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Beaver Lake State Park is a public recreation area located in Logan County, North Dakota, about equidistant from Napoleon and Wishek. The state park occupies 273 acres (110 ha) of land on the western shore of 968-acre (392 ha) Beaver Lake [ 4 ] and offers hiking, boating, swimming, fishing, cabins, and campground.
Off Bear Lake Road, 35 miles north of Medora 47°14′22″N 103°37′27″W / 47.239405°N 103.624062°W / 47.239405; -103.624062 ( Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch and Greater Elkhorn Ranchlands
The park offers hiking, swimming, fishing, boat ramps, marina, cabins, and campgrounds. The park's hiking trails include the western terminus of the 4,600-mile (7,400 km) North Country National Scenic Trail which, when completed, will cross the northern tier of the continental United States from its eastern terminus at Crown Point in upstate New York.
On July 13, 1883, the county organization was effected and Steele County was detached from Traill County; Sherbrooke, North Dakota was chosen as the county seat. In 1897 the town of Finley was founded, and by 1919 its growth had eclipsed Sherbrooke to the point that the county seat was transferred to Finley. [ 3 ]
Golden Valley County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,736, [1] making it the fourth-least populous county in North Dakota. The county seat is Beach. [2]
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, located in south-central North Dakota, was established in 1932 as a migratory bird refuge by President Herbert Hoover. The 22,300-acre (90 km 2) refuge consists of a 15,000-acre (61 km 2) saline basin that is 18 miles (29 km) long and is appropriately named "Long Lake." Long Lake is relatively shallow; it is ...
The lake sits at an elevation of 565 meters. It has a watershed area of 4.5 km 2. The substrate of the lake is mostly sandy, with areas of rock cobble and pebbles. [1] The lake seasonally experiences low-water levels. [2] It has a relatively low water clarity. [3]
The lake is located about fifty miles (80 km) from the state capital of Bismarck; the distance by the Missouri River is about 75 miles (120 km). The lake's width averages between 2–3 miles (3–5 km), with a maximum of 14 miles (23 km) at Van Hook Arm. Lake Sakakawea marks the maximum southwest extent of glaciation during the ice age.