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The Scenic Drive in the North Unit is 28 miles round trip with scenery very different from the more popular South Unit. However, part of the road is often closed in the winter. |

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Lee and Karen Duquette thought
that the Buckhorn Trail was the most interesting area because of the
tilted mounds and Cannon Ball Concretions. |

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Above and Below: Cannon Balls
- large spherical boulders that were more than waist high on Karen Duquette.
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Oxbow Overlook. Here the Little Missouri River takes a hard turn to the east. The river originally continued north to Hudson Bay. During the most recent ice age, continental glaciers blocked its way, hence the turn. |

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Below: View from River Bend Overlook was a short walk from the parking area to a fantastic view of the Little Missouri floodplain. Bentonite, a fine-grained, blue-gray clay defines the badlands' landscape. The dark band is alginate coal seam. |

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Below: Another cute rabbit |
Below: Prairie grassland |

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Below: As Lee and Karen Duquette
were leaving the park, they saw a buffalo. Although they have seen lots
of buffalo elsewhere, they always enjoy seeing more buffalo wherever
they are at. |
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