Center, North Dakota: Scientific Center of North America
Algorithmically calculated official center of the continent is 4.4 miles north of town, marked in 2018 with a sign, flags, picnic tables, and a boulder.
- Address:
- 1655 38th Ave. SW, Center, ND
- Directions:
- North of town. On the west side of ND-48/38th Ave. SW, either 4.5 miles north of ND-25 or five miles south of ND-200.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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The monument is in a farm field on Rte 48, four miles north of Center, North Dakota. There's a picnic table and a maintained path out to the monument.
[Becky Gregory, 07/31/2020]Nearby Offbeat Places
Hazel Miner's Lame Memorial, Center, ND - 4 mi.
Statue of Lewis and Clark's Big Dog, Washburn, ND - 13 mi.
Paddle-Wheel Sioux Ferry, Washburn, ND - 15 mi.In the region:
Helmuth Pfennig Wildlife Museum, Beulah, ND - 24 mi.
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This was declared the Center in 2017 by Peter Rogerson, a geography professor at SUNY in Buffalo, New York. In June 2018 a large rock was placed atop the Center, as well as flags of Mexico, Canada, and the USA, and of course a sign.