Lake Sakakawea State Park
Lake Sakakawea State Park is a park in North Dakota, at a modelled elevation of 568 m. Red Butte stands 696 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverdale State Game Management Area, a park 4.1 miles away. Sakakawea Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 30 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
- 14.2 mi off the Sakakawea Scenic Byway
30 named places within 25 miles
- Riverdale State Game Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Fort Stevenson Public Use Area: 4.9 mi
- Fort Stevenson State Park: 5.4 mi
- Douglas Creek State Game Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Wolf Creek State Game Management Area: 6.9 mi
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge: 13.3 mi
- Lake Nettie National Wildlife Refuge: 21.9 mi
- Blue Hill: 19.3 mi
- Red Butte: 23.9 mi
- Ziegler School: 21.5 mi
- Scientific Center of North America: 24.9 mi
- HGC: 17.0 mi
- Pfennig Wildlife Museum: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Sakakawea State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Butte | SSW 194° | 696 m | 23.9 mi |
| Blue Hill | NNW 333° | 690 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:18 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:59 | 21:48 |
| September equinox | 07:33 | 19:05 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 08:32 | 16:05 | 16:58 |
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 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 45 | 29 | 18 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Riverdale, 4 mi away.
- American Herring Gull14 obs
- Ring-billed Gull10 obs
- Common Goldeneye6 obs
- American White Pelican5 obs
- Glaucous Gull4 obs
- California Gull4 obs
- Common Tern4 obs
- Sabine's Gull4 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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