Hankinson is a small, rural town in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. It has a population of about 1,058 people.

Understand

Livestock and farming community: corn, soybeans, sunflowers, wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes.

Get in

• By car: exit 8 from I-29. About 60 miles south of Fargo.

See

• Harkinson Railroad Museum. 
• Harkinson City Park. Tennis courts, ice skating with warming house, softball, outdoor stage, playground, basketball courts, horseshoe pits, picnic shelters, RV hookups, grills. 
• Lake Elsie Park. Picnic area, swimming, sandy beach, boat dock and trailer parking, fishing and boating. 

Do

• Dakota Magic Casino, 16849 102nd St. SE (exit 1 from I-29), toll-free: +1-800-325-6825. Open year-round. 

Eat

• LakeView Supper Club, 16676 94th Street SE, ☏ +1 701 242-7248. 

Sleep

• Hankinson Motel (Highway 11 & Main Ave), ☏ +1 701 242-7363. 
• Huufda Hotel and Trail Rides, ☏ +1 701 242-9898, kcrago@rrt.net. 3 B&B rooms and 12 stalls. 
• Winsome Manor B&B, ☏ +1 701 242-0040, soslowski@juno.com. 1884 Victorian home with view of Lake Elsie. 
• Lakeview Beach Campground (1 1/2 mi S of Hwy 11, 1/2 mile W of Hankinson), ☏ +1 701 242-7885. Primitive camping. 

Go next

Routes through Hankinson

Grand Forks ← Fargo ← Jct W E ←	N  S	→ Jct W E → Watertown → Sioux Falls
Jct N S ← Ellendale ←	W  E	→ Becomes → Tenney → Paynesville