Campground · Theodore Roosevelt National Park
A trailhead campground just across the river from the North Unit.
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The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Theodore Roosevelt Tour Guide
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Theodore Roosevelt National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
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Longhorn Steer Pullout: The Cattle-Drive Story“Up ahead is Longhorn Steer Pullout, a quick stop for the cattle-drive story.”
Plays on the road 0.7 mi from CCC Campground in the Parkwolf Theodore Roosevelt Tour Guide.
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CCC Campground is a developed campground on Little Missouri National Grassland, just across the river from Theodore Roosevelt National Park’s North Unit. It’s a practical overnight base for park visits and a trailhead in its own right, with open Badlands views. It sits outside the park, so plan on driving between camp and the North Unit.
The Long X Trail starts here and runs about 5.8 miles one way to the Maah Daah Hey Trail; linking them makes an approximately 11-mile loop through Badlands terrain. That’s a full hike or ride, not a quick campground stroll. Long X follows an 1880s cattle-driving route through the northern Badlands. Theodore Roosevelt ran cattle in the region, but he isn’t known to have driven his herds on this stretch.
The campground has vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, grills and parking at the sites; some sites have electrical hookups. The equestrian loop has corrals and hitchrails, and cyclists will find wash and repair stations near the trailheads. Trash is pack-in, pack-out, and there’s no dump station. Water availability is unclear, so confirm before relying on it. Watford City is the nearest stop for restaurants and other supplies.
Wildlife
1,082 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
346 sightingsWild HorseMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
27 sightingsWapitiMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
45 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
87 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
162 sightingsMule DeerMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Theodore Roosevelt. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
Keep exploring
ChallengingBuckhorn Trail11.4 mi · 7 hr · 1 mi awayA full-day loop through prairie dog towns and difficult open prairie.
EasyLittle Mo Trail — Unpaved Outer Loop1.1 mi · 38 min · 2.8 mi awayThe unpaved 1.1-mile loop pairs river-bottom woods with open badlands.
EasyLittle Mo Trail — Paved Inner Loop0.7 mi · 36 min · 2.8 mi awayA short paved loop beneath the cottonwoods, with a creek footbridge.
ChallengingAchenbach Trail18 mi · 11 hr · 3 mi awayA full-day loop with two Little Missouri crossings.
ModerateCaprock Coulee Trail4.3 mi · 2.5 hr · 4.1 mi awayA wooded coulee climbs to a narrow ridge over the Little Missouri.
EasyCaprock Coulee Nature Trail1.6 mi · 1.3 hr · 4.1 mi awayA short badlands walk where water has drawn the walls into folds.EasyPrairie Dog Town via the Buckhorn Trail1.5 mi · 1 hr · 4.1 mi awayA short Buckhorn walk to a prairie dog town.
ChallengingNorth Achenbach Trail5.5 mi · 4.5 hr · 4.1 mi awayA one-way badlands crossing to Oxbow's river overlook.
Scenic pullout · 0.7 mi awayLonghorn Steer PulloutA good roadside pause for the longhorn story, not a sure sighting.
Visitor center · 1.2 mi awayNorth Unit Visitor CenterA 17-minute film before the North Unit's 28-mile out-and-back drive.
Scenic pullout · 1.3 mi awaySlump Block PulloutA quick geology stop in bighorn sheep country.
Sight · 2.7 mi awayCannonball ConcretionsSpheres reach about five feet across, just off the scenic drive.
Campground · 2.7 mi awayJuniper CampgroundThe North Unit's only campground, where bison may wander through.
Sight · 5 mi awayRiver Bend OverlookA CCC stone shelter frames the Little Missouri River's bend.Parkwolf’s Theodore Roosevelt ranking
The audio tour guide for the drive, plus offline maps, trails, and wildlife heatmaps for when the signal drops.
