Fort Stevenson State Park
Fort Stevenson State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 570 m. Blue Hill stands 690 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Stevenson Public Use Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Sakakawea Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Sakakawea Scenic Byway
28 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Stevenson Public Use Area: 0.5 mi
- Lake Sakakawea State Park: 5.4 mi
- Custer Mine State Game Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Wolf Creek State Game Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Triangle Camp: 6.3 mi
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge: 11.7 mi
- Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge: 19.6 mi
- Blue Hill: 15.7 mi
- Round Top Hill: 22.8 mi
- Ziegler School: 21.3 mi
- HGC: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Stevenson State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | NW 320° | 690 m | 15.7 mi |
| Round Top Hill | NW 309° | 668 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:49 | 19:18 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:59 | 21:48 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:32 | 16:04 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/North_Dakota/Beulah).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 11 | 15 | 27 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 58 | 43 | 28 | 16 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Garrison, 4 mi away.
- Monarch16 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
- Russian olive4 obs
- narrow-leaved purple coneflower4 obs
- Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth3 obs
- breadroot scurf pea3 obs
- Western Snowberry3 obs
- Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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