Past Events

In conjunction with our surrounding communities, we wanted to offer free blueberry and raspberry scones for Small Business Saturday. Since it is our Visitor Appreciation Day, all daily entrance fees to Cross Ranch State Park are waived. Feel free to shop small within our surrounding communities and take a relaxing hike through the park while replenishing with scones and chai tea or coffee. We hope to see you there!

Twelve ornaments will be hidden throughout Fort Stevenson State Park. GPS coordinates for each ornament are posted at geocaching.com and on the Fort Stevenson State Park Facebook and Instagram pages. Coordinates of four ornaments go live each Friday of the Dickens Village Festival.
 

The Pioneer Heritage Center will be decorated with trees, lights, and Christmas cheer! The doors will be open from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm with the program starting at 2:00 pm. Refreshments will be served.

Warm yourself by the fire and hit the luminary lit trails with us! This event is at the Woodland Lodge from 7-9 pm. Hike the trail at your own pace. Refreshments will be available at the Woodland Lodge. It is a free event, however, vehicle passes are still required.

The 18th Season of the Haunted Fort at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park will be terrifying, to say the least. We are back with a crazy 18th season! Four Haunts - The Custer Manor, The old circus Freakshow, Post Asylum, and the Guard House 2 Extreme Haunt! - The only haunt that you have to enter all alone! it's up to you whether you escape......

Also Introducing the all-new Haunted Fort Midway, with the famous Monster Shop, Zombie Battlefield Paintball, and The Cellar the haunted craft beer lounge!

See you at the Haunted Fort!

Find Tickets Here: https://hauntedfort.ticketleap.com/haunted-fort-2019/dates

2019 potential first place payout: $30,000. Total potential payout is $85,000. The Williston Convention & Visitors Bureau in partnership with Lewis & Clark State Park are excited to host the 2019 Lewis & Clark Big 10 Showdown. This will be a two-day catch and release tournament held October 5-6. The tournament will pay out to 10 places, with prize money based on a full 100 team field. Entry fee per 2 person team is $1000.

Celebrate Bike Your Park Day by joining local members of the Turtle Mountain Trails Association on the multi-use trails at Lake Metigoshe State Park! This is a great opportunity to further explore the park with those that are familiar with the trails, meet other enthusiasts or simply put more miles on your bike. 

Lake Metigoshe State Park is hosting the 2019 Wild Outdoor Women, (WOW) Fall Event. WOW is primarily for ladies over the age of 16 who wish to learn or improve outdoor recreational skills. Come enjoy activities such as kayaking, archery, outdoor photography and more!

Come experience turn of the century farm and homemaking demonstrations at Fort Ransoms' annual Sodbuster Days. Enjoy live old-time music. Food and beverages will be available for purchase during the event. 

Take an historic walking tour of downtown Bismarck with the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department! The tour illustrates how today's Bismarck has been a Capital in Farm Country for 700 years, with the unbroken agricultural heritage stretching back to the early Mandan and Hidatsa Indian nations.