Things to do in North Dakota
15 places worth stopping for and 1 places to stay on a road trip through North Dakota.
See and do
- Scenic drive
Scenic drive · Medora
Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit loop
Loop road through painted badlands with bison, wild horses and prairie dogs.
- Scenic drive
Scenic drive · RegentHidden gem
Enchanted Highway
A 32-mile road lined with giant scrap-metal sculptures, built by one local man.
- Viewpoint
Viewpoint · Medora
Painted Canyon Overlook
Roadside overlook of striped badlands just off I-94.
History · Mandan
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
Custer's former post and reconstructed Mandan earth lodge village above the Missouri.
- Town
Town · Medora
Medora
Small old-west town at the gate of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
- Roadside oddity
Roadside oddity · New SalemHidden gem
Salem Sue
A 38-foot fibreglass Holstein cow on a hill above the interstate.
- Walk
Walk · KilldeerHidden gem
Little Missouri State Park
Wild badlands trails best for horse riders and hikers, 1.5 hours from Medora.
- Walk
Walk · CenterHidden gem
Cross Ranch State Park
Cottonwood groves, prairie and a bison herd on the free-flowing Missouri.
- Lake
Lake · BottineauHidden gem
Lake Metigoshe State Park
Forested lakes in the Turtle Mountains with beach, trails and camping.
- Garden
Garden · Dunseith
International Peace Garden
Formal gardens straddling the US-Canada border in the Turtle Mountains.
- History
History · WillistonHidden gem
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Reconstructed fur-trade fort on the Missouri River.
- Walk
Walk · WalhallaHidden gem
Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area
Forested river gorge in the otherwise flat north-east.
- History
History · Stanton
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Earth lodge depressions and a lodge replica where Sakakawea lived.
- Roadside oddity
Roadside oddity · Jamestown
World's Largest Buffalo
A giant concrete bison keeping watch over Jamestown.
- History
History · GrenoraHidden gem
Writing Rock Historical Site
Two boulders with ancient petroglyphs in the far north-west.
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