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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · ND

Downstream Campground (ND)

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 14 opens May 14.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night: $16–$26Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 114111 on recreation.gov

Photos · USACE

79 ftLongest rig

1,700 ftElevation

726 ftWater · an unnamed stream

11.2 miS of Garrison, ND

0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices

In the agency’s own words

The Downstream Campground is located on the East bank of the Missouri River below the Garrison Dam, which forms Lake Sakakawea. The area offers a wide variety of recreational activities, including boating, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, sailing, scuba diving, bird watching, and hunting. In the winter time the area offers a cross country ski trails and bow hunting opportunities. For more information, please visit the Garrision Dam & Lake Sakakawea website here . Keep reading

Recreation

The Missouri River and Lake Sakakawea offers excellent boating, fishing, and hunting opportunities. Several state record fish have been caught down below the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River Tailrace and in Lake Sakakawea. Anglers fish for walleye, sauger, northern pike, bass, bluegill, crappie, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, white bass, large mouth and small mouth bass. Chinook salmon can be also found in the lake, the only body of water in the state with this species. The best catfishing around is found directly below Garrison Dam on the Missouri River. Younger visitors love the three playgrounds in the campground, while the volleyball courts and horseshoe pits are enjoyed by campers of all ages. There is an amphiteater located in the campground which offers events for families with kids. Saturday nights usually show a outdoor movie and offer games or ranger staff to provide a interpretive program. The nearby trout fishing pond has a fishing pier for easy access along miles of hiking and biking trails leading to the National Fish Hatchery for hours of family filled fun! The Riverdale State Wildlife Management Area is also located directly across the campground and offers great hunting opportunities, its 2,250 wooded acres are open to hunting for deer, pheasants, sharp-tail grouse, cottontail rabbits, and tree squirrels during open seasons.

Facilities

The campground consists of three loops with 98 electrical sites with either a 50/30/20 amp or 30/20 amp service and one loop for primitive camping with 16 primitive campsites; all sites have picnic tables and grills. Several amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, drinking water, a fill and dump station, paved roads, paved sites, playground equipment, volleyball, and horseshoe pits.

Natural Features

The campground is located in a beautiful nautral cottonwood forest and is situated along the Missouri River with open grassy areas. Walk along the sand dunes along the Missouri River or the miles of walking trails leading to the National Fish Hatchery and trout fishing pond. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (701) 654-7411.

Nearby Attractions

Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery is minutes from the campground and is open to the public. A visitor center, complete with five 400-gallon aquariums, provides great opportunities to view the fish of North Dakota in their environment. The Garrison Dam Power Plant offers tours during the months of June, July and the first part of August on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 2pm. Lake Sakakawea State Park Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Charges & Cancellations Reservation changes and cancellations can be made on Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. For more information on rules and policies regarding reservation cancellations and changes, please visit: https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies .

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

For reservations please call, 1-877-444-6777

Rule

For campground information call, (701) 654-7440

Rule

For park ranger staff call, (701) 654-7411

Everything else this campground posts · 4

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Rule

OHV's, Golf Carts, ATV's are NOT allowed within Campground.

Rule

Only one camping unit (RV/tent) is allowed per campsite; doubling up is not permitted. Other local rules may apply.

Rule

Required equipment of either a RV, Trailer or Tent must be placed on reserved site.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 114
Hookups: 95 electric
Longest rig: 79 ft
Paved pads: 98 of 114
Accessible sites: 5
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Vault Toilets; “…Several amenities include flush and vault toilets, showers, drinking water, a fill and dump station,…”
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; SHOWERS on 1 of 114 campsite records
Drinking water: Yes; “…flush and vault toilets, showers, drinking water, a fill and dump station, paved roads, paved sites,…”
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Playground: Yes
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description and counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River; Amphitheater; Backpacking; Biking; Birding; Boating; Canoeing; Cross Country Skiing; Fishing; Hiking; Hunting; Ranger programs; Paddling; Picnicking; Scenic drives
Night sky · 19th darkest of 27 in ND: Bortle 4
Cell signal · Cell signal · Army Corps says: Yes

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own per-site records, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise. · Sep 8, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

recreation.gov lists 111 of the 114 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 14, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 14, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nights2-night minimum on weekendsthe facility record

A night$16–$26plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$48–$68DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

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Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

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Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$16–$26

Tent Only Nonelectric$16

Standard Electric$26

Friday and Saturday, added$4

These are next season’s rates, May 14, 2027 to Sep 14, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.

