Past Events

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.

Here's your chance to have that camp experience as an ADULT! This camp is for anyone 16 years of age and older and will focus on environmental education and recreational skills. Learn how to cook in a Dutch oven, get introduced to birding, find out how to geocache, go canoeing, re-learn compass skills, shoot archery and more! 

August 13 - August 14, 2019 

Join us for the 8th annual North Dakota Trails Conference. This conference brings together trail users, advocates and managers from across the state. The registration deadline is August 5, 2019.

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Welcome to our 4th Annual Bison Stampede Run! On Sunday, August 11, we invite you to stampede with us on a variety of back-country runs that are located alongside the Missouri River in an old-growth Cottonwood forest. This year we are hosting a 5K, 10K and 15K run in our beautiful park! Registration will include race and breakfast access in addition to a memorable Bison Stampede item. A small breakfast will be served post-race to include fruit and granola bars. We will also serve refreshments such as coffee, water, and juice.