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Killdeer Mountain Four Bears Scenic Byway

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  • Some of the most picturesque Badlands scenery can be found along the Killdeer Mountain Four Bears Scenic Byway.
  • Wind, erosion and water carved the Badlands landscape.
  • Killdeer Mountain Battlefield State Historic Site
  • Interpretive signs at Crow Flies High tell the history of the people who lived along the Missouri River, as well as the development story of Lake Sakakawea.
  • Private earthlodge. A portion of the byway is within the Three Affiliated Tribes Reservation.
  • Killdeer Battlefield was the site of an 1864 battle between General Alfred Sully and his troops and the Sioux.
  • North Dakota Badlands vista.
  • Little Missouri State Park entrance.
  • The Little Missouri River is North Dakota's only designated State Scenic River.
  • McKenzie Bay on Lake Sakakawea.
  • This azimuth mark, based on true north rather than magnetic north, is used for survey work.
  • Medicine Hole is one of the few natural caves found in North Dakota.
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