Fairview Bridge and Cartwright Tunnel Trail

“Several of the party was up the yellow Stone R Several miles, & informed that it meandered throught a butifull Countrey   Joseph Fields discovered a large Creek falling into the Yellowstone River on the S E Side 8 miles up near which he Saw a big horn animal”
—Meriwether Lewis, April 26, 1805

Joseph Field’s creek was later named—though not by Clark—for expedition interpreter Toussaint Charbonneau. There, the Fairview Lift Bridge and Tunnel offers the visitor a great view of both the Yellowstone River and Charbonneau Creek. From the bridge, a rails-to-trails path enters the Cartwright Tunnel and continues about a mile to the community of Cartwright, North Dakota.

Parking is at Sundheim Park and the WDM Disc Golf Course and Yellowstone Bridge RV Park are nearby.