NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BEST PLACES MUST SEE BEST PLACES Belegendary.link/NDTripIdeas • Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site: Site was the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri. Williston (701) 572-9083 • Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Unit: More rugged and less developed than the south unit, the north unit is a great place to get away from it all with a 14-mile scenic drive, beautiful and challenging trails and abundant wildlife. Watford City (701) 842-2333 • Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara Interpretive Center: Hub of history and culture for the MHA (Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara) Nation, this site features museum displays, living history programming, educational events and an 500-seat amphitheater for outdoor events. New Town (701) 627-2243 HIDDEN GEMS • Paul Broste Rock Museum: Unique museum displays rock specimens from all over the world. Parshall (701) 862-3264 • Crow Flies High State Recreation Area: Scenic overlook provides views of Four Bears Bridge and Lake Sakakawea. New Town • The Links Of North Dakota: Traditional links course earns national recognition. Williston (701) 568-2600 • Fairview Lift Bridge and Cartwright Tunnel: The bridge and tunnel, once used for vehicle and rail traffic, stretches 1,320 feet across the Yellowstone River. Fairview • Dakota Drug: One of the last Whirl-A-Whips in the country. Stanley (701) 628-2255 • Ice Caves: An offshoot of the epic Maah Daah Hey Trail, this 1.5 mile trail features ice caves that can hold ice and snow up to mid-July. Grassy Butte IF TIME ALLOWS • Fort Buford State Historic Site: Site • Maah Daah Hey Trail: Epic trails spans 144 miles where Hunkpapa Sioux leader, Sitting Bull, through the North Dakota badlands. Watford City surrendered. • Killdeer Mountain Four Bears Scenic Byway: • Missouri Yellowstone Confluence 64 miles of breathtaking landscape, experience Interpretive Center: Highlights the history the rich culture and heritage of the MHA Nation of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. and then adventure of the cowboy lifestyle. Williston (701) 572-9034 Killdeer (701) 764-6092 • Long X Visitor Center: Hub for the area’s • Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge: Essential cultural, geological, historical and geographic habitat for prairie-dependent bird species such attractions. Watford City (701) 444-5804 as Sprague’s pipits and Baird’s sparrows. Powers • Little Missouri State Park: Mome to more than Lake (701) 848-2722 45 miles of trails that run through the • Tobacco Gardens Resort and Marina: picturesque North Dakota Badlands. Dunn Outdoor recreation on the south shore of Center (701) 764-5256 Lake Sakakawea. North of Watford City • Writing Rock State Historic Site: Granite (701) 842-4199 boulders inscribed with Thunderbird figures. • Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge and Lake Grenora (701) 328-2666 Darling: Steep native prairie-covered hills, brush- • Little Missouri National Grasslands: Largest covered coulees and wooded river bottomlands. grassland in the country. (701) 842-8500 Carpio (701) 468-5467 .