Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota - North Unit - Oxbow Overlook (2019)
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is an American national park comprising three geographically separated areas of badlands in western North Dakota. The park was named for U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. The park covers 70,446 acres (110.072 sq mi; 28,508 ha; 285.08 km2) of land in three sections: the North Unit, the South Unit, and the Elkhorn Ranch Unit.
The park's larger South Unit lies alongside Interstate 94 near Medora, North Dakota. The smaller North Unit is situated about 80 mi (130 km) north of the South Unit, on U.S. Route 85, just south of Watford City, North Dakota. Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch is located between the North and South units, approximately 20 mi (32 km) west of US 85 and Fairfield, North Dakota. The Little Missouri River flows through all three units of the park. The Maah Daah Hey Trail connects all three units.
The park received 749,389 recreational visitors in 2018. It is the only American national park named directly after a single person.
Roosevelt first came to the North Dakota badlands to hunt bison in September 1883. During that first short trip, he got his bison and fell in love with the rugged lifestyle and the perfect freedom of the West. He invested $14,000 in the Maltese Cross Ranch, which was already being managed by Sylvane Ferris and Bill Merrifield seven miles south of Medora. That winter, Ferris and Merrifield built the Maltese Cross Cabin. After the death of both his wife and his mother on February 14, 1884, Teddy Roosevelt returned to his North Dakota ranch seeking solitude and time to heal. That summer, he started his second ranch, the Elkhorn Ranch, 35 miles north of Medora, which he hired two Maine woodsmen, Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow, to operate. Teddy Roosevelt took great interest in his ranches and in hunting in the West, detailing his experiences in pieces published in eastern newspapers and magazines. He wrote three major works on his life in the West: Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter. His adventures in the strenuous life outdoors and the loss of his cattle in the starvation winter in 1886–1887 were influential in Theodore Roosevelt's pursuit of conservation policies as President of the United States (1901–1909).
Stunning Summer Drive in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Unit North Dakota July 28, 2017
Enter the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and you enter a world not much different than when bison roamed and long horned cattle arrived by the thousands from Texas! This historically important area on the north side of the famed Little Missouri River (carver of the world renowned rugged badlands) will take you back in time. The (usually) 28 mile round trip Scenic Drive through the park drive extends nearly parallel to the Little Mo, with its terminus and turn around point at one of the most scenic places in the North Dakota, Oxbow Overlook. Several trails of varying skill levels will take you into the heart of this cowboy country, which also happens to be rich in petrified wood and dinosaur fossils! This video leads to Juniper Campgrounds.
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Recorded June 22, 2019
Theodore Roosevelt National Park lies in western North Dakota, where the Great Plains meet the rugged Badlands. A habitat for bison, elk and prairie dogs, the sprawling park has 3 sections linked by the Little Missouri River.
The video starts at the South Unit of the park where I take take the Scenic Loop Drive as the road winds across the rolling, jumbled badlands with fantastic scenery in all directions. Along the way there were numerous scenic overlooks and plenty of watchable wildlife.
Next I travel to the less-visited North Unit which is a bit off the beaten-path but it's solitude, ruggedness and beauty made it well worth the 50 mile drive from Interstate 94. The first half of the North Unit's fourteen-mile scenic drive traces the bottom of the badlands. Midway through, it crawls up out of the canyon to the North Unit's most iconic view, River Bend Overlook. From there, it's an easy drive along the rim of the badlands to Oxbow Overlook where the road and this video end.
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Wind Canyon Overlook of the Little Missouri River in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Enchanting! Wind River Canyon Overlook! Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Dakota Nov. 8, 2018
Thousands flock to Theodore Roosevelt National Park each summer. This overlook in the South Unit of the park is one of the quintessential views photographed. Late November the landscape takes on a much different character. Stoic! Contrasting! Rugged! On this 50 degree day with little wind, the overlook at the Wind Canyon Trail was quiet, tranquil, peaceful; the perfect spot to reflect on giving thanks, two days before Thanksgiving. Visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park year 'round to immerse yourself in nature like you'll experience no where else!
