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Trail: Open to public dawn to dusk</HrsOfOp><ImageAuthor/><ImageFileDesc i:nil="true"/><ImageFileName i:nil="true"/><ImageType i:nil="true"/><Latitude>45.75381</Latitude><Longitude>-108.54705</Longitude><MailingCity>Billings</MailingCity><MailingFirm>Bureau of Land Management</MailingFirm><MailingState>MT</MailingState><MailingStreet>5001 Southgate Drive</MailingStreet><MailingZip>59101</MailingZip><NetDescriptions>Pompeys Pillar National Monument is the only remaining on-site physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.   Distance: A series of trails and country roads that total over 2-3 miles&#xD;
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Pompeys Pillar National Monument has a network of trails. Most are not handicapped accessible. Trails lead visitors around the base of the Pillar, through the riparian area long the Yellowstone River, up the Pillar via a boardwalk, and throughout the rest of the adjoining public lands via a network of dirt roads. &#xD;
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USGS Map: 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle Pompeys Pillar&#xD;
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