Where They Went

The Revenant (2015)

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Mauled by a bear and left for dead in the 1823 Dakota wilderness, a fur trapper crawls and rides hundreds of miles back to Fort Kiowa after the man who abandoned him.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Trappers' camp
    Upper Missouri River, Dakota country
    ≈ 00:03:00
    Inferred

    Arikara warriors overrun the trappers' camp and the survivors escape downriver by boat.

  2. 2Bear attack and shallow grave
    Upper Missouri wilderness, Dakota country
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Inferred

    Glass is mauled by a grizzly; Fitzgerald kills Glass's son and leaves him half-buried.

  3. 3Fort Kiowa, Missouri River
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screen
  4. 3River rapids and Hikuc
    Upper Missouri wilderness, Dakota country
    ≈ 00:55:00
    Inferred
  5. 4French trappers' camp and cliff
    Upper Missouri wilderness, Dakota country
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Inferred
  6. 5Fort Kiowa, Missouri River
    ≈ 02:00:00
    Stated on screen
  7. 6Riverbank
    Upper Missouri wilderness, Dakota country
    ≈ 02:15:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
856 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
7
  • On foot: 252 km
  • Horse: 252 km
  • Not shown: 252 km
  • Boat: 99 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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