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North Dakota Motorcycle Roads and Trips

Motorcycle riders exploring North Dakota will find a state divided into three regions. The western portion is home to the hilly Great Plains, the Missouri River, and the third largest manmade lake in the US, Lake Sakakawea, and to an awe-inspiring area known as Badlands. Great motorcycle rides can be had through an area called the Badlands. The Badlands are a collection of valleys of stone shaped into strange and beautiful formations; buttes, cones, pyramids & domes and colored in various shades yellows, reds, grays and browns. The central portion of the state showcases gentle rolling prairie and numerous lakes. The eastern portion of the state is the flat Red River Valley which is dominated by farms and rural communities.

The Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway (Jun 05)

… this is a stretch of river valley scenery and rolling hills designated as a National Scenic Byway … passes farms, ranches, and open fields … this scenic byway is well marked with signs so you'd have to work at getting lost

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Key

Read this to understand our rating system.

All our motorcycle roads and trips are rated on three key categories:

  1. Scenery
  2. Road Quality
  3. Roadside Amenities
Read the description below for each of the categories to understand what qualities give a road a strong or weak rating in each of the categories.
Category
A 5 star rating indicates ...
 
A 1 star rating indicates ...

The scenery factor of each route is rated

Far above average scenery for that state. (Ex. mountain views, lakes, rivers, hills, or forests.)   Below average scenery for that state. (Ex. an area that simply is lacking in overall natural beauty.)

The road quality factor of each route is rated

Outstanding driving conditions.  Plenty of twists, turns & hills; well maintained roads with smooth pavement.   Straight roads over flat land or rough road conditions with
some potholes or driving
hazards such as gravel

A rating of what there is to do off the bike

Plenty of things to do when it's time to pull over.  (Ex. museums, restaurants, pull-outs, historical sites, entertainment etc.)    Little to nothing to do when it's time to pull over.  (Ex. lack of museums, restaurants, pull-outs, historical sites, entertainment etc.)