Find rest and relaxation, or adventure and excitement when you visit Dry Creek Hideaway. Check out the extensive list of “things-to-do” below!
Each year thousands of travelers from around the country discover this unique handmade pottery shop nestled quietly in the small town of Beach, North Dakota.
Prairie Fire Pottery is prized by collectors and pottery enthusiasts for its beautifully complex glaze colors. All the pottery is hand made from stoneware clay and high-fired to 2400°.
Visit the Golden Valley County Museum for a look into the history of North Dakota prairie living. This museum is run by volunteers and has free admission.
Located just 55 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway, cross state lines to see some beautiful terrain in this Montana state park.
Bully Pulpit is ranked one of America’s 100 greatest public golf courses. It is tucked right into the heart of the North Dakota Badlands, just 42 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway. It is unlike any other golf course you’ve been on before.
The museum houses more than 24 full-size dinosaurs plus numerous singular fossils. It also houses informative exhibits explaining the origin of the geologic column, the fossil record, the age of the earth, as well as a Biblical history exhibit, a theater and a gift shop.
The trail symbol is the turtle. For the Lakota Sioux Indians, the turtle symbolizes firm determination, steadfastness, patience, long life and fortitude. The north end of the trail begins at the Civilian Conservation Corps campground then winds its way 97 miles to its southern end at Sully Creek State Park.
This remote campground offers recreationists the true grasslands camping experience and is located just 30 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway. Large open sites provide visitors with plenty of space to accommodate large RV’s, trailers, and tents. Equestrian users will appreciate the large trail head located adjacent to the campground which provides easy access to the Maah Daah Hey and nearby Buffalo Gap Trail. Amenities include: 10 campsites, a hand pump with potable water, picnic tables, fire rings, hitching rails, and one vault toilet. This campground operates under a Pack-it-In-Pack-it-Out policy.
Located 37 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway, the Elkhorn Ranch Unit preserves the place Roosevelt selected to be his “home ranch” after the deaths of his wife and mother. This unit of the park has a special, solemn character. There are no visitor centers, facilities, or scenic roads. (But driving to the unit is quite scenic!) A 0.7 mile mowed pathway leads from the parking area to the cabin site. Only the cabin’s foundation stones remain. Visitors can sense the peace and quiet Roosevelt found at this special place in the Badlands. The last three miles of the route sometimes requires 4-wheel drive and/or a high clearance vehicle, especially in the winter or during and after rain showers.
Located 83 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway, Fort Buford State Historic Site preserves remnants of a vital frontier plains military post. Fort Buford was built in 1866 near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, and became a major supply depot for military field operations. Original features still existing on the site include a stone powder magazine, the post cemetery site, and a large officers’ quarters building which now houses a museum.
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The Medora Musical runs from the 2nd Wednesday in June to the 2nd Saturday in September. The amphitheater is set in the hillside of the Badlands overlooking the Little Missouri river valley. Click on the link for more information.
Dickinson Museum Center is a 12 acre campus conveniently located just off Interstate 94 in Dickinson, North Dakota. The Center consists of four complimentary areas to explore.
Located 85 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway, between 1828 and 1867, Fort Union was the most important fur trade post on the Upper Missouri River. Here, the Assiniboine and six other Northern Plains Tribes exchanged buffalo robes and smaller furs for goods from around the world, including cloth, guns, blankets, and beads. A bastion of peaceful coexistence, the post annually traded over 25,000 buffalo robes and $100,000 in merchandise.
Located 85 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway, the Enchanted Highway begins at Exit 72 on I-94 near Gladstone and terminates 32 miles down the road in the small town of Regent. Beginning with “Geese in Flight” at Exit 72, large metal sculptures are placed along the county highway, each with parking a area and kiosk except “Geese in Flight,” which is viewable from adjacent interstate. Sculptures include “World’s Largest Tin Family,” “Teddy Rides Again,” “Pheasants on the Prairie,” “Grasshoppers in the Field,” “Deer Crossing” and “Fisherman’s Dream.” The gift shop in Regent has miniatures of each statue and the Enchanted Castle motel and restaurant offer hot meals and a soft bed.
Located 38 miles from Dry Creek Hideaway, the mission of the Theodore Roosevelt Preseidential Library is to “build a library befitting the unique legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.” This library is currently in the concepting and building phase and will be open to the public in the future. Get more details at the link below.
Purchase our very own home raised, 100% grassfed and grass finished beef or farm fresh eggs from right here on the ranch. Our beef is raised here on the ranch and processed through our producer owned processing facility (6 in 1 Meats) in New Salem, ND. We are truly pasture to plate!
Feiring’s Grassfed Beef operates this service on the honor system. Please reference the price of the products below. Payment can be made by cash or check in the dropbox or via Venmo (comment BEEF). Thank you for allowing us to provide this service! Our beef and eggs are raised with no antibiotics, no added hormones and no chemicals on the land or the livestock. We keep the following items in stock year round:
1 lb ground beef – $6/pkg
1.5 lb ground beef – $9/pkg
1.5 lb all beef summer sausage – $15/pkg – all natural, no MSG, no added nitrites or nitrates
Beef sticks – $8/pkg – original, jalapeno and teriyaki – Original and jalapeno have no MSG and no added nitrates or nitrites
Eggs – $4/dozen – farm fresh pastured eggs
Coffee shop, quick lunches, western wear, gifts and jewelry. Great little place to sit down and have a cup of coffee and visit.
Coffee shop, flower shop, quick lunches, gifts, liquor store.
Coffee shop and gifts.
Stop in and say hello to our friend Jordan. This is an amazing little boutique with all the Pendleton products your heart desires.
An amazing book store in Medora that offers the newest releases to history books about North Dakota.
For now, there are hiking and biking options on the Maah Daah Hey Trail, as well as, at Makoshika State Park. Dakota Cyclery in Medora offers a bike rental and shuttle service. Click on the link for more information. At some point in the future, we will be offering hiking and biking paths on the ranch.
Horseback riding is available on the Maah Daah Hey Trail, which is a short drive from Dry Creek Hideaway. At some point in the future, we will be offering riding trails on the ranch.
Western North Dakota offers hunting for many species, including mule deer, whitetail deer, pronghorn antelope, elk, pheasants, grouse, prairie dogs and many other furbearer species. Odland Dam is well known for its fishing. It is 117 acres in size and 17 feet deep. When fishing, anglers can expect to catch a variety of fish including bluegill, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye and yellow perch. The Little Missouri River is also well known for its catfish fishing.
There are many opportunities for birding in the area, including on our own ranch. We have inventoried a little over 50 species of birds on our ranch.
Surround yourself with nature and keep your eye out for pheasants, grouse, white tailed deer, mule deer, elk, antelope, turkeys, mountain lions, big horn sheep, beaver, grassland nesting birds.
There are endless opportunities to stargaze at the ranch. Drive up on top of the hill, lay out a blanket and enjoy the wide open spaces.
