falls themselves.
Hotel: Holiday Inn

Day 11 Great Falls-Missoula

Distance: 210 Miles
Cross the Rocky Mountains today over Roger's Pass on your way to Missoula, home of the University of Montana, and elite training school for forest fire fighters. You are now in the country of the Flathead Indians which Lewis and Clark encountered.
Hotel: Red Lion inn

Day 12 Missoula-Lewiston

Distance: 207 Miles
Continue across the mountains on the Lolo Trail in the footsteps of the Corps of Discovery. In this rugged terrain, the men suffered terribly and were near starvation. On one far side of the mountains, discover the homeland of the Nez Perce Indians, who were of great help to Lewis and Clark.
Hotel: Holiday Inn Express

Day 13 Lewiston-Portland

Distance: 345 Miles
The highlight of your day is the drive along the magnificent Columbia River Gorge. You may want to visit the Columbia River Gorge Interpretive Center or the Conneville Dam to see how man has harnessed the power of this river.
Hotel: Doubletree Lloyd Center

Day 14 Portland Departure

Return your car to the rental company at Portland airport before checking in for your flight home.

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