May 15, 2011
The Ten Greatest Places in North Dakota
Contrary to Eric Sevareid's comment that North Dakota is a "large rectangular blank spot," there are many interesting and intriguing places in the state. Take an armchair tour with the scholars of the ten greatest places in North Dakota.
Clay Jenkinson shared his list of the ten greatest places in North Dakota
and his rules for selection.
Rules for Finding the Greatest Places in North Dakota
The Essential Principle: De gustibus non est disputandum. (There's no accounting for taste.)
1. You have to get "Montana" out of your mind.
2. You have to be willing to leave the interstate highways.
3. You can mind mosquitos, but you cannot object to wind and cold.
4. You have to be willing to hike or at least walk.
5. You have to like grass.
Top Ten Places in North Dakota
11. Turtle Mountains between Rolla and Bottineau.
10. Bodmer Overlook at the confluence of the Missouri and the Yellowstone.
9. Prairie Pothole country between Harvey and McCluskey.
8. Missouri River as seen from Hwy 1806 west of Washburn and north of Double Ditch
7. Sheyenne River grasslands near Fort Ransom
6. Medicine Rock near Carson and Leith
5. Oxbow Overlook, North Unit, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
4. ND 16 north of Marmarth past Pretty Butte
3. Medicine Hole in the Killdeer Mountains
2. The Elkhorn Ranch on the Little Missouri River
1. Bullion Butte - on it, near it, from any direction, or from Burning Hills Amphitheater in Medora.