Dozens of groups travelled the Mormon trail over a period of about 20 years. The length of time it took to travel the trail depended on the starting point, mode of travel, weather conditions, and who was in the party. A group of a few men on horseback or in a small wagon could make it in a matter of a couple weeks. Groups like this consisting of misisonaries assigned to the east coast or Europe were a common sight along the trail. A large group of families traveling in a wagon train would take a few months, and a large group traveling by handcart would take several months. Some started from Illinois, some from St. Louis Missouri, and others from other states in the east, where they had arrived from Europe.
The first wagon train took over 1 year and 5 months. The first wagon train left Nauvoo, Illinois in Feb. of 1846. They crossed Iowa and camped for the winter at a place they called Winter Quarter, Neb., which is near Omaha, Neb. In the spring of 1847 the first wagons departed Winter Quarter for the west (April 14,1847) and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 24, 1847 (that portion took over 3 months). The original distance traveled was 1,300 miles.
After the first wagon train, others followed for the next 20 years and the time became much quicker.
By 1857 handcart companies crossed the plains in about 3 1/2 months.
Entry: 'Sept. - Fri. 26 'The first two companies of immigrating saints, which crossed the plains with handcarts, arrived at G.S.L. City, ...left Iowa City June 9, and ...June 11th." (LDS Church Chronology 1805 - 1914, page 57)
Today (2011) you could travel the 1300 miles driving at 75 mph in 17 hours & 33 minutes.
The Mormon Trail was approximately 1,300 miles long from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mormons travelled the Mormon trail to Utah in wagon trains from 1845 to 1869. In 1869 the transcontinental railroad was completed and many Mormons going to Utah began taking the train.
How long did it take Juan ponce DE Leon to complete his journey?
They bought the land and started to make it habitable in 1839. The city itself was founded in 1840. They were driven out around 1846, so either 6 or 7 years, depending on how you are counting.
long march
salt lake city is in Utah
There were very few established cities along the trail west at the time the first Mormons traveled it in 1846/47. Most of what they would have found were trading posts, not cities. (I don't really know that it counts as "finding" when the cities and trading posts they passed through were well known) In fact, when they reached their final destination in the Salt Lake Valley, there was no permanent settlement for several hundred miles in any direction. If you are asking what cities the Mormons founded in the west, the list is much to long to include here. They first founded Nauvoo, Illinois but were forced to leave. Following their arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, the first city they founded was Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City became the central hub and major city in that area of the west. Mormons went on to be the founders of nearly every city in Utah, as well as many in Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, California, Nevada, Canada, and Mexico.
The drive from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Lake Tahoe, California, is 8 hours long. Most of the trip involves driving through the state of Nevada.
Too long!
8 hours
About 1,100 miles.
1 mile
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The driving distance is 1,056miles. The journey will take 16 hours
Salt Lake City used to be called Great Salt Lake City. The "Great" was taken out because the name is just plain too long.
300000000 mintues.
8 hours