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Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway |
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State:
North Dakota
Submitted
By: "Alphadog"
Date Submitted: Jun 05
Motorcycle Type: 02 Honda VTX 1800
Motorcycle Road Length: 12 - 40 Miles
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Road Scenery: 
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This
is a stretch of river valley scenery and rolling hills
designated as a National
Scenic Byway. The road wanders through Valley City,
Kathryn and Fort Ransom following the Sheyenne River. Along
the way, it passes farms, ranches, and open fields. Particularly
for this area of North Dakota, which is characterized by
very flat, treeless prairie and farmland, this road
offers the best scenery for literally hundreds of miles
in any direction.
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Road Quality: 
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Most
of the road is rolling hills, gentle turns and good road
conditions ... VERY good by North Dakota standards. However,
after Fort Ransom, the scenic byway turns to 17 miles
of gravel. Even though the official scenic byway continues
on the gravel road, here is where I stop as I don't like
to ride motorcycles on gravel. If you don't either, I suggest
you turn around and cover the same route heading back north
to Valley City.
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Roadside Amenities:
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The
scenic byway is well marked with signs so you'd have
to work at getting lost. It has many information stations
that I didn't take the time to explore, but I'd guess point
out history or other points of interest along the way. Fort
Ransom State Park looked like it offered very good camping
facilities (again, I didn't take the time to check them
out). All of the towns along the way were beautiful and
had lots of amenities including family-run restaurants,
antique shops and other stuff. If you have the time,
you really should explore Valley City, Kathryn and Fort
Ransom.
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Take
exit 292 off Interstate 94 in Valley
City. The scenic byway goes both north and south from
that point. On my map, the route was not marked as a scenic
byway, but lots of signs in the area show that it really
is. I suggest you try going both North and South from Valley
City. If you go North, the route goes for about 12 miles
along the river (you'll be on River Road) and it takes you
up to Lake
Ashtabula. If you go south from Valley city (starting
on Kathryn Road) you'll follow the river to the town of
Kathryn
and later on this route the road changes names a lot and
if you follow the scenic byway signs you'll be fine
but if you want a list of the various road names, here they
are starting from Valley City and heading South to Fort
Ransom: Kathryn Road, 117th Ave SE or Route 21, Sheyenne
Road which at some point starts being called 118th Ave SE
(and still Route 21), and then this road T's into Hwy 46,
take a left (East) for just under 2 miles and you'll turn
right (South) on to Valley Road which will take you into
Fort Ransom State Park.
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