Located on the west shore of Beaver Lake, Beaver Lake State Park is operated as a seasonal park, with camping, picnicking and water-based activities available from mid-May through Labor Day.
On the north shore of Lake Sakakawea, this park was named for a late 1800s fort that served as a supply depot for other military posts in the Dakota Territory. A replica of the original fort's guardhouse serves as an interpretive center.
Rich in both early Native American and military history, Ft. Abraham Lincoln's visitor center and historic buildings feature exhibits and programs on the early occupation of the area.
Situated on the north shore of Lake Renwick, camping, boating, swimming and fishing for northern pike and other game fish are popular activities.
Fort Ransom State Park, which takes its name from an 1860s military fort, is located in the midst of the scenic and heavily wooded Sheyenne River valley, along a nationally designated scenic byway.
Located along some of the last free-flowing and undeveloped stretches of the Missouri River, Cross Ranch is one of five North Dakota state parks designated as official Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail sites.
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in the Missouri Slope region of western North Dakota, near the Killdeer Mountains.
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in southeastern North Dakota along the western edge of the northern tallgrass prairie. The Wild Rice River flows through the Refuge and then through Lake Tewaukon.
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 28-mile long river valley with three natural lakes. The northern boundary of the Refuge is Saskatchewan, Canada.
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located along the Souris River in Bottineau and McHenry Counties of north-central North Dakota. The 58, 700-acre Refuge extends from Canada southward for approximately 45 miles.
The vision of Sullys Hill National Game Preserve (NGP) is for broad community support to protect and manage big game, migratory birds, and other wildlife resources and their associated prairie and woodland habitats.
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located 30 miles northwest of Minot, was established in 1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.
The Lonetree Wildlife Management Area in central North Dakota comprises 33, 000 acres of wildlife habitat owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and managed by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.
Located on a former Sioux hunting ground of treeless slopes and plains, this 1, 740 acre V-shaped lake offers year-round recreational opportunities including camping, boating, fishing, hunting and picnicking.
The Corps of Engineers' largest lake, and one of six built to control recurrent flooding on the Missouri River. Sites of early Indian culture and of trading and Army posts are located in the area.