Blogs
Elk Bugling Season Preview: What to Watch for in the Badlands This Fall
There’s a specific sound that defines fall in elk country, and it’s unlike anything else in the natural world — a haunting, rising whistle-roar that carries for miles across open badlands terrain. If you’re in or near Theodore Roosevelt National Park as the season turns, knowing when to listen for
Best of the West Ribfest: A Main Street August Tradition Worth the Short Drive From the Basin
Watford City’s Main Street shuts down for exactly one day every August, and it’s worth planning around: Best of the West Ribfest brings rib teams, a classic car show, live music, and roughly 8,000 people into downtown for a genuine community-scale celebration that’s grown from a handful of Chamber members
Perseid Meteor Shower 2026: Why the Badlands Sky Is the Best Seat in North Dakota
North Dakota’s badlands already produce some of the darkest, clearest skies in the country, and 2026 hands that natural advantage an extra gift — the Perseid peak lands almost exactly on a new moon, meaning essentially zero moonlight competing with the show. Combine genuinely dark Bortle Class 3 skies with
What to Do in Watford City After a Day in the Badlands: A July Evening Guide
You’ve spent the morning on the North Unit’s scenic drive, you’ve watched bison graze the river bottom, and now it’s early evening back in Watford City with genuine appetite and a few hours of daylight still ahead — July sunset doesn’t arrive until around 9:30 p.m. here. Watford City has
Summer Storms on the Prairie: Lightning, Hail & RV Safety in the Bakken
The same open terrain that gives the Bakken its enormous sky and dramatic sunsets also gives its summer thunderstorms room to build fast and hit hard. Lightning and hail are both genuine, regular features of a North Dakota summer, and understanding how they behave on this specific landscape — and
A Traveler’s July at the Resort: Pairing the Park, the Prairie & a Real Bed
Most people passing through Watford City in July are here for one specific reason: Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s North Unit is 14 miles down the road, and the badlands terrain it protects is exactly the kind of landscape that doesn’t photograph the same from a car window as it does