Our 9 day tour allows you to leave home on Friday afternoon and return the following Saturday, thereby requiring only one week's vacation time from work schedules.

Palmyra, New York area

Beginning in Palmyra, New York this exclusive itinerary includes visits to the Sacred Grove, Palmyra temple, Grandin Press, the Peter Whitmer farm, Niagara Falls and the Hill Cumorah. 

Ohio River Valley area 

You'll experience the Kirtland Temple and Visitors Center in Ohio and the John Johnson farm before exploring ancient Native American archaeological sites, which new research and evidence indicates may have been the actual setting for the Book of Mormon. Sites include the Johnson - Humrickhouse Museum where the Newark Holy Stones inscribed with the 10 commandments in ancient monumental Hebrew are displayed, the Great Octagon and Great Circle, Seip Mound as well as the Hopewell Museum and world famous Serpent Mound in Chillicothe, Ohio. You will also see Fort Ancient and the conical Adena mound at Miamisburg. 

Mississippi River Valley area 

Your next adventure is to climb Zelph's Mound, where the Prophet Joseph Smith received a vision of a Lamanite warrior who was buried there and we'll also visit the city of Zarahemla! (D&C 125:3). Together we will take in the charm of old Nauvoo and feel the heartbreak of Carthage Jail.  

Missouri River Valley area 

The tour extends on into Kansas City to visit Liberty Jail, Haun's Mill, Adam-Ondi-Ahman and the future temple site and gathering place of the remnant of the Book of Mormon people at Independence, Missouri, the New Jerusalem.

These are the most comprehensive educational tours available and includes 13 wonderful days (or two weeks) of learning, fun and relaxation.  

Additional Palmyra Sites

ADDITIONALLY this tour provides more time to linger in the Sacred Grove, see Alvin Smith's gravesite and take in the Hill Cumorah pageant (when available). 

Additional Ohio Valley Sites 

On our way from Niagara we'll stop by picturesque Fairport Harbor. You'll visit the Ohio Museum of History in Columbus, ascend Stone Fort where ancient stone walls still stand that date to Nephite times and explore Fort Hill. You'll be treated to a visit of loveable Mark Twains hometown of Hannibal, Missouri.

Additional Mississippi Valley Sites 

You'll travel in luxury to the ancient city of Cahokia, where the massive Monk's temple mound (which is larger in its footprint than the famous Great Pyramid of Giza) and museum is waiting to be explored.  You'll see modern recreations of the palisade walls, authentic ancient artifacts and diorama's depicting this civilization whose population was greater than that of London or Rome at that time. You will be mezmerized by your visit to a special site possibly known by Book of Mormon people as the 'Waters of Mormon'  but known today as Big Springs, the largest natural spring in North America.  You will overlook the heavily forested Ozark mountains and have time for a session in the Nauvoo Temple. You will also have the opportunity to see the Dixon Mounds Museum.