North Dakota’s Most Scenic Drive Is A Perfect Winter Road Trip

The outdoor adventure website Thrillist recently came out with an article on "The Most Scenic Drives" in every state.   

We have a few tucked-away roads that are pretty close to breathtaking in North Dakota. More on that in a moment.

Most people like to take their road trips in the summertime but winter can be the perfect time too with the family or somebody special in your life.  There's so much beauty to explore in North Dakota if you take the time to look for it.

Fall is my favorite time to travel across North Dakota with all of its Autumn beauty, but if you can find a nice day to travel in the winter, you can see a whole new perspective.

This article from Thrillist picked out one stretch of highway from each and every state and crowned it the best of the best. 

North Dakota's best stretch of highway is about 40 miles from Bismarck Mandan.  North Dakota's Most Scenic Drive is none other than the Sakakawea Scenic Byway.  This beauty of a road begins at Highway 200A from Washburn to Stanton.  I do some bird hunting up in this area and it's a brilliant spectacle for sure.

Some points of interest along the way on Highway 200A include:

The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (I've been meaning to stop by this), the beautiful Cross Ranch State Park, Fort Clark State Historic Site, and Fort Mandan Historic Site.  This is all according to the North Dakota Tourism Guide.

Okay, all together.  "One, two, three ROAD TRIP."  Happy New Year everybody.