Buffalo Ridge Cowboy Town

Gravel lot was soft in a couple places, but it's early spring and that's not the fault of the owner.

Went into the store where we were greeted by an older gentleman who made us feel welcome. When we asked about spending the night he told us we could park anywhere we wanted. We chose a spot where we could sit and watch the buffalo on the nearby hill.

In the store they sell all manner of buffalo meat, my advice to everyone, get the buffalo sticks!

This was our first time spending the night here, the owner was friendly, the evening was praceful, we intend to stop there again.

We stayed one night on Aug. 25, 2022. We arrived just before closing and filled the truck with diesel and bought a few buffalo meat items including ground for hamburgers, brats and sticks. The sticks were a great snack traveling down the road, excellent! The owner was very friendly! We had a little puppy with us, and he asked that we park a little away from where the buffalo hang out in the morning. There were around 30 buffalo including a few newborns feeding on mamma buffalos that we viewed in the morning. The gravel lot is fairly level and not a problem leaving the TT attached to the truck. The road noise from I-90 about 1/4 mile away was noticeable, but not that load, especially after about 11 pm. I expect that the owner would be acceptable to running a low noise generator, but you should ask to make sure.

We pulled in late ( 11pm) to get some shut eye before heading out on the road again. When we pulled in it was dark and couldn't see much. If the sky wasn't cloud covered it would have been a great place to star gaze. Because it was so dark it was a little uneasy pulling in and not being able to see your surroundings. Right next to highway, so there is highway noise. We were up by 6am and on our way out. There were buffalo in the field next to us, which was an amazing sight. The store was not open during our stay of course, but would stop again. Maybe next time during store hours.

The owner at the store seemed totally flabbergasted anyone would ask to stay there! He was crabby, but told us we could stay overnight. We asked him, but he thought we were destitute and maybe homeless. Since we were alone and it seemed sketchy, we left and went to Wal-Mart. I wouldn’t depend on this place, because the owner seems like he could get mad pretty easily.

I was worried after the last person posted they were closed. Even if closed you could stay here unless he ever decided to put chains across the driveways. This is our 3rd time staying over the last 3 years. We stop and park off towards the grassy area (but not in it), go and ask the grumpy old guy if its OK for us to stay overnight. He says sure. My husband talks to him a little, we always buy Buffalo burger from him and he had some fresh today. In the mornings you usually see the Buffalo coming up to eat before we pull out. Thankfully this is still an option. This is just off Interstate 90, so i figured if it was really closed off we only had about 3 miles up the road to a big truck stop. This is so much quieter.