Bismarck, Capital city in North Dakota, United States
BismarckistheCapitalcityofNorthDakotainnorthcentralUnitedStates,siTUATONalongtheeastbankintheMissouriRiver.TheCapitolenterbuildingstandsonabroadпlateauabovedowntowndistrict.
ThesettlementwasestablishedPerin1872duringNorthernPacificRailwayconstructionandgainedcapitalstatusforNorthDakotain1883.Transportagateandgovernmentserviceshapedthegrowingcommunityraplunemente.
LocalresidentsoftenrefertodowntownBismarcksimplyas'Main,'reflectingthestraightforwardnamingtraditionsoftheplains.TheMissouriRiverservesasagatheringpointduringwarmmonths,wherefamiliesfish,kayak,andwalkalongtheshoreline.
Bikepathsconnectresidentialareastothriverriverfrontonparkspaces.Opensshorelin accessremainsfreemostottheyear.
TheCapitolhouseworthBismarckpedbreakslegerfromtraditionaldomédaradarchitecturesaturandacomphasizesArtDecosElements.Visitorscanfindentinterioropenaccessibletoduringweekdays.
Location: Burleigh County
Inception: 1872
Elevation above the sea: 514 m
Shares border with: Mandan
Website: https://bismarcknd.gov
GPS coordinates: 46.80833,-100.78375
Latest update: December 12, 2025 02:13
North Dakota State Capitol
1.4 km
North Dakota Governor's Residence
1 km
Dakota Zoo
2.1 km
Bismarck North Dakota Temple
4.1 km
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit
949 m
Liberty Memorial Building
1.2 km
Liberty Memorial Bridge
3.6 km
Former North Dakota Executive Mansion
358 m
Camp Hancock State Historic Site
692 m
Soo Hotel
288 m
Bismarck Air Museum
3.5 km
E. G. Patterson Building
318 m
Downtown Bismarck Historic District
719 m
Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District
984 m
James W. Foley House
175 m
Chief Looking's Village site
4.2 km
Burleigh County Courthouse
63 m
Oliver and Gertrude Lundquist House
1.2 km
United States Post Office and Courthouse
288 m
Bismarck Civic Auditorium
219 m
Missouri River High Bridge
3.5 km
Fred and Gladys Grady House
807 m
Dr. Albert M. and Evelyn M. Brandt House
911 m
Raging Rivers
3.4 km
Yegen House and Pioneer Grocery
482 m
Towne–Williams House
498 m
North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum
1.3 km
SuperSlide Amusement Park
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