North Dakota: 14 state parks, 3 recreation areas and 1 natural area
Camping, trails, fees and current alerts are on each park’s page. See these parks on a map
Things to do
- 🥾 Hiking16
- 🚲 Biking14
- 🎣 Fishing12
- 🛶 Paddling11
- ⛵ Boating8
- 🏊 Swimming7
- 🐎 Equestrian6
- 🐦 Birding4
- 🏍️ Off-Highway Vehicles2
- 🏹 Hunting1
- 🧭 Geocaching1
Camping & facilities
- 🏕️ Campsites14
- 🚐 RV Dump Station13
- 🚿 Showers13
- 👥 Group Sites12
- 🛖 Cabins10
- 🌿 Nature Center9
- 🛝 Playground9
- 🚤 Boat Ramp8
- 🔌 Full Hookups4
- ♿ Accessible Facilities1
- 🏨 Lodge1
All 18 parks
- Beaver Lake State ParkA quiet lake in rolling prairie, with a cairn marking the work of the homesteaders from Logan, McIntosh and…
- Cross Ranch State ParkSixteen miles of trail follow an undammed stretch of the Missouri River here, reaching a 5,000-acre preserve…
- Crow Flies High State Recreation AreaA free overlook above Lake Sakakawea west of New Town, looking down on the Four Bears Bridge. When the water…
- Fort Abraham Lincoln State ParkNorth Dakota's oldest state park, set aside in 1907, holds the reconstructed Mandan earthlodges of On-a-Slant…
- Fort Ransom State ParkTwo dozen of the campsites here are built for horses, in a wooded reach of the Sheyenne River Valley threaded…
- Fort Stevenson State ParkTwo marinas on Lake Sakakawea's north shore put deep water three miles from Garrison, with boats to rent and…
- Grahams Island State ParkDevils Lake wraps this wooded park, and the fishing brings national tournaments: a four-lane ramp, a bait…
- Gunlogson State Nature PreserveBur oak and basswood shade spring-fed wetlands inside Icelandic State Park, where more than a dozen rare…
- Icelandic State ParkSettlement history stands beside the swimming water here: Akra Community Hall, Hallson Church and the Pioneer…
- Lake Metigoshe State ParkSet in the Turtle Mountains against the Canadian border, with 13 miles of trail for walkers and mountain…
- Lake Sakakawea State ParkThe North Country National Scenic Trail begins here — 4,800 miles east to Vermont — on the south shore of a…
- Lewis & Clark State ParkButtes rise straight from an upper bay of Lake Sakakawea, with native mixed-grass prairie behind them and a…
- Little Metigoshe State Recreation AreaFree day use half a mile from Lake Metigoshe State Park: a fishing dock, a sand volleyball court, grills and…
- Little Missouri State ParkForty miles of trail thread the Badlands here, and most of them are ridden — corrals and a round pen stand…
- Pembina Gorge State ParkNorth Dakota's fourteenth state park puts more than 16 miles of trail — boots, hooves, mountain bikes and…
- Rough Rider State ParkA quiet Badlands base minutes from Medora, with equestrian and primitive campsites and access to the 144-mile…
- Turtle Mountain State Recreation AreaTwelve miles of motorized trail run through the hills northwest of Bottineau, shared by off-highway vehicles…
- Turtle River State ParkCivilian Conservation Corps crews built this wooded valley park in the 1930s, and their stone memorial…
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