Lake Sakakawea State Park
Lake Sakakawea State Park is a public recreation area occupying 739 acres on the southern shore of Lake Sakakawea in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The state park is located adjacent to the Garrison Dam, one mile north of Pick City.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Garrison Dam.
Garrison Dam
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River in central North Dakota, U.S. Constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1947 to 1953, at over two miles in length, the dam is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pick City and Riverdale.
Pick City
Village
Pick City is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 123 at the 2020 census. Pick City was founded in 1946 and named after Lewis A.
Riverdale
Village
Riverdale is a town in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 223 at the 2020 census. Riverdale was the largest of the construction camps that sprang up in 1946 to house workers building the Garrison Dam just to the west. Riverdale is situated 4 miles southeast of Lake Sakakawea State Park.
Lake Sakakawea State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in North Dakota, USA
- Categories: North Dakota state park and recreation area
- Location: Mercer, North Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.5197° or 47° 31′ 11″ northLongitude
-101.44993° or 101° 26′ 60″ westElevation
1,890 feet (576 metres)Open location code
85VWGH92+V2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1375333492OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5690064Wikidata ID
Q6477619
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Lake Sakakawea State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lake Sakakawea State Park”
- Chinese: “萨卡卡威湖州立公园”
- Chinese: “薩卡卡威湖州立公園”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Garrison and Coleharbor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Geminde Cemetery and Garrison Dam Recreational Airpark.
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