Camping reservations can be made at Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$24–$34

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48–$68

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $16–$26 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking, plus the agency’s published $4 weekend rate on Friday and Saturday. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“Reservation changes and cancellations can be made on Recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777. For more information on rules and policies regarding reservation cancellations and changes, please visit: https://www.recreation.gov/rules-reservation-policies .” · this campground’s own terms

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 6

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

114 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 111 mapped sites

72 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop LNU4 102 164 ftLoop LNU2 033 126 ftLoop LNU4 107 113 ftLoop LNU4 117 108 ftLoop LNU4 108 105 ft

Least roomLoop LNU1 022 36 ftLoop LNU1 025 36 ftLoop LNU1 020 45 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 114 sites

114 of 114 sites located

Standard16RV / electric95Type not stated3

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 035 036 037 038 039 040 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 98 of the 114 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 95 of the 114 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.


LNU1	001	standard electric	74 ft	50 amp		92 ft	429 ft	196 ft	$26
LNU1	002	standard electric	47 ft	30 amp		92 ft	484 ft	285 ft	$26
LNU1	003	type not stated	65 ft	30 amp			455 ft	324 ft
LNU1	004	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		62 ft	379 ft	279 ft	$26
LNU1	005	standard electric	66 ft	30 amp		69 ft	349 ft	345 ft	$26
LNU1	006	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		62 ft	318 ft	286 ft	$26
LNU1	007	standard electric	68 ft	30 amp		76 ft	242 ft	306 ft	$26
LNU1	008	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		71 ft	292 ft	220 ft	$26
LNU1	009	standard electric	67 ft	30 amp		71 ft	231 ft	219 ft	$26
LNU1	010	standard electric	70 ft	30 amp		66 ft	243 ft	157 ft	$26
LNU1	011	standard electric	73 ft	50 amp		80 ft	322 ft	91 ft	$26
LNU1	012	standard electric	69 ft	30 amp		62 ft	260 ft	116 ft	$26
LNU1	013	standard electric	42 ft	30 amp		62 ft	258 ft	97 ft	$26
LNU1	014	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp	yes	62 ft	218 ft	120 ft	$26
LNU1	015	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		67 ft	185 ft	160 ft	$26
LNU1	016	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		57 ft	182 ft	208 ft	$26
LNU1	017	standard electric	43 ft	30 amp		56 ft	239 ft	184 ft	$26
LNU1	018	standard electric	79 ft	50 amp		53 ft	234 ft	279 ft	$26
LNU1	019	standard electric	44 ft	30 amp		56 ft	277 ft	216 ft	$26
LNU1	020	standard electric	43 ft	50 amp		45 ft	286 ft	276 ft	$26
LNU1	021	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		45 ft	331 ft	289 ft	$26
LNU1	022	standard electric	48 ft	30 amp		36 ft	335 ft	229 ft	$26
LNU1	023	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		63 ft	387 ft	282 ft	$26
LNU1	024	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		45 ft	444 ft	280 ft	$26
LNU1	025	standard electric	58 ft	30 amp		36 ft	365 ft	217 ft	$26
LNU1	026	standard electric	69 ft	50 amp		45 ft	455 ft	251 ft	$26
LNU1	027	standard electric	63 ft	30 amp		56 ft	379 ft	173 ft	$26
LNU1	028	standard electric	65 ft	30 amp		72 ft	397 ft	118 ft	$26
LNU1	029	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		72 ft	468 ft	169 ft	$26
LNU1	030	standard electric	54 ft	30 amp		75 ft	469 ft	138 ft	$26
LNU2	031	standard electric	52 ft	30 amp		61 ft	761 ft	219 ft	$26
LNU2	032	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		61 ft	799 ft	278 ft	$26
LNU2	033	standard electric	60 ft	30 amp		126 ft	675 ft	291 ft	$26
LNU2	035	standard electric	53 ft	30 amp		70 ft	560 ft	354 ft	$26
LNU2	036	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		70 ft	581 ft	419 ft	$26
LNU2	037	standard electric	60 ft	30 amp		73 ft	474 ft	359 ft	$26
LNU2	038	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		73 ft	403 ft	405 ft	$26
LNU2	039	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		74 ft	362 ft	389 ft	$26
LNU2	040	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp	yes	64 ft	366 ft	342 ft	$26
LNU2	042	standard electric	63 ft	30 amp		64 ft	423 ft	294 ft	$26
LNU2	043	type not stated	47 ft	50 amp			408 ft	297 ft
LNU2	044	standard electric	47 ft	50 amp		86 ft	418 ft	290 ft	$26
LNU2	045	standard electric	58 ft	30 amp		92 ft	506 ft	199 ft	$26
LNU2	046	standard electric	62 ft	30 amp		87 ft	549 ftMissouri River	145 ft	$26
LNU2	047	standard electric	53 ft	50 amp	yes	87 ft	484 ftMissouri River	206 ft	$26
LNU2	048	standard electric	61 ft	30 amp	yes	91 ft	576 ftMissouri River	153 ft	$26
LNU2	049	standard electric	53 ft	30 amp		91 ft	532 ftMissouri River	241 ft	$26
LNU2	050	standard electric	60 ft	30 amp		80 ft	620 ftMissouri River	274 ft	$26
LNU2	052	standard electric	61 ft	30 amp	yes	71 ft	676 ftMissouri River	325 ft	$26
