Sheyenne National Grassland
Public Land · Bismarck, North Dakota
The only national grassland in the tallgrass prairie region of the United States, spread across sandy country along the Sheyenne River in the south-eastern corner of North Dakota. It is nothing like the badlands grassland at the other end of the state: this is rolling sand dune country stabilised by grass, with oak savanna in the hollows and wet meadows between, and it holds one of the largest surviving populations of the threatened western prairie fringed orchid. Public land is interleaved with private, and the North Country National Scenic Trail runs through it.
2000 Miriam Circle, Bismarck, North Dakota, 58501, United States
FREE and open 24 hours a day, year round. There are no gates, no entrance station and nothing to book for ordinary use, and dispersed camping is permitted on the national grassland parcels at no charge. ⚠ PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND ALTERNATE ACROSS THIS UNIT and much of the boundary is unfenced and unsigned - carry a map that shows ownership. Prairie-chicken viewing blinds in April and early May are allocated in advance through the Forest Service. The Dakota Prairie Grasslands supervisor's office in Bismarck administers this grassland from about 200 miles away.
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