Alexander is a town in the Badlands area of North Dakota.

Understand

It had a population of about 400 people in 2019 and is near the western end of Lake Sakakawea. Its elevation is 2,180 feet.

Get in

By car

US Highway 85, about 22 miles west and north of Watford City.

By air

Sloulin Field in Williston is about 20 miles to the north.

Get around

Getting around the town itself by foot should be simple, but traveling outside of the city requires a car.

See

There's plenty of nice scenery in the area, particularly to the south. Most of the countryside is grassland.

• 1 Lewis and Clark Trail Museum, Highway 85 North, ☏ +1-701-828-3595. Memorial Day thru Labor Day, M-Sa 9AM-5PM, Su 1PM-5PM. The largest museum in northwestern North Dakota. Eight display rooms featuring cars, machinery, homestead artifacts and a Lewis and Clark panorama. Adults $2, teens , 12-under free when accompanied by adult. (updated Jun 2018)
• 2 Missouri River, Highway 85 North (A few miles north of town). Also, if you go east from Alexander, you can see Sakakawea Lake. (updated Jun 2018)

Eat and drink

• 1 Country Cafe, 718 Elk Street (Close to the Ragged Butte Inn). (updated Jun 2018)

Sleep

• Alexander Campground (City Park), ☏ +1-701-828-3461. Primitive camping. 
• 1 Ragged Butte Inn, 804 Elk St, ☏ +1-701-828-3164. 18 Rooms, RV hookups. (updated Jun 2018)

Go next

• Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• Williston

Routes through Alexander

Weyburn ← Williston ←	N  S	→ Watford City → Belfield
Sidney ← Cartwright ←	W  E	→ Watford City → Washburn