The Route of the Santa Fe Trail

----MISSOURI----

Old Franklin & Boonville
Fort Osage
*Independence* 
[follows Oregon Trail route for 20-30 miles]
Westport
-----KANSAS-----

Missouri Kansas state line -- Johnson County
Shawnee Mission
Elm Grove/Lone Elm campground, south of Olathe
west of Gardner 
--*Santa Fe Trail & Oregon Trail junction/divide*
Edgerton
Baldwin City
Worden
Globe
Overbrook
110 Mile Creek
Scranton
Burlingame
Dragoon Creek
Council Grove
Neosho River
Diamond Springs--discovered by Ben Jones
Lost Springs
Cottonwood River Crossing
Stone Corral
Cow Creek Station
Fort Zarah
Walnut Creek
Great Bend
Pawnee Rock
Larned -- Fort Larned
Garfield
Kinsley
Lower Crossing (limited use)------------|
     near mouth of Mulberry Creek       |
     at Ford, Kansas                    |
       |                                |
Fort Dodge--Dodge City                  |
Fort Mann--Fort Atkinson                |
The Caches                              |
Middle/Cimarron Crossing----------------|
     at Cimarron, KS                    |
     1830's established fording area    |
       |                                |
Chouteau's Island -- Upper Crossing-----|
       |             at Ingalls, KS     |
       |             used in early years|
       |                                |
Mountain Route:               Jornada Route:
Garden City
Lakin
Fort Aubrey                   Water Scrape (Middle Crossing)
Syracuse
New Bent's Fort               Cimarron River
Fort Lyon No. 1 (Wise)        Ulysses (Upper Crossing)
Fort Lyon No. 2               Wagon Bed Springs (Lower Spring) at
----Colorado----              junction of Lower & Middle & 
Old Bent's Fort               Upper Crossing (south of Ulysses) La Junta                      
Trinidad                      Middle Spring
Raton Pass                    Upper Spring  check: OK/NM 
----(New) Mexico----
Raton                         Cold Spring
Clifton House                 Camp Nichols
Cimarron                      McNee's Crossing
Rayado                        Round Mound
Ocate Crossing                Point of Rocks
Fort Union                    Wagon Mound
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    |______La Junta (Watrous)______|
           Las Vegas
           San Miguel
           Pecos Ruins
           Glorieta Pass
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        Santa Fe, New Mexico -- Fort Marcy

The plaza at the end of the trail