Day Hikes (approximately 10 miles in length)

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Council Bluffs, IA

Friday

July 18th

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

July 19th

Day Hike out of Council Bluffs ~10 miles

Ft. Leavenworth, KS

Friday

Aug 8th

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Aug 9th

Day Hike into Ft. Leavenworth ~10 miles

Santa Fe, NM

Friday

Oct 10th

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Oct 11th

Day Hike into Santa Fe ~10 miles

Albuquerque, NM

Friday

Oct 24th

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Oct 25th

Day Hike into Albuquerque

Tucson, AZ

Friday

Dec 5th

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Dec 6th

Day Hike into Tucson

Yuma, AZ

Friday

Jan 2nd

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Jan 3rd

Day Hike into Yuma

Box Canyon, CA     (Tentative)

Friday

Jan 16th

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Jan 17th

Day Hike through Historic Box Canyon (Numbers may be limited)

San Diego, CA

Friday

Jan 23rd

Encampment (first come, first serve as space permits)

Saturday

Jan 24th

Day Hike into San Diego

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Locations Day-By-Day


Day Date Night Camp Location (closest town shown)
     
Fri 4-Jul Historic Mt. Pisgah - west of Thayer, IA
Sat 5-Jul Creston, IA - north of
Sun 6-Jul Bridgewater, IA
Mon 7-Jul Lewis, IA -  hiking from the east to Lewis
Tue 8-Jul Lewis, IA -  Hiking from Lewis going west 
Wed 9-Jul Macedonia, IA -  east of
Thu 10-Jul Macedonia, IA -  west of
Fri 11-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - Arrive
Sat 12-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Sun 13-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Mon 14-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Tue 15-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Wed 16-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Thu 17-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Fri 18-Jul Council Bluffs, IA - layover & events in area
Sat 19-Jul Glenwood, IA
Sun 20-Jul Sunday layover
Mon 21-Jul Thurman, IA
Tue 22-Jul Hamburg, IA
Wed 23-Jul Rock Port, MO
Thu 24-Jul Craig, MO
Fri 25-Jul Mound City, MO
Sat 26-Jul Oregon, MO
Sun 27-Jul Sunday layover
Mon 28-Jul Nodaway, MO
Tue 29-Jul St. Joseph, MO
Wed 30-Jul De Kalb, MO
Thu 31-Jul Weston, MO
Fri 1-Aug Weston, MO
Sat 2-Aug Fort Leavenworth, KS - Arrival
Sun 3-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Mon 4-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Tue 5-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Wed 6-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Thu 7-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Fri 8-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Sat 9-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Sun 10-Aug Leavenworth, KS - layover & events in area
Mon 11-Aug Leavenworth, KS - southwest of
Tue 12-Aug Eudora, KS
Wed 13-Aug Historic Willow Springs, KS - 12 mi S of Lawrence
Thu 14-Aug Overbrook, KS 
Fri 15-Aug Scranton, KS
Sat 16-Aug Burlingame, KS - west of
Sun 17-Aug Sunday layover
Mon 18-Aug Allen, KS - north of
Tue 19-Aug Council Grove, KS
Wed 20-Aug Wilsey, KS
Thu 21-Aug Herrington, KS - 6 miles SE of
Fri 22-Aug Lost Spring, KS
Sat 23-Aug Durham, KS
Sun 24-Aug Sunday layover
Mon 25-Aug Canton, KS
Tue 26-Aug McPhearson, KS
Wed 27-Aug Inman, KS - northeast of
Thu 28-Aug Inman, KS - northwest of
Fri 29-Aug Lyons, KS
Sat 30-Aug Chase, KS - Historic Rays' Ruts
Sun 31-Aug Sunday layover
Mon 1-Sep Great Bend, KS
Tue 2-Sep Larned, KS - north at Ask Creek crossing
Wed 3-Sep Larned, KS - Pawneed Fork crossing
Thu 4-Sep Larned, KS - marching south of town
Fri 5-Sep Larned, KS - marching south of town
Sat 6-Sep Larned, KS - marching south of town
Sun 7-Sep Sunday layover
Mon 8-Sep Spearville, KS
Tue 9-Sep Historic Ft. Dodge, KS
Wed 10-Sep Dodge City, KS
Thu 11-Sep Cimmaron, KS
Fri 12-Sep Ingalls, KS - Cimmaron crossing
Sat 13-Sep Garden City, KS - 20 mi southeast of
Sun 14-Sep Sunday layover
Mon 15-Sep Sublette, KS - 10 mi northwest of
Tue 16-Sep Hickok, KS - south of
Wed 17-Sep Ulysses & Hugoton, KS - Historic Wagon Bed Spring
Thu 18-Sep Rolla, KS - north of
Fri 19-Sep Elkhart, KS - Middle Spring, Cimmaron Nat. Grassland
Sat 20-Sep Elkhart, KS - west of in extreme SE corner of Colorado
Sun 21-Sep Sunday layover
Mon 22-Sep Boise City, OK - north of town
Tue 23-Sep Boise City, OK - northwest
Wed 24-Sep Boise City & Kenton, OK; S of Black Mesa St Park
Thu 25-Sep Clayton, NM - 20 miles north of
Fri 26-Sep Clayton, NM - 25 miles northwest of
Sat 27-Sep Grenville, NM - 10 miles southwest of
Sun 28-Sep Sunday layover
Mon 29-Sep Gladstone, NM - 15 miles north of
Tue 30-Sep Springer, NM - 25 miles east of
Wed 1-Oct Springer, NM - 15 miles east of
Thu 2-Oct Springer, NM - 15 miles southeast of
Fri 3-Oct Wagon Mound, NM
Sat 4-Oct Watrous, NM
Sun 5-Oct Sunday layover
Mon 6-Oct Las Vegas, NM
Tue 7-Oct Serafina, NM - north of
Wed 8-Oct San Miguel, NM
Thu 9-Oct Pecos, NM
Fri 10-Oct Apache Canyon, NM
Sat 11-Oct Santa Fe, NM - Arrival
Sun 12-Oct Santa Fe, NM - layover & events in area
Mon 13-Oct Santa Fe, NM - layover & events in area
Tue 14-Oct Santa Fe, NM - layover & events in area
Wed 15-Oct Santa Fe, NM - layover & events in area
Thu 16-Oct Santa Fe, NM - layover & events in area
Fri 17-Oct Santa Fe, NM - layover & events in area
Sat 18-Oct Leave for the second half of the Battalion Trek
Dates to follow Alberquerque, NM
    Socorro, NM
    Truth or Consequences, NM
    Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico
    Sierra Vista, AZ
    Benson & St. David, AZ
    Tucson, AZ
    Yuma, AZ
    Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
    Warner's Spring, CA
    Temecula, CA
    El Camino Real south to San Diego, CA
    Los Angeles, CA

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