LNU2	053	standard electric	49 ft	30 amp		71 ft	643 ftMissouri River	390 ft	$26
LNU2	054	standard electric	59 ft	30 amp		56 ft	830 ftMissouri River	516 ft	$26
LNU2	055	standard electric	75 ft	30 amp		56 ft	887 ftMissouri River	534 ft	$26
LNU2	056	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		91 ft	981 ftMissouri River	502 ft	$26
LNU2	057	standard electric	62 ft	50 amp		85 ft	1,011 ftMissouri River	459 ft	$26
LNU2	058	standard electric	62 ft	30 amp		65 ft	937 ftMissouri River	376 ft	$26
LNU2	059	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		68 ft	988 ftMissouri River	377 ft	$26
LNU2	060	standard electric	61 ft	30 amp		65 ft	920 ftMissouri River	321 ft	$26
LNU2	061	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		69 ft	970 ftMissouri River	305 ft	$26
LNU2	062	standard electric	56 ft	30 amp		69 ft	901 ftMissouri River	239 ft	$26
LNU2	063	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		81 ft	936 ft	270 ft	$26
LNU3	064	type not stated	58 ft	50 amp			860 ftMissouri River	971 ft
LNU3	065	standard electric	61 ft	50 amp		76 ft	772 ftMissouri River	982 ft	$26
LNU3	066	standard electric	61 ft	30 amp		64 ft	592 ftMissouri River	1,015 ft	$26
LNU3	067	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		64 ft	630 ftMissouri River	958 ft	$26
LNU3	068	standard electric	46 ft	30 amp		68 ft	554 ftMissouri River	953 ft	$26
LNU3	069	standard electric	51 ft	50 amp		64 ft	582 ftMissouri River	891 ft	$26
LNU3	070	standard electric	52 ft	30 amp		64 ft	518 ftMissouri River	884 ft	$26
LNU3	071	standard electric	58 ft	30 amp		72 ft	532 ftMissouri River	781 ft	$26
LNU3	072	standard electric	53 ft	50 amp		67 ft	601 ftMissouri River	797 ft	$26
LNU3	073	standard electric	55 ft	30 amp		67 ft	606 ftMissouri River	731 ft	$26
LNU3	074	standard electric	59 ft	30 amp		63 ft	680 ftMissouri River	770 ft	$26
LNU3	075	standard electric	58 ft	30 amp		63 ft	683 ftMissouri River	707 ft	$26
LNU3	076	standard electric	59 ft	30 amp		75 ft	754 ftMissouri River	760 ft	$26
LNU3	077	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		72 ft	779 ftMissouri River	693 ft	$26
LNU3	078	standard electric	59 ft	30 amp		72 ft	850 ftMissouri River	720 ft	$26
LNU3	079	standard electric	53 ft	30 amp		72 ft	852 ftMissouri River	812 ft	$26
LNU3	080	standard electric	51 ft	30 amp		72 ft	924 ftMissouri River	832 ft	$26
LNU3	081	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		80 ft	908 ftMissouri River	899 ft	$26
LNU3	082	standard electric	66 ft	30 amp		83 ft	919 ftMissouri River	1,041 ft	$26
LNU3	083	standard electric	56 ft	30 amp		89 ft	830 ftMissouri River	1,048 ft	$26
LNU3	084	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		76 ft	736 ftMissouri River	1,055 ft	$26
LNU3	085	standard electric	55 ft	30 amp		78 ft	606 ftMissouri River	1,104 ft	$26
LNU3	086	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		77 ft	680 ftMissouri River	1,119 ft	$26
LNU3	087	standard electric	54 ft	30 amp		78 ft	613 ftMissouri River	1,176 ft	$26
LNU3	088	standard electric	53 ft	50 amp		78 ft	698 ftMissouri River	1,189 ft	$26
LNU3	089	standard electric	62 ft	30 amp		79 ft	636 ftMissouri River	1,257 ft	$26
LNU3	090	standard electric	63 ft	30 amp		88 ft	693 ftMissouri River	1,328 ft	$26
LNU3	091	standard electric	49 ft	30 amp		68 ft	780 ftMissouri River	1,315 ft	$26
LNU3	092	standard electric	59 ft	50 amp		68 ft	823 ftMissouri River	1,256 ft	$26
LNU3	093	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		75 ft	862 ftMissouri River	1,316 ft	$26
LNU3	094	standard electric	61 ft	30 amp		75 ft	906 ftMissouri River	1,251 ft	$26
LNU3	095	standard electric	53 ft	50 amp		67 ft	953 ftMissouri River	1,312 ft	$26
LNU3	096	standard electric	51 ft	30 amp		65 ft	981 ftMissouri River	1,250 ft	$26
LNU3	097	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		65 ft	1,041 ftMissouri River	1,276 ft	$26
LNU3	098	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		74 ft	1,073 ftMissouri River	1,210 ft	$26
LNU3	099	standard electric	55 ft	30 amp		71 ft	1,012 ftMissouri River	1,158 ft	$26
LNU3	100	standard electric	53 ft	50 amp		71 ft	1,061 ftMissouri River	1,109 ft	$26
LNU3	101	standard electric	57 ft	30 amp		73 ft	992 ftMissouri River	1,080 ft	$26
LNU4	102	standard nonelectric				164 ft	107 ftMissouri River
LNU4	103	standard nonelectric				97 ft	79 ftMissouri River
LNU4	104	standard nonelectric				97 ft	146 ftMissouri River
LNU4	105	standard nonelectric				82 ft	126 ftMissouri River
LNU4	106	standard nonelectric				82 ft	123 ftMissouri River
LNU4	107	standard nonelectric				113 ft	105 ftMissouri River
LNU4	108	standard nonelectric				105 ft	104 ftMissouri River
LNU4	109	standard nonelectric				73 ft	89 ftMissouri River
LNU4	110	standard nonelectric				61 ft	94 ftMissouri River
LNU4	111	standard nonelectric				61 ft	139 ftMissouri River
LNU4	112	standard nonelectric				86 ft	149 ftMissouri River
LNU4	113	standard nonelectric				90 ft	111 ftMissouri River
LNU4	114	standard nonelectric				89 ft	264 ftMissouri River
LNU4	115	standard nonelectric				89 ft	259 ftMissouri River
LNU4	116	standard nonelectric				105 ft	231 ftMissouri River
LNU4	117	standard nonelectric				108 ft	204 ftMissouri River

