Santa Fe Trail Route

Santa Fe Trail Route
From Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe

From Wetmore's Gazetteer of the State of Missouri, 1837, page 269, the following table of distances is taken:

Route From Independence, Mo., to Santa Fe	LES Chns
Camp Grove	16
Big Blue river ford	20
Round Grove	14
Belmont	20
Left-hand Grove	18
Right-hand Grove	18
Elk Creek	5
Marie des Cignes	11
Rock Creek	5
Prairie Camp	13
Indian Camp	9
High-water Creek	15
Council Grove on the Neosho	8
Plain Creek	5
Diamond Spring	8
Prairie Spring	8
Hook's Spring (in prairie)	8
Cottonwood Grove	13
Lake Camp	18
Small Creek	20
Little Arkansas	18
Branch of Cow Creek	12
Main Cow Creek	13
Arkansas river	15
Walnut Creek (up the Arkansas)	20
Ash Creek	24
Pawnee Fork of Arkansas	8
Plain Camp	15
Little Pond	21
Small Drain	20
Anderson's Caches on the Arkansas	20
Pond Camp west of Arkansas river	7
The Two Ponds	22
Several Ponds	19
The Lake	12
Sandy Creek	12
Lone Pond	14
Small Pool	22
The Semiron	8
The Lower Spring	2
Salt Camp	8
Nitre Camp	21
The Willows	7
Saltpetrc Camp, in view of Sugar House Mound	10
Upper Semiron Spring	10
Seven Mile Creek	7
Drain Camp	8
Two Pools	17
Rocky Pool	8
Bad Water	7
Sugar Loaf	5
Kiawa Camp	10
Sabine Camp	15
Round Mound	4
Rocky Branch	14
Summit Level, in view of Rocky Mountains	8
Harl's Camp	6
Point of Rocks	10
Deep Hollow	7
Canadian Fork	15
Mule Creek	6
Pilot Knobs	19
Tar Kiln Grove	20
El Moro	10
El Sapiote	2
Rio Las Guineas	18
San Magil (village)	25
Santa Fe	40
Total	897