Devils Lake, North Dakota's largest natural lake, is home to three state park and recreation areas in North Dakota.
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.
Constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, this park is located in a wooded valley along the meandering Turtle River.
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.
Nestled in the scenic Turtle Mountains on the United States and Canadian border, Lake Metigoshe is one of the most popular year-round vacation spots in North Dakota. The park is located along a state-designated scenic byway.
On the south shore of Lake Sakakawea adjacent to Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea State Park offers a wide range of water-based recreational activities and facilities.
The towering buttes and rolling hills of North Dakota's badlands provide a rugged backdrop to this park, located on one of the upper bays of Lake Sakakawea. Modern boating facilities, including a marina, boat ramp and camp store, are major attractions.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site was established October 26, 1974. The 1, 758 acre site preserves historic and archaelogical remnants of the culture and agricultural lifestyle of the Northern Plains Indians.
"I never would have been President if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota, " Theodore Roosevelt once remarked. Roosevelt first came to the badlands in September 1883 on a hunting trip.
Located within the Prairie Pothole Region of ND, this 840-acre lake offers year-round recreational opportunities including birdwatching, boating, fishing, and hunting.
Visit the Memorial Gardens near this lake in northeast North Dakota.
Lake Ashtabula offers year-round recreational opportunities in the east central region of North Dakota. It is a very productive fishery with abundant populations of popular game fish including walleye, white bass, northern pike and yellow perch.
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.