Jeff Schmerker
Where Clark stood
Here stands William Clark on August 13, 1805, looking south at the route ahead. The Beaverhead River meanders down the valley, and the Pioneer Mountains darken the skyline to the west. Today, of course, those sights are still there, but so is the fun town of Dillon. Clark’s Lookout is a state park, with short trail to the lookout, and a compass embedded in the earth. The site commemorates a small slice of the epic Lewis and Clark journey; the team passed here on their way west and half of the team passed this way once eastbound. The park is just 8.2 acres, and is 1 mile north of Dillon on Montana
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