North Dakota State Parks · North Dakota
Pembina Gorge State Park
North Dakota State Parks · North Dakota, United States · in Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- No
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,335 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- AT&T weak · T-Mobile none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Walhalla
- Address
- 10457 121st Ave. NE
- Phone
- (701) 549-2444
51 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Pembina Gorge State Park is North Dakota's newest state park (its own page describes it as "North Dakota's 14th state park," with a newly constructed campground) in Cavalier County near Walhalla; Premium, Modern and Primitive campsite price tiers are published, but no numeric site count is published yet by either NDPRD or its reservation vendor.
Fees
North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department (reservendparks.com) publishes the same three campsite rate bands verbatim on every park's own page (a real, confirmed statewide schedule, not a per-park guess): Primitive campsites $15/night; Modern/Standard campsites $25-30/night; Premium campsites (electricity, water & sewer) $30-35/night - group-site variants at the same band, charged per unit. A non-refundable reservation fee applies per its own /faq page: $5.80 online or in-person, $9.00 by phone. A separate statewide vehicle entrance permit is required for all vehicles entering a state park: $7/day; $35/year (single vehicle); $61.25/year (family, 2 vehicles same household); $28/year (ND-resident senior 65+); free lifetime annual pass (disabled veterans/POWs with 50%+ disability); $28/year (other ND veterans with a service-connected disability). Campsites may be booked 95 days in advance; check-in 4:00 pm, check-out 3:00 pm; stays limited to 14 nights in any 30-day period. Pets are welcome but must stay on a leash. Most parks have off-leash areas or dog parks for your four-legged friends. (This park's own page has no reservation-FAQ accordion to carry this text directly - it is the identical statewide sentence from parkrec.nd.gov's own /faq page, used as a disclosed fallback, the newest and least-built-out park page in this file.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19° | -2° | -26° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 16° | -3° | -34° | 49° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 33° | 17° | -13° | 59° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 46° | 27° | 12° | 68° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 62° | 43° | 27° | 82° | 4 of 11 |
| June | 72° | 55° | 42° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 79° | 61° | 49° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 76° | 60° | 51° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 68° | 52° | 38° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 52° | 37° | 21° | 69° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 37° | 22° | -6° | 58° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 26° | 11° | -23° | 45° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Mt. Carmel Dam Recreation Area · City, County & Regional Parks · 12 mi
- Morden Park Campground · City & Municipal Parks · 17 mi
- Winkler Campground · City & Municipal Parks · 17 mi
- Icelandic State Park · North Dakota State Parks · 18 mi · 153 sites
- Mile 60 Park Campground · City & Municipal Parks · 25 mi
All public campgrounds in North Dakota · Every state and province · Facts read from the operator 2026-08-24. Confirm fees, rules and current status with the operator before you go.