Alicia Underlee Nelson with PrairieStyleFile.com and Midwest Road Trip Adventures shares the region's best fall foliage and festivals

If you want to hike:
Urban Woods and Prairies
- Most people have no idea these even exist. And they’re free.
- 21 urban nature parks in Fargo-Moorhead alone
- Developed by Audubon Dakota in conjunction with local park districts
- See them here (a good link for sharing online)
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1727e8812f314ca195c7fc350725c733
- I detailed some of my favorites on Prairie Style File
https://www.prairiestylefile.com/post/nature-in-the-city-north-dakota-nature-parks-go-wild
Buffalo River State Park
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00124#maps
- About 25-50% of the leaves have changed according to the Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources (Sign up for their newsletter to get fall foliage updates)
Turtle River State Park
https://www.parkrec.nd.gov/turtle-river-state-park
- They have a Fall Luminary Walk this Saturday from 7-9 (bonfires and refreshments too)
- You can check out a pass from the West Fargo or Fargo Public Libraries and it’s free
Maplewood State Park
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00229#homepage
- 25 miles of hiking trails and 20 miles of horseback riding trails
- Includes a section of the North Country Trail that runs from North Dakota to Vermont
(The longest in the U.S.)
For a fall foliage drive
Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway
- Begins north of Valley City and winds 63 miles south to Lisbon
- Fort Ransom State Park (includes North Country Trail Route here too)
- Sheyenne National Forest.
- 2.2 mile out and back trail (4.4 miles total) in the forest leads to the state’s only
registered waterfall.
Pembina Gorge
https://www.prairiestylefile.com/post/fall-colors-in-the-pembina-gorge-and-tetrault-woods-
state-forest
- North Dakota’s largest uninterrupted stretch of woodlands
- Rendezvous Region Scenic Byway
- 30 miles of mixed-use trails for mountain bikers, horseback riders and OHV (off highway
vehicle

Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway
https://www.ndtourism.com/articles/turtle-mountain-scenic-byway
- Starts in Rolla to St. John to near Bottineau
- International Peace Garden
- Turtle Mountain State Forest - 10 miles of ATV terrain, 18 miles of multi-use trails
- Lake Metigoshe State Park - forests and lakes, great hiking trails
- Mystical Horizons - hilltop sundial called the prairie Stonehenge
If you just want to hang out at a fall festival
Red River Market (Fargo)
- Saturdays from 10-2 until the end of October
Nelsons Pumpkin Patch (Emerado)
https://nelsonspumpkinpatch.com/
- Open daily until October 29
Lost In The Valley Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch (West Fargo)
https://www.redrivervalleyfair.com/
- Open Friday-Sunday until October 30.

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