Scotts Bluff National Monument is located west of the City of Gering in western Nebraska, United States. The bluff served as an important landmark on the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Pony Express Trail. Over 250,000 westward emigrants passed by Scotts Bluff between 1843 and 1869. It was the second-most referred to landmark on the Emigrant Trails in pioneer journals and diaries. One example of such reference:

Soon after passing Chimney Rock, the traveler [of Oregon Trail] saw Scott's Bluffs, a mound with the appearance of an "immense fortification with bastions, towers, battlements, and embrazures" to Miller. Stewart (Edward Warren, p. 156) called it "an obstacle to be surmounted." The name originated, Miller noted, when a man named Scott became sick and had to be abandoned near the bluffs, but there are many other versions of the story.

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0:35 Gering, Nebraska
1:00 Scotts Bluff National Monument
2:22 Visitor Center
3:45 Views from Visitor Center
5:15 Summit Road (Ascent)
11:45 Summit Overlooks
15:40 Summit Road (Descent)
20:50 Visitor Center