State Park · Missouri River Corridor · Missouri River; 569-acre park on the river's west bank, adjoining a much larger Nature Conservancy preserve
Verified coordinates from the source record. Still confirm the current entrance and road status before travelling.
May songbird migration; spring and fall waterfowl
Peak months in the record: May, Sep, Oct
Pick any day of the coming week for sunrise, sunset, the low-light windows and the forecast at Cross Ranch State Park.
River-bank trails; the adjoining Nature Conservancy preserve greatly expands the footprint.
ND state park vehicle permit: $7 daily / $35 annual
Bison on the preserve; keep distance. Missouri River flooding; fall hunting nearby.
The notes on this page come from the guide's fixed records and can age. These links open what the managing agency publishes right now — always the last word on access.
North Dakota Parks and Recreation (State Park)
Agency pages are found by searching the place name, so the search may list nearby units too — no page here is a stored link to a specific trailhead or gate.
No access check recorded for this place yet. Once you have confirmed the current rules with ND Parks and Rec, mark it here so you can see how fresh your information is.
This only records that you checked. It never changes the guide's access notes and is not a statement from any agency.
Nobody publishes an open fall-colour peak map, so these are the dates volunteers recorded coloured leaves in North Dakota — a handful of plants at a handful of sites, not a statewide peak. Use the official reports below for the wider picture.
Leaf-out and leaf-colour timing: USA National Phenology Network (usanpn.org).
Songbirds
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Willow thickets at eye level in morning light. In mid-May, Tennessee, Magnolia, Blackburnian, American Redstart, and Blackpoll warblers move through in the same week.
Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds
Raptors
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Watch for September kettles of circling birds riding thermals; perched birds on hay bales photograph well in evening light.
Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds
These are historical public posts collected as supporting evidence. They are not live sightings and do not guarantee current bird activity. Photos are not copied here — each entry links to the original post.
No collected post is mapped to this place. Several posts name only free-text locations — see the evidence log for those.