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Video of the view of the Oxbow of the Little Missouri River.
Snowy Drive in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota February 13, 2018
Winter just might be the most beautiful time to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. This drive on a portion of the scenic loop was vibrant, and sparkly as a light snow fell at times. Elk, wild horses, and bison were spotted that day. Stop at the visitor center to check for locations and times of the sightings, and for general weather and road information, as well as information about Theodore Roosevelt and the time he spent ranching in the badlands. Learn more about the badlands here: beautifulbadlandsnd.com
Badlands Winter Wonderland. Drive Hwy 85 north to Long X Bridge, North Dakota. Feb 9, 2019
The Beautiful Badlands of North Dakota seem like a winter wonderlad after a fresh snow in western North Dakota. Highway 85 follows what was the Long X cattle trail in the late nineteenth century, which brought Texas longhorn cattle into North Dakota and Montana. Visit the rugged and historic badlands , and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The entrance to it's North Unit is just beyond the Long X Bridge (over the Little Missouri River) at the end of this video, which is fourteen miles south of Watford City in McKenzie County.
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Day 2 of 2018 Road Trip Visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park South Unit only
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Thunder storm echoing through Oxbow lookout North rim.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit Aug 2019
This is the fifth video from our summer vacation. In this video we go on a 14 mile scenic drive through the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Boicourt Overlook in Theodore Roosevelt National Park Panoramic View
The Boicourt Overlook is at the northeast area of the scenic drive road and south unit of the park.
Video starts panning clockwise into views of the badlands in the park. The scenic road and the path from the parking area can be seen around the middle of the video. Video pans back into the badlands view to wrap up the video.
What is PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT? What does PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT mean?
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What is PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT? What does PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT mean? PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT meaning - PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT definition - PUBLIC-SAFETY ANSWERING POINT explanation.
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A public-safety answering point (PSAP), sometimes called public-safety access point, is a call center responsible for answering calls to an emergency telephone number for police, firefighting, and ambulance services. Trained telephone operators are also usually responsible for dispatching these emergency services. Most PSAPs are now capable of caller location for landline calls, and many can handle mobile phone locations as well (sometimes referred to as phase II location), where the mobile phone company has a handset location system. Some can also use voice broadcasting, where outgoing voice mail can be sent to many phone numbers at once, in order to alert people to a local emergency such as a chemical spill.
In the United States, the county or a large city usually handles this responsibility. As a division of a U.S. state, counties are generally bound to provide this and other emergency services even within the municipalities, unless the municipality chooses to opt out and have its own system, sometimes along with a neighboring jurisdiction. If a city operates its own PSAP, but not its own particular emergency service (for example, city police but county fire), it may be necessary to relay the call to the PSAP that does handle that type of call. The U.S. requires caller location capability on the part of all phone companies, including mobile ones, but there is no federal law requiring PSAPs to be able to receive such information.
There are roughly 6100 primary and secondary PSAPs in the U.S. Personnel working for PSAPs can become voting members of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA). Emergency dispatchers working in PSAPs can become certified with the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch (NAED), and a PSAP can become an NAED Accredited Center of Excellence.
Each PSAP has a 'real' telephone number that is called when the emergency number (911) is dialed. The telecommunications operator is responsible for associating all landline numbers with the most applicable (often the nearest) PSAP, so that when emergency number is dialed, the call is automatically routed to the most suitable PSAP. PSAP's can be subject to changes including new contact information and changing coverage area. Commercial products exist that purport to keep pace with these changes and allow the telecommunications operator to associate numbers with the relevant PSAP based upon their physical address associated with that number.
In other countries, this is the responsibility of other types of local government, and the particular setup of the telephone network dictates how such calls are handled.
There is also now the ability to answer text messages at some PSAPs, which is useful in areas where weak signal strength due to distance from the nearest cell site causes fringe reception, resulting in blocked or dropped calls. Since SMS messages only require an instant to send, a brief peak in radio propagation (such as due to changing cloud cover) is often enough to get a message sent. Text messages are also useful for the deaf, as it does not require a TTY device.
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