Wheels Across the Prairie Museum

Relocated buildings and newly constructed ones are lined up to form a small village. Each of the buildings has a different theme or purpose. There's also a train depot with a train, a church, and a large barn containing an enormous amount of donated items that are randomly arranged.

Paved paths run between the buildings. Most of the buildings have high thresholds making entering difficult without assistance. 

The parking lot is shallow with only one entrance/exit. We parked sideways to avoid sticking out too far.  Visitors who are towing may be able to park in one of the adjacent businesses.  Museum  44.2384, -95.63579

 

Sertoma Park

 The four miles of paved trails that loop around Sertoma Park pass by picnic shelters, play grounds, volley ball, tennis, and pickle ball courts, a zoo, and a small amusement park. We walked/rolled about 1 1/2 miles. The trail is very nice and connects to other trails so if we're in Bismarck again we'll definitely return to the park. 

 

The zoo lot is the only one with spaces that can be pulled through. RVs will fit in the other lots if backed in or parked across the spaces. We fit in the only shady lot by backing up over the grass.  Park  46.80284, -100.80709 

 

Lewis and Clark Trail Museum

Alexander, North Dakota, which was founded in 1905, grew slowly as homesteaders arrived from Norway, Germany, and Ireland and it remains a small town with a population that barely tops 300. 

The museum focuses on the early settlers. An entire room features  cases filled with individual family histories and artifacts.  

Other exhibits cover farming, ranching, and local businesses. Besides the main museum, which is housed in the old Alexander schoolhouse, there's a log cabin, a sheepherder’s wagon, a church, an old Boy Scout headquarters building, and a building with trucks, tractors, and wagons on display. A number of large petrified redwood stumps are located on the grounds of the museum. 

The entrance to the main museum is under repair and will have a ramp when the repairs are completed. The first floor doesn't have much on display but there is a stairlift to the second floor. The lift was too high for me to transfer into so Tony lifted me onto it. This was the first time I'd tried a lift like this and I found it rather scary. The third floor is not accessible.

Ramps access the other buildings and the interiors are accessible. 

RVs can be parked along the street. Museum  47.84517, -103.6418

  

Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge

The wildlife refuge surrounds Lake Bowdoin, an oxbow that was part of a pre-glacial Missouri River that flowed farther north than it currently does. The refuge which includes saline and freshwater wetlands, prairie, and marsh, supplies a resting, feeding, and breeding habitat for thousands of birds and other wildlife. 

Activities include photography, hiking, cross-country skiing, and upland bird and waterfowl hunting. A 15 mile driving tour circles the lake. A .4 mile paved trail starts near the visitor center.

We visited on a summer day and while we would usually walk along part of the gravel driving tour road we decided to just do the .4 mile trail due to the heat. The trail is accessible and makes a loop through the grasslands and around a small pond. The visitor center was closed so we didn't get to visit it. 

Our 25' RV fit in the accessible space at the trailhead. The visitor center parking lot is large enough for any vehicle.  It's a short uphill hike to the trailhead from the lot. Refuge   48.39353, -107.72923

 

Summit Campground

 The sites in this small campground are tucked into the trees and surrounded by wildflowers. Amenities include tables, fire rings, and vault toilets. Fresh water is not always available. There's some noise from US 2 and the nearby rail line. 

 None of the sites are designated accessible. We camped in site 5 which has room for an RV and tow vehicle so it was wide enough to deploy my lift. The table and fire ring are down a slight slope.   Campground  48.31968, -113.3509

Sherman Pass Log Flume Heritage Site

 The heritage site has picnic tables, vault toilets and two paved trails. We couldn't find the entrance to the Log Flume Interpretive Trail 77 but I think it's near the toilets. The Log Flume Trail 93 starts at the west end of the parking lot and has a sign designating it as the Canyon Creek Trail. 

We walked/rolled along the Canyon Creek Trail from the heritage site parking lot to the Canyon Creek Campground, about a mile one way. The trail is paved, accessible, and climbs gently but steadily uphill. The deck of the bridge that crosses Sherman Creek does not fit flush to the ground. 

 

The parking lot has spaces long enough for RVs. Heritage Site 48.58274, -118.22628