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.
Get around
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.
Buy
Eat
- LakeView Supper Club, 16676 94th Street SE, ☏ 1 701 242-7248.
Drink
Sleep
- Hankinson Motel (Highway 11 & Main Ave), ☏ 1 701 242-7363.
- Huufda Hotel and Trail Rides, ☏ 1 701 242-9898, ✉[email protected]. 3 B&B rooms and 12 stalls.
- Winsome Manor B&B, ☏ 1 701 242-0040, ✉[email protected]. 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.svg/18px-ND-13_(2015).svg.png){kind=small} E ← | N   S | → Jct W E → Watertown → Sioux Falls |
Jct N S ← Ellendale ← | W .svg/22px-ND-11_(2015).svg.png){kind=small} E | → Becomes  → Tenney → Paynesville |