Joint Base Lewis-McChord · Washington · LCNHT Pacific terminus
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Cape Disappointment, Pacific Ocean in view, November 1805.
Fort to Sea Trail · Fort Clatsop NHP · Astoria OR
Sample 360° capture
Fort to Sea Trail, Fort Clatsop NHP, Oregon.
A live example of what the Joint Base Lewis-McChord corridor would look like after capture, drawn from existing Terrain360 work in the region.
Corridor narrative
Why this corridor.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is named for Meriwether Lewis himself, and the corridor anchors the Pacific end of the Lewis & Clark Trail. Cape Disappointment State Park, 110 miles southwest of the base at the mouth of the Columbia, holds the L&C Discovery Trail and the interpretive center marking the November 1805 arrival.
Closer to the installation, the Nisqually River Water Trail and Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge offer 40+ miles of paddling-and-walking corridor through one of Puget Sound's most ecologically significant estuaries. Capitol State Forest, co-managed by DNR, is the only major OHV/UTV system among the Washington installations, with 150 miles of multi-use trail.
JBLM's first-in-the-nation Sentinel Landscape designation gives this corridor a model REPI tie-in: the recreation capture directly maps to the conservation buffer the partnership exists to protect.
Lewis & Clark connection
Named after Meriwether Lewis. Direct LCNHT capture anchored by Cape Disappointment (1805 Pacific arrival) and the lower Columbia mouth ~110 mi SW; near-corridor assets on the Nisqually.
Named after Meriwether Lewis. Direct LCNHT capture anchored by Cape Disappointment (the November 1805 Pacific arrival) and the lower Columbia mouth. Near-corridor assets on the Nisqually River system complete the regional picture.
JBLM and Nisqually Reservation lands are closed to public use — capture from adjacent public water-trail access. Capitol State Forest is the only major OHV/UTV system among the WA bases.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Sentinel Landscape.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord sits inside a federally designated Sentinel Landscape — a Department of Defense / USDA / Department of the Interior partnership that aligns military readiness, working-lands conservation, and natural-resource protection on the same geography.
Designation makes this installation eligible to host RARI-funded recreation projects (the NPS-administered Readiness and Recreation Initiative) without satisfying the REPI-POA requirement — a direct funding pathway for Lewis & Clark 360 capture at this corridor.
Final deliverables
What the partnership receives.
Hosted 360° portal
Web-based interactive map showing pan-and-explore imagery of both riverbanks and every mapped trail. Mobile + desktop. Embeddable in any partner site.
Geo-referenced imagery dataset
Equirectangular panoramas + GPS tracks delivered to the installation INRMP team and the NPS Trail Office for reuse in REPI reporting, ESA Section 7, and outreach.
Printable corridor maps
Asset index keyed to the imagery - suitable for visitor information, grant deliverable documentation, and partner co-branding.
L&C interpretive layer (optional)
Waypoint overlay tying the corridor to journal entries and historic sites - Tower Rock, Gates of the Mountains, the Falls portage, the Pacific arrival.
Asset inventory
Every asset, costed.
Each row is a discrete 360-mapping unit. Rivers are priced per mile of both-bank boat capture; trails per mile; access sites as fixed 360 nodes.
| Recreation asset | Type | Miles | LCNHT | Access | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisqually River Water Trail Borders base | River | 40 | Near | Public | $60,000 |
| Lower Columbia at Ilwaco / river mouth ~110 mi SW | River | 15 | Direct | Public | $22,500 |
| Capitol State Forest (OHV + hiking/MTB) ~20 mi | Trail | 150 | None | Public (Discover Pass) | $127,500 |
| Cape Disappointment — L&C Discovery Trail + North Head ~110 mi SW | Trail | 16 | Direct | Public | $13,600 |
| Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR trails/estuary ~12 mi | Trail | 4 | Near | Public | $3,400 |
| McLane Creek / Mima Falls (Capitol SF) ~18 mi | Trail | 6 | None | Public | $5,100 |
| Luhr Beach / Nisqually Reach access ~15 mi | Access | - | Near | Public | $1,500 |
| Nisqually Park at Yelm Powerhouse (boat ramp) ~12 mi | Access | - | Near | Public | $1,500 |
| Cape Disappointment State Park (interpretive center) ~110 mi SW | Access | - | Direct | Public | $1,500 |
Corridor map (accent)
Satellite view of the corridor footprint, with rivers, trails, and access sites color-coded. Real corridor traces will land in v2; pins here are placeholder anchors at the installation.
Related Terrain360 work
