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7 hills in North Dakota, most of them run by a county or city

Sledding Hills in North Dakota: Every One an Agency Names

Every hill below was named for sledding by the North Dakota agency that runs it, on a page linked beside it. What it costs, whether it runs tubing, a tow or lights, and the agency's own words.

7
Hills a public agency names
in 6 towns
A county or city
Most of them named by
4 local, 3 state, 0 national forest
4
That print no charge
North Dakota state park vehicle entrance permit may be needed to park
1 / 0 / 0
Tubing, tow or lights
4 publish hours, 4 a conditions page
The answer

Whose website to open first in North Dakota

North Dakota has 7 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing. Of those, 4 are run by a county, metro or city park department, 3 by the state.

  • County, metro or city: 4
  • State park or forest: 3
  • The first website to open in North Dakota is a county or city parks department rather than the state park system, because that is where most of the designations below were published.
  • 4 of the 7 print no charge and 3 print a fee or a parking charge.
  • North Dakota sells a North Dakota state park vehicle entrance permit, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill.
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Grouped by who named it

All 7 North Dakota hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by a county or city4 hills

Tom O'Leary Sledding Hill

Metro park

Tom O'Leary Golf Course. Bismarck. Run by Bismarck Parks and Recreation District

Tom O'Leary Sledding Hill
Winter Activities, Bismarck Parks & Recreation, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Saturday-Sunday and Public School Holidays: 12:00-5:00pm (warming house hours)the hill and warming house close if there is not enough snow on the hill

Bismarck Parks and Recreation District publishes this with the hill: “THINK SAFETY! Bismarck Parks and Recreation District reminds everyone to use extreme caution and keep safety in mind when using the sledding hills and all outdoor facilities.”

Conditions from the agency · Winter Activities, Bismarck Parks & Recreation

Edgewood Chalet Sledding Hill

City park

Edgewood Chalet. Fargo. Run by Fargo Park District

Fargo Parks offers two sledding hills which are great recreational fun for people of all ages. Grab your sled and head out to the Edgewood Chalet and Mickelson Sledding Hill.
Sledding Hills, Fargo Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

no charge to use the sledsweek days, 4:00-8:00 pm and weekends 12:00-8:00pmcloses early in extreme cold

There is no charge to use the sleds at the Edgewood Chalet sledding hill, however, we require a picture ID that is returned when the sled is returned at the Mickelson Park and Softball Fields sledding hill.

Fargo Park District publishes this with the hill: “Sled at your own risk.”

Conditions from the agency · Sledding Hills, Fargo Parks

Mickelson Sledding Hill

City park

Mickelson Park & Softball Fields. Fargo. Run by Fargo Park District

Fargo Parks offers two sledding hills which are great recreational fun for people of all ages. Grab your sled and head out to the Edgewood Chalet and Mickelson Sledding Hill.
Sledding Hills, Fargo Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

picture ID required as deposit, returned when the sled is returnedweek days, 4:00-8:00 pm and weekends 12:00-8:00pmcloses early in extreme cold

There is no charge to use the sleds at the Edgewood Chalet sledding hill, however, we require a picture ID that is returned when the sled is returned at the Mickelson Park and Softball Fields sledding hill.

Fargo Park District publishes this with the hill: “Sled at your own risk.”

Conditions from the agency · Sledding Hills, Fargo Parks

Sledding Hill & Tube Rentals

City park

Souris Valley Golf Course. Minot. Run by Minot Park District

Enjoy sledding at Souris Valley Golf Course during the winter months (as weather allows)!
Sledding Hill & Tube Rentals, Minot Park District, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Tubing, tubes rented on site$5 per tube rentalSaturdays and Sunday from noon to 4:00pmweather-dependent, no fixed season dates given

Tube rentals are available for $5 on Saturdays and Sunday from noon – 4:00pm.

Minot Park District publishes this with the hill: “Minot Park District reminds citizens to use extreme caution and keep safety in mind when using the sledding hills and all outdoor facilities.”

Conditions from the agency · Sledding Hill & Tube Rentals, Minot Park District

Named by the state3 hills

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in North Dakota

4 of the 7 print no charge and 3 print a fee or a parking charge. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

North Dakota sells a North Dakota state park vehicle entrance permit, and where one is required it is a parking permit rather than a charge for the hill. That distinction matters at the gate: the permit is sold for the plowed lot rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require one and still publish that the sledding itself is free.

A yellow road grader with tyre chains clearing deep snow from a forest car park beside a small concrete restroom building carrying a green permit required sign, under a low grey sky with heavily laden conifers behind
What a winter parking permit buys. Nineteen states sell one, and on almost every hill that needs it the money is for the lot being graded here rather than for the slope, which is why a state can require a permit and still print that the sledding itself is free. The sign on the building is the whole transaction, and it is posted at the entrance rather than at the hill. “Plowing the Sno-Park on OR 58”, OregonDOT, CC BY 2.0

North Dakota sledding questions

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Sledding hills in other states

North Dakota first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.North Dakota snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.North Dakota plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.North Dakota cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

North Dakota read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.