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Energy & Mine Tours

Beulah is known as the energy capital of North Dakota for good reason. Take a tour of one of the local coal mines – you’ll get to see the mining operation first hand along with the gigantic equipment used to strip away soil to reveal the valuable coal beneath. Then trek over and experience how that coal is used to create both electric and natural gas energy for the entire nation!

Mine tour information please call:

The Coteau Properties Company at 701-873-2281.

Energy production tour information please call:

Great Plains Synfuels Plant at 701-873-6667.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Antelope Valley Station at 701-223-0441.

Parks

In between your tours, grab a picnic lunch and enjoy one of our many city parks. Beulah boasts a large number of city parks – nearly every neighborhood has a park to enjoy! Memory Park is a beautiful place to enjoy a morning coffee – featuring bright flowers and a fountain – it’s a quiet spot in our bustling downtown. Another gem is Riverside Park, large enough to host your family reunion or outdoor wedding, there is Frisbee golf, horseshoes, a gazebo and restrooms.

Day Trips

Once you’ve settled in, take some time to go exploring. There is so much to do nearby! Make your base in Beulah and head out into the rolling hills and river breaks of Mercer County for a day of adventure.

Featured Day Trips

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Explore the lives of the Northern Plains Indians on the Upper Missouri. Earthlodge people hunted bison and other game, but were in essence farmers living in villages along the Missouri and its tributaries. The site was a major Native American trade center for hundreds of years prior to becoming an important market place for fur traders after 1750.

Address: 564 County Rd 37, Stanton, ND 58571
Area: 550 acres
Phone: (701) 745-3309
Established: October 26, 1974
Website: www.nps.gov/knri

Garrison Dam

Garrison Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Missouri River near Riverdale, North Dakota, constructed 1947-1953. The Dam created the 3^rd largest reservoir in the United States, Lake Sakakawea. Garrison Dam Powerplant consists of 5 turbines with an energy generating capability of approximately 580,000 kilowatts. Walk-in tours of the Dam and Powerhouse are available seasonally June 4-August 1 or by appointment please call 654-7411.

Address: Riverdale, ND
Dam Height: 210 feet
Completed: August 7, 1955
Phone: 701-654-7411
Website: www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/DamandLakeProjects/MissouriRiverDams/Garrison.aspx

Energy & Mine Tours

The United States has one-fourth of the world’s supply of coal – that equates to four times more energy in its coal reserves than all the oil in Saudi Arabia! Mercer County is home to several coal mines and power producing plants. Many offer tours by appointment. Give them a call to see how we’re powering not only the nation, but the world!

Mine tour information please call:

The Coteau Properties Company at 701-873-2281.

Energy production tour information please call:

Great Plains Synfuels Plant at 701-873-6667
Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Antelope Valley Station at 701-223-0041

North Country Trail

The North Country National Scenic Trail stretches approximately 4,600 miles from Crown Point in eastern New York to Lake Sakakawea State Park in central North Dakota in the United States. An easy drive from Beulah, here’s your chance to start at the Western trailhead and hike part of this beautiful national trail!

Address: Lake Sakakawea State Park 781 42 ½ St Pick City, ND
Phone: 701-487-3315
Website: https://northcountrytrail.org/