Sakakawea Scenic Byway
Sakakawea Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in North Dakota. Within North Dakota it covers roughly 22 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Sakakawea Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
North Dakota's Sakakawea Scenic Byway runs from Washburn to Stanton along Highway 200A, retracing where Lewis and Clark wintered in 1804-05. The byway is named for Sakakawea, the young Shoshone woman who joined the expedition here as an interpreter and guide before its push to the Pacific. In Washburn, the North Dakota Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center covers that winter in detail, next to a historically accurate reconstruction of Fort Mandan, the expedition's original winter post. Near Stanton, the drive reaches the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, where visitors can walk among the earthen remains of Mandan and Hidatsa villages, including the site of the very village Sakakawea called home before she joined Lewis and Clark. Short in mileage but dense in history, the byway packs one of the best-documented chapters of the westward expedition into a single, easily driven afternoon.
- Fort Mandan reconstruction
- Knife River Indian Villages
- Sakakawea's home village
- Washburn to Stanton
- Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center
- 1804-05 winter camp
- Highway 200A
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Sakakawea Scenic Byway
No campgrounds are listed close to Sakakawea Scenic Byway yet, but there are rooms near the route.
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