Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County)

Prairie Chicken Wildlife Management Area is 2,699 acres of state wildlife land in Grand Forks County, managed by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and you may camp on it free. That is not a rumour off a listing site -- it is how the state rule works: North Dakota Administrative Code 30-04-02-01 opens every WMA to 'public hunting, fishing, and trapping, or other compatible public use', and 30-04-02-11 sets the only real limit, 'camping for longer than ten consecutive days on any wildlife management area is prohibited'. There is no camping fee and, unlike South Dakota and Oklahoma, North Dakota does NOT make you buy a license or a conservation pass just to be on the land. Now the honest part: this is primitive dispersed camping on a wildlife area, not a campground. Assume NO toilets, NO drinking water, NO tables, NO fire rings and no marked sites unless you happen to find them. You may gather downed wood for a campfire, but you may not mow or cut vegetation to clear a campsite, you may not leave a trailer or tent set up unless you are actually sleeping in it, and you may not dump holding tanks on the area. Vehicles must stay on the constructed roads, established trails and parking areas that a passenger car would normally use -- do not drive out across the grass. Camping is also prohibited on any WMA where it is posted as such at the road entry, so READ THE SIGN at the entrance you use; the posted sign beats anything we can tell you here. These are working wildlife areas, so expect hunters in season and plan your visibility accordingly. The pin is a representative point inside the unit boundary, not a campsite -- you will need to find your own spot off an established access. Confirm current rules with ND Game and Fish at (701) 328-6300 before you go.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

EV charging — from Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

• Nearest public DC fast charger19.6 mi straight-line SE — Northdale Oil, Grand Forks, ND (at a gas station) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-06-06 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
• Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 8 within 50 · 26 within 100 · 41 within 150
• Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.0 mi — Grand Forks, ND - Tesla Supercharger, Grand Forks
• Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.1 mi — River Cinema 15, East Grand Forks, MN (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-05-03 · hours: 24 hours daily
• Pricing at the fast charger$0.55 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
• Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
• Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
  Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 259720 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

Nearby restrooms — around Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County) · North Dakota Game & Fish · ND — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

• Highway rest areaAlexander Henry-NB · ~22.7 mi N
• Highway rest areaAlexander Henry SB · ~22.7 mi N
• Highway rest areaFishers Landing Travel Information Center · ~28.9 mi SE

Open Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County) elsewhere

Other camps near Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County)

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

• Oakville Prairie Bio Station WMA (Grand Forks County)~16.3 mi
• Joliet Ferry WMA (Walsh County)~17.5 mi

How we know this — Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County)

What we don’t know about Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County)

A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

• Road surface & last-mile access
• How many rigs actually fit
• Cell coverage by carrier
• Seasonal & winter access
• Current fire restrictions
• Whether any water here is drinkable
• Shade & wind exposure
• Noise and who else shows up
• Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it

Before you go — Prairie Chicken WMA (Grand Forks County)