Parkhurst Campground - Jamestown, North Dakota

 

This campground actually exceeded my expectations - but my expectations were pretty low.

The horse corrals were filled with weeds and dirty, but the corrals were secure. As long as our horses are safe, it's good.

There are about ten campsites that have high-lines for horses, which is very nice. I don't mind highlining my horse while I am eating or for short periods, but I don't feel comfortable doing it for overnight. A lot of horses are actually more comfortable on a high line.

If you do plan to high line your horse, do some trial periods where you are close by and can watch to make sure the horse doesn't get tangled up and is OK.

The campsites were no hook-up, but we parked next to the camp host and plugged into a spare outlet to get electricity.

There is one water pump with non-potable water for the campground.

There are vault toilets and a free RV dump.

We went into Jamestown because we wanted to see the World's Largest Buffalo.

Jamestown is a lovely small town with some beautiful architecture.

The World's Largest Buffalo is located in Frontier Town, a small tourist attraction, which looks a little worn.

There is a small herd of buffalo in the pasture across from the World's Largest Buffalo.

We even lucked into the last summer concert of the season at a park in downtown Jamestown.

I put the horses on a couple of the high lines to allow them to graze. 

While the horses were otherwise occupied, we cleaned all the weeds out of the corrals.

That afternoon there was a track meet at the park. I went out to buy groceries and when I came back there were easily 50 cars parked in the campground, along with a large school bus.

They  left around 5 in the afternoon.

One of the kids managed to sell Ari three candy bars as part of a school fundraiser. The kid used one of the oldest tricks in the book. He told Ari that they were the last three candy bars he had to sell.