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Little Missouri State Park

{{short description|Park in North Dakota, USA}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| label = Little Missouri State Park

| location = Dunn County, North Dakota, United States

| nearest_city = Killdeer, North Dakota

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| area = {{convert|6492.93|acre|abbr=on}}

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| established = 1971

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| designation = North Dakota state park

| administrator = North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department

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Little Missouri State Park is a public recreation area of over {{convert|6000|acre}} located on the western side of the Little Missouri River, near the river's confluence with Lake Sakakawea, {{convert|10|mi|spell=in}} north of Killdeer, North Dakota. Much of the state park consists of badlands terrain that is only accessible by trail. The park has more than {{convert|45|mi}} of trails as well as campgrounds for hiking and equestrian use. The majority of the park's area is managed under lease from federal and private owners.

Visitors' experiences of the park have been impacted by major oil drilling operations in the Killdeer area that began in 2011 and that include land within the park. In 2015, the oil company ConocoPhillips agreed to move trails at its own expense to skirt hikers and riders around well sites. In 2016, Governor Jack Dalrymple asked that drillers make a concerted effort "to preserve the view-scape as much as possible."

References

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{{cite web |title=Little Missouri State Park |url=https://www.parkrec.nd.gov/little-missouri-state-park-0 |publisher=North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}

{{cite web |url=https://gishubdata-ndgov.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/1559f698420942b08e06138ccecd5a74_0/explore?showTable=true |title=State Parks Data Table |publisher=North Dakota Geographic Information Systems |date=December 26, 2018 |access-date=July 19, 2024}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.parkrec.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Destinations/Little%20Mo/lmosp_main_map.pdf |title=Little Missouri State Park Map |publisher=North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department |page=11 |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/3801246-oil-company-pay-moving-hiking-riding-trails-little-missouri-state-park |title=Oil company to pay for moving hiking, riding trails at Little Missouri State Park |first=Lauren |last=Donavan |date=July 20, 2015 |publisher=Dickinson Press |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.hcn.org/issues/49.20/public-lands-a-tale-of-two-parks-how-the-bakken-boom-transformed-a-landscape |title=A tale of two parks: How the Bakken boom transformed a landscape |first=Emily |last=Guerin |date=November 27, 2017 |newspaper=High Country News |accessdate=May 29, 2020}}

{{cite news |url=http://bakken.com/news/id/251980/nd-governor-to-og-please-preserve-little-missouri-state-park/ |title=ND Governor to O&G – Preserve Little Missouri State Park |first=Zach |last=Koppang |date=February 23, 2016 |publisher=Bakken.com |accessdate=May 18, 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224083833/http://bakken.com/news/id/251980/nd-governor-to-og-please-preserve-little-missouri-state-park/ |archivedate=February 24, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.parkrec.nd.gov/50th/depthistory.html |title=Historical Overview |publisher=North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department |accessdate=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003914/http://www.parkrec.nd.gov/50th/depthistory.html |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

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External links

  • [https://www.parkrec.nd.gov/little-missouri-state-park-0 Little Missouri State Park] North Dakota Parks and Recreation
  • [https://www.parkrec.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Destinations/Little%20Mo/lmosp_main_map.pdf Little Missouri State Park Map] North Dakota Parks and Recreation

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Category:State parks of North Dakota

Category:Protected areas of Dunn County, North Dakota

Category:Protected areas established in 1971

Category:1971 establishments in North Dakota

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