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 114 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate47.48222, -101.42611

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phoneFOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: FROM MAY 15 - SEPT 15: 701-654

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

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Summit Campground85 mi

CCC Campground (ND)Little Missouri National Grassland · 87 mi

Getting there

- From Bismarck, North Dakota, take Highway 83 north and turn left on Highway 200 west toward Riverdale. After crossing the Spillway Bridge, take a left on Tow Road. At bottom intersection of the dam, turn left and go 1/4 mile east, then turn right onto the campground access road.

- From Minot, North Dakota, take Highway 83 south and turn right onto Highway 48. At intersection, turn right onto Highway 200 west toward Riverdale. After crossing the Spillway Bridge, take a left on Tow Road. At bottom intersection of the dam, turn left and go 1/4 mile east, then turn right onto the campground access road.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight36°Mostly Clear

Saturday73°Sunny

Saturday Night45°Partly Cloudy

Sunday61°Sunny

NWS forecast for Pick City, ND

Source: National Weather Service, BIS forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 32°F, day 54°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 2°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°-10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: GARRISON, ND (USW00094041), 11 miles away and 210 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Downstream Campground (ND) is in North Dakota’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Julie Fedorchak (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 111 of the 114 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 114 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.32 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 27 rated federal campgrounds in North Dakota · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

“the agency's own site records list "CELL PHONE SERVICE" on 34 of 114 campsites here”

Nearest place of any size: Pick City, ND, 2.2 mi SE. Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026