Category: Road trips
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Hill Cumorah – Palmyra, New York
In geological terms this “hill” located in upstate New York is technically considered a drumlin: a low oval mound that is part of a group of little hills composed of compacted boulder clay that was molded by past glacial action
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Historic Johnson Home, Hiram Ohio
The Johnson Family Farm is located in Hiram Ohio, about 30 miles south of Kirtland Ohio. In this area many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began gathering in the early 1830’s. The lives of the Johnson’s intersected with the church in 1831 when nineteen year old Lyman Johnson developed a…
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Dinosaur National Monument
One of the most popular destination to stop within the National Monument is the Quarry Exhibit Hall as it displays many of the rare Fossil Bones discovered at this site.
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Bryce Canyon National Park
One of the Big 5 Parks in Utah, Bryce Canyon National Park is a photographers dream and a hikers paradise. Located near the historic western town of Panguich, Utah
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Independence Missouri Visitor Center
The Independence Missouri Visitor Center is a great starting point for all Missouri Church History sites belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At the center you will learn about the experiences of early Latter-day Saint settlers in Missouri and about Jesus Christ, families, latter-day prophets, and the Book of Mormon.
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Pioneer Cemetery and Monument – Richmond, Missouri
The city of Richmond Missouri has two cemetery’s of interest to followers of the latter day saint movement. Oliver Cowdery, one of the three witnesses and an early scribe for Joseph Smith, is buried somewhere in the small Pioneer Cemetery. He died in Richmond after rejoining the Church at Winter Quarters and coming back to…