Amidon is a town in the southwestern area of North Dakota. It had a population of 23 people in 2019.

Understand[edit]

Amidon has the distinction of being the smallest county seat in the US. It was founded in 1910 and named in honor of Charles Amidon, a US District Judge in Fargo, ND.

Get in[edit]

Map of Amidon

• By car: from I-94 exit 42, approx. 35 miles south on US Hy 85.

Get around[edit]

See[edit]

• White Butte, ☏ +1 701 879-6310. The highest point in North Dakota, elevation 3,506 ft. Call for permission to hike. If no answer, OK to hike but, obey trail courtesy: take only photographs, leave only footprints. 

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• Logging Camp Ranch, 5705 151st Ave. SW (1 mi W of Amidon, take "Davis Dam" exit, follow signs marked "Logging Camp Ranch"), ☏ +1 701 279-5501. Live, working ranch, from the 1880s to the present. Log cabins made from Ponderosa pine, Facilities sleep 25. 

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Eat[edit]

• Georgia's and the Owl. Near White Butte. Known for good food, particularly steaks. 

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Sleep[edit]

• Firehouse RV Park and Antiques (Hwy 85 & West St), ☏ +1 701 290-4377, [email protected]. Open May to September. 10 RV sites. 
• Logging Camp Ranch Bed and Breakfast (18 mi NW of Amidon), ☏ +1 701 279-5501, [email protected]. Set in a working ranch in scenic Badlands. Full breakfast, cabins, buffalo and bluegrass concerts. 

Go next[edit]

Williston ← Belfield ←

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→ Bowman → Spearfish