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VISITOR INFORMATION | Day Trips |
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Day Trips
4 Bears Casino & Lodge
4 Bears Casino & Lodge is located 75 Southwest of Minot. The casino houses over 500 slot machines, including video and reel. 4 Bears Casino & Lodge also offers 4 poker tables, a craps table, bingo, roulette wheel, and blackjack. Also contained within the casino is the Entertainment Bar and Lucky's Cafe.
202 Frontage Road
New Town, ND
888-4BEARS7
www.4bearscasino.com
Black Butte Adventures
Black Butte Adventures offers outdoor family getaways for mountain biker and hikers. Encompassing over 500 privately owned acres of native prairie short grass and flowers traveling through some of the region's most diverse terrain, you can experience some of ND's best prairie land.
Located approximately 18 miles SE of Minot
701-626-2226
www.blackbutteadventures.com
Dakota Hills Winery
Dakota Hills Winery is located 1 hour and 40 minutes east of Minot near Knox, ND. Visitors enjoy free wine tastings and tours of the winery and farm. Pick fresh fruit and enjoy farm animals, go bird watching and see other wildlife, or just take in the beautiful North Dakota scenery.
Knox, ND
701-583-2202
www.dakotahillswinery.com
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Dale and Martha Hawk Museum
The Dale and Martha Hawk Museum is located 4 miles East and 3 miles North of Wolford, ND, and approximately 90 miles East of Minot. The Hawk Museum has a vast collection of antiques and contains thousands of farm implements, in both miniature and full size. The collection is housed in five historic buildings that include a church, store and schoolhouse.
Wolford, ND
701-583-2381
www.hawkmuseum.org
Falkirk Mine
The Falkirk Mine is located 60 miles South of Minot. The Mine is an exciting place to visit and tour. This mine supplies lignite to the Coal Creek Station.
Underwood, ND
701-442-5751
Garrison Dam and Powerhouse
The Garrison Dam and Powerhouse is located 60 miles South of Minot. The Dam is a hydroelectric generating facility with a capacity of 500,000 KW. It is also used for flood control, irrigation, recreation, municipal and industrial water supply, and downstream navigation. Tours are available between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Riverdale, ND 701-654-7441
Knife River Indian Villages
The rich heritage of the American Plains Indian is interpreted at the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, located near Stanton, which is 65 miles South of Minot. A visitors center offers travelers a glimpse as far back as 11,000 years. The Hidatsa and Mandan tribes inhabited this village site for centuries. They were host to the famous American explorers Lewis & Clark in 1804-1805.
Stanton, ND
701-745-3300
www.nps.gov
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center & Fort Mandan
Just 45 miles south of Minot is the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan. Inside the Interpretive Center you will find numerous displays and rare artifacts from the legendary journey of Lewis and Clark.
Take step back in time to the winter of 1804-1805 as you enter the authentically reconstructed Fort Mandan. It was here that Lewis and Clark first met Sakakawea and became friends with the Mandan and Hidatsa Indians who helped them through their first long, cold winter.
Washburn, ND
877-462-8535
www.fortmandan.com
The International Peace Garden
The International Peace Garden is located 94 miles North of Minot. The Garden is a 2,339 acre botanical garden commemorating peace between the United States and Canada along the world's largest unfortified border. It blooms with more than 150,000 flowers and showcases the Peace Chapel and a memorial to September 11th.
888-432-6733
www.peacegarden.com
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