Native American Scenic Byway

About the drive

The Native American Scenic Byway follows the Missouri River through central South Dakota into North Dakota, crossing the lands of four Lakota tribes: Crow Creek, Lower Brule, Cheyenne River and Standing Rock. FHWA notes the memorials, museums and sacred sites along it that tell history from the Native American point of view.

Highway 1806 carries much of the route along the river, from Big Bend Dam at Fort Thompson to Fort Pierre, and from Mobridge north toward Fort Yates on the Standing Rock Reservation.

Much of the byway crosses tribal land. Respect posted rules, and ask locally before visiting cultural or sacred sites.

Stops along the way

1. 1 Fort Thompson

   Crow Creek community where the byway crosses the Missouri on Big Bend Dam.

   Official information · 44.06861, -99.43789 · about 0.0 mi from the route line

2. 2 Fort Pierre

   Missouri River town across from Pierre.

   Official information · 44.3536, -100.37375 · about 0.0 mi from the route line

3. 3 Mobridge

   Town on the Missouri where Highway 1806 heads north.

   Official information · 45.53722, -100.42792 · about 3.7 mi from the route line

4. 4 Fort Yates

   Standing Rock community in North Dakota.

   Official information · 46.08695, -100.63014 · about 1.9 mi from the route line

Stops are listed in order along the route; the numbers match the map. Stop locations come from the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey place-names database, the stop's own official page or, where noted in the data, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).