North Dakota State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link: green=state parks; red=recreation areas; black=historic sites.)
North Dakota state parks are state parks managed by the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department.
North Dakota state parks are state parks managed by the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department.
| Name | County | Area [1] | Estab- lished | Lake / river | Image | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Lake State Park | Logan | 273.16 acres (110.54 ha) | 1932 | Beaver Lake |  | Boating, fishing, camping |
| Butte Saint Paul State Recreation Area | Bottineau | 51.23 acres (20.73 ha) | 1933 | Turtle Mountains vista point | ||
| Cross Ranch State Park | Oliver | 569.07 acres (230.29 ha) | 1989 | Missouri River |  | Boating, canoeing, camping |
| Crow Flies High State Recreation Area | Mountrail | 247.11 acres (100.00 ha) | Lake Sakakawea |  | Scenic lake views | |
| Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park | Morton | 836.47 acres (338.51 ha) | 1907 | Heart River, Missouri River |  | Home to On-A-Slant Indian Village |
| Fort Ransom State Park | Ransom | 933.78 acres (377.89 ha) | 1976 | Sheyenne River |  | Preserved homesteader farms |
| Fort Stevenson State Park | McLean | 586.48 acres (237.34 ha) | 1974 | Lake Sakakawea |  | Includes Fort Stevenson State Park Arboretum |
| Grahams Island State Park | Ramsey | 959.33 acres (388.23 ha) | 1988 | Devils Lake | Last remaining unit of the four former Devils Lake State Parks | |
| Icelandic State Park | Pembina | 930.3 acres (376.5 ha) | 1964 | Lake Renwick |  | Includes the Gunlogson Arboretum Nature Preserve |
| Lake Metigoshe State Park | Bottineau | 1,508.53 acres (610.48 ha) | 1937 | Lake Metigoshe | Adjacent to Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, Manitoba | |
| Lake Sakakawea State Park | Mercer | 739.52 acres (299.27 ha) | 1965 | Lake Sakakawea |  | Adjacent to Garrison Dam |
| Lewis and Clark State Park | Williams | 524.81 acres (212.38 ha) | 1973 | Lake Sakakawea | Fishing, boating, camping | |
| Little Metigoshe State Recreation Area | Bottineau | 1937 | Lake Metigoshe | Picnicking, fishing | ||
| Little Missouri State Park | Dunn | 6,492.93 acres (2,627.60 ha) | 1971 | Little Missouri River | Badlands hiking and equestrian trails | |
| Pelican Point State Recreation Area | Bottineau | 25.22 acres (10.21 ha) | Lake Metigoshe | Undeveloped day-use area | ||
| Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area | Cavalier | 1,236.98 acres (500.59 ha) | 2012 | Pembina River | River kayaking; trails for hiking, horseback riding, and off-road vehicles | |
| Sully Creek State Park | Billings | 63.03 acres (25.51 ha) | 1970 | Little Missouri River | Start of the Maah Daah Hey Trail | |
| Turtle Mountain State Recreation Area | Bottineau | 695.04 acres (281.27 ha) | Off-highway vehicle, hiking, biking, snowshoeing and horseback riding trails. | |||
| Turtle River State Park | Grand Forks | 775.28 acres (313.74 ha) | 1934 | Turtle River |  | Camping, fishing, trails |
Bottineau County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,379. Its county seat is Bottineau.
Lake Sakakawea is a large reservoir in the north central United States, impounded in 1953 by Garrison Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam located in the Missouri River basin in central North Dakota. Named for the Shoshone-Hidatsa woman Sakakawea, it is the largest man-made lake located entirely within North Dakota, the second largest in the United States by area after Lake Oahe, and the third largest in the United States by volume, after Lake Mead and Lake Powell.
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is a North Dakota state park located 7 miles (11 km) south of Mandan, North Dakota, United States. The park is home to the replica Mandan On-A-Slant Indian Village and reconstructed military buildings including the Custer House.
Fort Snelling State Park is a state park of the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. For many centuries, the area of the modern park has been of importance to the Mdewakanton Dakota people who consider it the center of the Earth. The state park, which opened in 1962, is named for the historic Fort Snelling, which dates from 1820. The fort structure is maintained and operated by the Minnesota Historical Society. The bulk of the state park preserves the bottomland forest, rivers, and backwater lakes below the river bluffs. Both the state and historic fort structure are part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, a National Park Service site.
Zippel Bay State Park is a state park in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota in the United States. It is on the white sand beach shoreline of the Lake of the Woods, near the United States border with Canada. The park is open for year-round recreation including camping, hiking, fishing and cross-country skiing.
