diff --git a/apps/common/views.py b/apps/common/views.py
index c69ccf8..4da19c2 100644
--- a/apps/common/views.py
+++ b/apps/common/views.py
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@
 
 import fsspec
 from dagster import AssetKey, DagsterEventType, DagsterInstance, EventRecordsFilter
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin, PermissionRequiredMixin
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.views import View
 from revproxy.views import ProxyView
 
+EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL = settings.EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL
+
 
 class DagsterProxyView(LoginRequiredMixin, PermissionRequiredMixin, ProxyView):
     login_url = "/admin/login/"
-    upstream = f"{os.environ.get('DAGSTER_WEBSERVER_URL')}/{os.environ.get('DAGSTER_WEBSERVER_PREFIX')}/"
+    # ignore type warning because parent class uses a property for "upstream"
+    upstream = f"{os.environ.get('DAGSTER_WEBSERVER_URL')}/{os.environ.get('DAGSTER_WEBSERVER_PREFIX')}/"  # type: ignore
     permission_required = "common.access_dagster_ui"
     raise_exception = False
 
@@ -55,3 +59,11 @@ def get(self, request, asset_name, partition_name=None):
 
         except Exception as e:
             raise Http404(f"Failed to locate or sign asset '{asset_name}': {str(e)}")
+
+
+class BaselineExplorerProxyView(ProxyView):
+    """
+    A revproxy view to serve the data explorer assets via a cloudfront distribution.
+    """
+
+    upstream = EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL  # type: ignore
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9f038bc..cc9175c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ services:
       - -c
       - random_page_cost=0.11
 
-
   # MinIO is an Amazon S3 compatible object storage server.
   minio:
     restart: unless-stopped
@@ -108,6 +107,7 @@ services:
       MINIO_ROOT_USER: ${MINIO_ROOT_USER}
       MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD}
       MINIO_ENDPOINT_URL: http://minio:9000
+      EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL: ${EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL:-http://localhost:3000}
       SUPPORT_EMAIL_ADDRESS: ${SUPPORT_EMAIL_ADDRESS}
       DJANGO_MIGRATE: 1
       GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: ${GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS}
@@ -178,4 +178,4 @@ volumes:
   db_data:
     external: false
   minio_data:
-    external: false
\ No newline at end of file
+    external: false
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index d8cb1be..d557612 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ MINIO_ROOT_USER=minioadmin
 MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minioadminpassword
 MINIO_ENDPOINT_URL=http://minio:9000  # change to http://localhost:9000 if using a local environment
 SUPPORT_EMAIL_ADDRESS=helpdesk@fews.net
+EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL=http://localhost:3000
 PIP_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.python.org/simple/
 
 # Google API related settings
diff --git a/hea/settings/base.py b/hea/settings/base.py
index 8d87e96..7c76a9e 100644
--- a/hea/settings/base.py
+++ b/hea/settings/base.py
@@ -361,6 +361,11 @@
 PRIVACY_URL = "https://help.fews.net/fdp/privacy-policy"
 DISCLAIMER_URL = "https://help.fews.net/fdp/data-and-information-use-and-attribution-policy"
 
+
+########## DATA EXPLORER CONFIGURATION
+EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL = env.str("EXPLORER_CLOUDFRONT_URL")
+########## End DATA EXPLORER CONFIGURATION
+
 # Allow GDAL/GEOS library path overrides to be set in the environment, for MacOS.
 GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH = env("GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH", default=None)  # For example, /opt/homebrew/lib/libgdal.dylib
 GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH = env("GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH", default=None)  # For example, /opt/homebrew/lib/libgeos_c.dylib
diff --git a/hea/urls.py b/hea/urls.py
index 3d1641d..4b9512e 100644
--- a/hea/urls.py
+++ b/hea/urls.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     WealthGroupViewSet,
     WildFoodGatheringViewSet,
 )
-from common.views import AssetDownloadView, DagsterProxyView
+from common.views import AssetDownloadView, BaselineExplorerProxyView, DagsterProxyView
 from common.viewsets import (
     ClassifiedProductViewSet,
     CountryViewSet,
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@
         AssetDownloadView.as_view(),
         name="asset_download_partitioned",
     ),
+    # Baseline Explorer React GUI using Django rev proxy to serve a cloudfront distro
+    path("baseline-explorer/<path:path>", BaselineExplorerProxyView.as_view(), name="baseline_explorer"),
+    # The URL pattern below does not capture any path parameter from the URL. But django-revproxy views
+    # require a path argument. We manually pass a default: {"path": ""}.
+    path("baseline-explorer/", BaselineExplorerProxyView.as_view(), {"path": ""}, name="baseline_explorer"),
 ]