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National Wildlife Refuge adds 800 acres of protected wildlife
habitat within the county, but note that the land is all in private
hands and is closed to the public. Montana's largest state park,
Makoshika State Park near Glendive, offers a larger badlands
destination one half hour away by Interstate 94.
Topographically, Wibaux County is mostly prairie, but not plain
in the dull sense. The land rolls, breaks, drops, and cuts into cou-
lees and badlands formations. The website Peak Visor lists elev-
en "mountains" in Wibaux County. Note that the tallest of these
"mountains" is less than 3,100 feet, and the most prominent ris-
es only 443 feet above the valley floor. Beaver Creek and smaller
drainages shape much of the local geography. The Yellowstone
River touches the county only briefly—just under three miles
along the northwestern boundary with Dawson County—so it
should not be treated as a dominant feature. This is mainly a
county of grass, breaks, wind, and sky.
Wibaux County may be small in population and area, but its his-
tory reaches far beyond its borders: French industry, Chicago
cattle markets, Badlands ranching, Northern Pacific shipping,
homesteading, drought, and modern rural reinvention. It is a
county that asks to be known not by size, but by story.
T H E choice I S yours! D E M A N D T H E best!
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August 7
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9, 2026
FREE EVENTS LEADING
UP TO THE FESTIVAL
Juried Art Show • Adult Run
Chalk on the Walk • Music On Main
Dog Parade • Children's Run • Parade
THE FESTIVAL AT LINDLEY PARK
Music • Food • Dance • Craft Beer Garden
Artist Marketplace • Children's Activities
Theater • Sunday Brunch
For performer updates, on-sale dates,
and more, visit us online at
sweetpeafestival.org
WRISTBANDS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!
$30 EARLYBIRD PRICING UNTIL JULY 1 • KIDS 12 & UNDER FREE
THE TOWN OF WIBAUX'S
LOCATION NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA
LINE HELPED MAKE IT THE
"GATEWAY TO MONTANA,"
BUT THE RAILROAD MADE IT MATTER.
