Jamestown (North Dakota)

Jamestown is a city of 15,527 residents in the Coteaus and Plains area of North Dakota.

The world's largest buffalo statue in Jamestown

Understand

Jamestown, "The Buffalo City", was originally named for the James river. It was first settled in 1872.

Peggy Lee, the jazz singer, Louis L'Amour, the western novelist, and Darin Erstad, the professional baseball player for the 2002 World Champion Anaheim Angels, are natives of Jamestown.

Get in

By car

Exits 256, 258, or 260 off I-94, about midway between Fargo and Bismarck

By plane

Get around

  • Jamestown Taxi Service, 1802 6th Ave NE, ☏ +1 701 252-4200.

See

  • 🌍 Frontier Village, 17th St SE (Exit 258, off I-94), ☏ +1 701 252-6307. year round, daily 9AM-9PM. Jamestown is home to "The World’s Largest Buffalo", named Dakota Thunder, a 60-ton cement sculpture that stands 26 feet tall and stretches 46 feet long. It was built in 1959. A number of old buildings were moved in around it to create the Frontier Village, which today attracts over 100,000 people annually. Free admission. OSM directions target=_blank
  • North American Bison Discovery Center, 500 17th St SE (near Frontier Village), ☏ +1 701-252-8648. seasonal and regular hours. See a buffalo herd and three albino buffalo, White Cloud, her son Dakota Miracle, and another albino calf, Dakota Legend. White buffalo are sacred to the Lakota people. $8 adults.
  • 🌍 Fort Steward Historic Site. OSM directions target=_blank
  • 🌍 University of Jamestown. OSM directions target=_blank
  • 🌍 North Dakota State Hospital Museum, ☏ +1 701-253-3650. Appointment required. OSM directions target=_blank

Do

  • Disc Golf, 1002 2nd Ave. SE, ☏ +1 701 252-3982. There are 2 courses in Jamestown. An 18-hole recreational course in Klaus Park, located alongside the James and Pipestem Rivers, with Innova Discatchers and cement tees, and a 27 hole championship caliber course on the Jamestown Reservoir Island with Innova Discatchers and cement tees. Map of Course

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Routes through Jamestown
Bismarck ← Dawson ←  W  E  β†’ Valley City β†’ Fargo
Minot ← Carrington ←  W  E  β†’ Valley City β†’ Fargo
Churchs Ferry ← Carrington ←  N  S  β†’ Edgeley β†’ Aberdeen
Devils Lake ← Glenfield ←  N  S  β†’ END