Beaver Creek Recreation Area

Beaver Creek Recreation Area is located on the north side of Beaver Bay on Lake Oahe, 16 miles west of Linton, North Dakota off Highway 1804. The lake and dam are named for the Oahe Indian Mission established in 1874 among the Lakota Sioux. Over 50 recreation areas are scattered around Lake Oahe, where camping, fishing, boating and hunting are popular. Visitors enjoy Lake Oahe for its great boating, water skiing, swimming and fishing. Many species of fish inhabit the lake, including walleye, northern pike and yellow perch. Many acres of land around the lake are open to public hunting, and a wide variety of small and large game inhabits the area, including deer, pronghorn, grouse, dove, pheasant, partridge, squirrel, rabbit and waterfowl. Beaver Creek offers a picnic shelter and 61 reservable campsites, 45 of which have 30-amp electric hookups; the group day-use picnic shelter has electric hookups as well. Amenities include seasonal flush toilets, vault toilets and drinking water in peak season. A three-lane boat ramp and two docks are on site, with another single-lane ramp and dock on the southeast side of the bay, and a fish cleaning station with peak-season water and electricity near the boat ramp. Younger campers love the park's playgrounds and nature trail. Lake Oahe, the fourth largest reservoir by overall water volume in the United States, covers 370,000 surface acres and extends 231 miles from Pierre, South Dakota to Bismarck, North Dakota. Located in the Missouri River Valley, its 2,250 miles of shoreline are made up of mixed grass prairie dotted with trees that grow down to the shore in occasional steep draws.