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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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World's Largest Buffalo.

World's Largest Buffalo

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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World's Largest Buffalo

Has a viewing station for the actual bisons nearby and it's designed for people who are color blind to really see well.

[Jonathan Schalliol, 07/28/2023]

Western town street.

World's Largest Buffalo

There is an older western-style town next to the Buffalo as well!

[Sonia, 06/26/2021]

In 2019 the owners of "Frontier Village" -- assembled from original old North Dakota buildings -- threatened to move the town to Minnesota. It was instead taken over by Jamestown. The buildings line the street leading to the big Buffalo.

Albino buffalo.

World's Largest Buffalo

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]

World's Largest Buffalo.

World's Largest Buffalo

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]

Nearby Offbeat Places

Steel Eagle, Wrestling AngelSteel Eagle, Wrestling Angel, Jamestown, ND - 1 mi.
Peggy Lee MuseumPeggy Lee Museum, Wimbledon, ND - 22 mi.
Walking Tour of the Solar SystemWalking Tour of the Solar System, Valley City, ND - 33 mi.
In the region:
Hilltop Viking Statue, Fort Ransom, ND - 45 mi.

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