good spots in ND, MT, or north across the border?

[Lou_]

Hi, everyone! We would love any suggestions for places to spend 2-3 days in North Dakota or Montana (or above the border, maybe Grasslands National Park) in July. We have a week to get from the vicinity of Fargo, ND to Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta with our Bambi 16. We'll need to catch up with work for a bunch of that time so we don't need a ton of stuff to entertain us, but we'd still like to be somewhere nice. Areas with less mosquitos would be nice, though I expect there'll be plenty everywhere.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Lou

[field & stream]

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

[azflycaster]

International Peace Garden on the US Canada border. Nice campground and beautiful grounds. Just north of Rugby, ND

[Forester2]

2nd TR National Park. Theres a National Grasslands campground one exit west that we like.

[AlbertF]

Elkwater in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, south of Medicine Hat. A beautiful place, with water; trees, and local services. You need to work - we had a very good cell signal there with Rogers Mobile. I think Bell and Telus would be fine too.

It’s a half day drive from Waterton, so an excellent stop on your way.

[WestieHouse]

Along the Yellowstone R. just south of Livingston MT. Great sites . Dine at Sage Resort restaurant. Visit Livingston. Chico Hot Springs resort for food and / or hot springs

I second Roosevelt NP - and the lovely town of Medora with a great community theater. .

[dafishe]

I will second Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This park is truly amazing:

- Great hiking
- Buffalo and prairie dogs all over the place
- Cool western town of Medora with crazy outdoor show and pitchfork steak dinners

We stayed nearby at Buffalo Gap campground for 2 days.

[jwgreen]

We spent a week in Downstream COE campground below the dam on Lake Sakakawea. Visited historic Lewis & Clark sites, took the tour of the powerhouse at the dam, the fish hatchery, and nearby Hazen & Beulah, ND. Beautiful area.

[Air2Dream]

A few suggestions for you with a couple of pictures:

1). Grasslands National Park. Camp in the west campground and fill your water tank before. Also note that there is a long gravel road from the park gate to the campground.
2). Cypress Hills - camp on the Saskatchewan side - better facilities and nicer campgrounds.. You may want to visit the TRex Discovery Center at East End between Grasslands and Cypress.
3). Writing on Stone Provincial Park - Hoodoo’s and spectacular rock art paintings.
4) Dinosaur Provincial Park - the world’s most prolific Cretaceous dinosaur dig.
5). Waterton National Park