Fort Mandan
Fort Mandan was the name of the encampment which the Lewis and Clark Expedition built for wintering over in 1804–1805. The encampment was located on the Missouri River approximately twelve miles from the site of present-day Washburn, North Dakota, which developed later.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gooseterrain2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanton.
Stanton
Town
Photo: Psotoid, Public domain.
Stanton is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Mercer County. The population was 368 at the 2020 census. Stanton was founded in 1883 and became the county seat when Mercer County organized in 1884. Stanton is situated 5 miles west of Fort Mandan.
Fort Mandan
- Type: Park
- Description: American frontier fort used by Lewis & Clark
- Categories: fort and recreation area
- Location: McLean, North Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.29611° or 47° 17′ 46″ northLongitude
-101.28599° or 101° 17′ 10″ westElevation
1,742 feet (531 metres)Open location code
85VW7PW7+CJOpenStreetMap ID
node 357754834OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Fort Mandan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Mandan Historic Site”
- Dutch: “Fort Mandan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ماندان”
- Finnish: “Fort Mandan”
- French: “fort Mandan”
- French: “Fort Mandan”
- German: “Fort Mandan”
- Italian: “Fort Mandan”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Mandan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site and Hensler.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Mandan”. Photo: Gooseterrain2, CC BY-SA 3.0.