Jamestown, North Dakota: World's Largest Buffalo
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- Address:
- 404 Louis Lamour Lane, Jamestown, ND
- Directions:
- I-94 exit 258. Drive north. Turn right at the stoplight at the Frontier Village National Buffalo Museum green highway sign onto 17th St. SW/Louis Lamour Lane. Follow the road into Frontier Village, then bear left to arrive at the giant buffalo.
- Hours:
- Gate open daily 9-6 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 701-251-9145
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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This mighty bull bison -- built in 1959 out of sixty tons of steel and concrete -- keeps its unblinking eye on the Jamestown grain elevator.
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The albino buffalo near the World's Largest Buffalo died a few months before I got there, and unfortunately they put a plastic box around her to protect her a week before my arrival. But either way, nice.
[Roadtrip18, 03/20/2021]
I hope this cute little frontier town is open during the summer! We just couldn't handle running through the deep snow to the Buffalo.
[Em, 02/06/2019]
I love giant things so I really loved this giant buffalo statue. It just brings out the kid in ya!
[Connie from Seattle, 09/05/2013]
Jamestown is home to newly named "Dakota Thunder." This behemoth is 46 ft. long, 26 ft. high, 14 ft. wide, and weighs in at 60 tons! It was sculpted and placed by Elmer Paul Petersen in 1959.
From the vantage point of the big guy, you can also view a free roaming buffalo herd, including several albino buffalo, which are sacred to the native tribes.
[Troy Rognrud, 08/20/2010]Page of 2 [Next 4 items]
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Built in 1959, the Jamestown buffalo is the biggest and heaviest -- it weighs 60 tons -- in the world.