Fort Stevenson State Park

Fort Stevenson State Park
North Dakota State Park
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	McLean

Elevation	1,883 ft (574 m) ^[1]
Coordinates	47°35′27″N 101°25′12″W / 47.59083°N 101.42000°W / 47.59083; -101.42000Coordinates: 47°35′27″N 101°25′12″W / 47.59083°N 101.42000°W / 47.59083; -101.42000 ^[1]

Area	549 acres (222 ha)

Established	1974
Management	North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Location in North Dakota
Website: Fort Stevenson State Park

Fort Stevenson State Park is a North Dakota state park located in McLean County, south of the community of Garrison. The park occupies a peninsula on the north side of Lake Sakakawea and offers fishing, boating, camping, and picnicking.^[2] Visitors will find a partial reconstruction of Fort Stevenson, the 19th-century Missouri River fort from which the park takes its name.^[3] The site of the original fort lies about two miles southwest, below the waters of Lake Sakakawea.

Activities and amenities

The park has more than eight miles of non-motorized trails for hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. A half-mile trail winds through the park arboretum. Boaters can rent slips at two marinas. For overnight stays, the park offers camping cabins and a campground with 138 sites.

References

1 2 "Fort Stevenson Public Use Area". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Fort Stevenson State Park". North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
↑ "Fort Stevenson Guardhouse Interpretive Center". Garrison, North Dakota. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

External links

Fort Stevens State Park North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department
Fort Stevens State Park Map North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

Protected areas of North Dakota

National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt

National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages

National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake

National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne

U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt

Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail

State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

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