Provincial Trunk Highway 3 (PTH 3) is a major provincial highway located in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It runs from the Saskatchewan boundary to the southwest city limits of Winnipeg, where it continues as Winnipeg Route 155. Prior before to the implementation of Winnipeg's City Route System, it extended to Pembina Highway.
Turtle Mountain, or the Turtle Mountains, is an area in central North America, in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of North Dakota and southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba, approximately 62 miles (100 km) south of the city of Brandon on Manitoba Highway 10 / U.S. Route 281. It is a plateau 2,000 ft above sea level, 300 ft to 400 ft above the surrounding countryside, extending 20 mi (32 km) from north to south and 40 mi (64 km) from east to west. Rising 1,031 feet (314 m), North Dakota's most prominent peak, Boundary Butte, is located at the western edge of the plateau.
Lake Francis Case is a large reservoir impounded by Fort Randall Dam on the Missouri River in south-central South Dakota, United States. The lake has an area of 102,000 acres (410 km2) and a maximum depth of 140 ft (43 m). Lake Francis Case has a length of approximately 107 mi (172 km) and has a shoreline of 540 mi (870 km). The lake is the eleventh-largest reservoir in the United States and is located within the counties of: Charles Mix, Gregory, Lyman, Brule, and Buffalo. The lake stretches from Pickstown, South Dakota upstream to Big Bend Dam.
Fort Ransom State Park is a public recreation area located in the Sheyenne River Valley two miles north of the town of Fort Ransom in Ransom County, North Dakota. The state park preserves two homesteader farms: the Bjone House and the Andrew Sunne farm. The park is a featured site on the Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway.
Lake Metigoshe State Park is a public recreation area occupying some 1,500 acres (610 ha) on the shores of Lake Metigoshe in the Turtle Mountains, 14 miles northeast of Bottineau, North Dakota, on the Canada–US border. The state park lies adjacent to the southwest corner of the much larger Turtle Mountain Provincial Park in Manitoba. A small portion of the lake extends northward into the Rural Municipality of Winchester but is not part of either park.
Little Missouri State Park is a public recreation area of over 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) located on the western side of the Little Missouri River, near the river's confluence with Lake Sakakawea, ten miles (16 km) north of Killdeer, North Dakota. Much of the state park consists of badlands terrain that is only accessible by trail. The park has more than 45 miles (72 km) of trails as well as campgrounds for hiking and equestrian use. The majority of the park's area is managed under lease from federal and private owners.
Turtle River State Park is a public recreation area occupying 775 acres (314 ha) on the Turtle River, two miles (3.2 km) north of the community of Arvilla in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. Park activities include camping, cross-country skiing, fishing, hiking, and mountain biking.
Fort Stevenson State Park is a public recreation area located on a peninsula on Lake Sakakawea four miles (6.4 km) south of the community of Garrison in McLean County, North Dakota. The state park's 586 acres (237 ha) include a partial reconstruction of Fort Stevenson, the 19th-century Missouri River fort from which the park takes its name. The site of the original fort lies about two miles southwest, below the waters of Lake Sakakawea.
Pelican Point State Recreation Area is an undeveloped unit of the North Dakota state park system located on Lake Metigoshe, ten miles (16 km) northeast of Bottineau. The recreation area's 25 acres (10 ha) are only accessible on foot; there are no developed trails.
Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 525 acres (212 ha) in Williams County, North Dakota, where Gamache Creek enters Lake Sakakawea, 18 miles (29 km) east of Williston. The state park offers fishing, boating, camping, and picnicking.
Little Metigoshe State Recreation Area is a smaller unit of the North Dakota state park system located on the east shore of Lake Metigoshe in the Turtle Mountains near the international border between Canada and the United States. The area offers picnicking, fishing dock, and wintertime access to ice fishing. It lies one half mile west of the entrance to Lake Metigoshe State Park, a 1,500-acre facility that offers a full menu of recreational activities.
North Dakota Highway 43 (ND 43) is a state highway located in extreme north-central North Dakota. It is about 23 miles (37 km) long and passes through Bottineau and Rolette counties.
Lake Metigoshe is a 1,544-acre (625 ha) lake in both Bottineau County, North Dakota and the Rural Municipality of Winchester, Manitoba. The lake has a maximum depth of 24 feet (7.3 m). It is located in the Turtle Mountains on the Canada–United States border. The majority of the lake is within the United States, with only the northernmost tip in Canada. The Lake Metigoshe State Park encompasses about of a quarter of the total lake's shoreline. It offers swimming, canoeing, sailing, water-skiing and other water sports, modern and primitive camping areas, and picnicking. There is also the Skinautiques waterskiing club which is the only international waterskiing club in the United States.