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Lake Ashtabula / Baldhill Dam

US Army Corps · Red River Valley · Red River Valley (Sheyenne River); Corps reservoir in the Sheyenne River valley

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COEUS Army CorpsVerified coordinates47.15855, -98.01211

Location

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Verified coordinates from the source record. Still confirm the current entrance and road status before travelling.

Best windows

Spring and fall migration

Peak months in the record: Apr, May, Sep, Oct

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Sunrise, sunset, light and weather

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Weather at Lake Ashtabula / Baldhill Dam

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Access, fees and cautions

Unverified access note

Access notes

Dam overlook, reservoir recreation areas, valley roads.

Fees

Free day use

Cautions

Fall hunting in the valley; spring flooding of the Sheyenne River.

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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.

Managing agency

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (US Army Corps)

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.

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This only records that you checked. It never changes the guide's access notes and is not a statement from any agency.

Leaves at this place

Live observation

When leaves turned colour

Historical evidence

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).

Birds linked to this place (2)

Painted illustration of a American White Pelican
Likely this monthFall migration
Spring
late March to May
Fall
August to October

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Photograph the colony only from established distant viewpoints; do not approach nesting islands. Synchronized cooperative fishing groups on lakes make spectacular flight and feeding shots.

Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds

Painted illustration of a Franklin's Gull
Likely this monthFall migration
Spring
early to mid-April
Fall
September to October

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Huge wheeling flocks over marshes at dawn; in breeding plumage (black hood, rosy breast) they are among the prettiest gulls.

Illustration, not a field photograph · Real photos on All About Birds

Historical photo evidence (0)

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.

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