East Totten Trail Campground (nd)

East Totten Trail Campground sits on the west banks of Lake Audubon — the only campground on the entire lake. The campground and day use area offer boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, mountain biking, scuba diving, wildlife viewing and bird watching, and in winter the area offers excellent access for ice fishing and other outdoor recreation. Lake Audubon offers excellent boating, swimming and fishing. Anglers fish for walleye, sauger, northern pike, muskie, white bass, small and large mouth bass, bluegill and crappie. Chinook salmon can be found in the neighboring Lake Sakakawea, only a stone's throw away across the highway. The campground is next to the Audubon Wildlife Management Area and offers hunting opportunities. Audubon Lake, a sister lake to Lake Sakakawea, was formed with the construction of the Garrison Dam near Riverdale, N.D. The two lakes are separated by an embankment which carries US Highway 83. Audubon Lake makes up most of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Audubon National Wildlife Refuge, named in honor of John James Audubon, a naturalist and wildlife painter of the 19th century who spent the summer of 1843 collecting bird specimens and painting northern plains wildlife in the area. The campground consists of 30 campsites with electric hookups and developed concrete or gravel pads, plus 10 primitive campsites, each with a fire ring and grill. Amenities include new vault toilets, a fish cleaning station, boat ramp, shoreline access area, fill and dump station, and paved roadways. Sites sit in a nice grassy area with some trees, with a lake view from almost every campsite. The Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center is just 3 miles away on the south shore of Lake Audubon off Hwy. 83, offering guided tours and environmental education programs. The Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery, a few minutes away near Riverdale, is open to the public; its visitor center's five 400-gallon aquariums provide great opportunities to view the fish of North Dakota in their environment. The Garrison Dam Power Plant offers walking tours during June, July and the first part of August on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 2pm.