Rooms · 450 sq ft
Prairie King
Limestone, oak and a window eight feet wide. Room for a desk and two armchairs without anything touching.
From$149/ night
Check datesBismarck, North Dakota
Big sky,
bigger rooms
Two hundred rooms, none under four hundred and fifty square feet, on a bluff above the Missouri. A calm gaming floor, a steakhouse worth the drive, and weather you can watch coming for an hour.
Where you sleep
Rooms with the fittings we would want
Every category includes the resort fee benefits, free parking and a bed we spent an unreasonable amount of time choosing.
All accommodationRooms · 520 sq ft
Bluff Double
West-facing over the river, with a sofa and a coffee table rather than a chair wedged in a corner.
From$169/ night
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Rooms · 560 sq ft
Homestead Room
Deliberately faces the open prairie rather than the town. On a clear night the sky does the rest.
From$199/ night
Check datesSuites · 900 sq ft
Territory Suite
The sunsets here are genuinely absurd, so we put a terrace on every one of these.
From$329/ night
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Suites · 1600 sq ft
The Missouri Suite
Two bedrooms, a dining room for twelve and four hundred square feet of terrace above the river.
From$649/ night
Check datesWhat there is to do
The rest of the property
The list below is what we run every week. One-off events are on the board in the lobby.
Everything here
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The Floor
Gaming
Thirty thousand square feet, quiet, well lit and unhurried. Four hundred and fifty machines, 24 tables, and staff who will chat if you want and leave you alone if you do not.
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The Missouri
On the water
Boat launch at the bottom of the bluff, guided fishing for walleye and pike, and a pontoon that goes out at sunset.
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The Sky
Stargazing
There is very little between here and the stars. Telescopes on the terrace, blankets provided, and an aurora alert list you can join at the desk.
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The Grainhouse
Spa
Eight treatment rooms, a hot pool facing west, and a sauna big enough to be sociable.
More about The Grainhouse
Eat and drink
Kitchens, not concepts
Breakfast runs early for people leaving early, and something is always open late.
All venues
The Long Table
Steakhouse · $$$
Beef from within sixty miles, dry-aged in a glass room off the lobby, and a baked potato that takes itself extremely seriously.
Dinner nightly
The Granary
All day · $$
Breakfast from half six, sandwiches at lunch, and a walleye plate at night.
6:30 AM–10 PM
West Bar
Cocktails · $$
Facing the sunset, obviously. Rye, a short list, and a fire outside in winter.
3 PM–1 AM
The Mill
Bakery & coffee · $
Bread, cinnamon rolls the size of a plate, and coffee for people leaving early.
5:30 AM–2 PM
River Room
Private dining · $$$$
Sixteen seats over the water, one menu, booked by the room.
By arrangement
200
Rooms and suites
450
Square feet, the smallest room
5
Restaurants and bars
40
Miles of visible horizon
Offers
Offers without the countdown clock
Each one states what it includes and what it excludes, on this page, before you book.
Code BIGSKYBig Sky Rate
Third night free, year round
Three nights, pay for two, with no blackout dates at all.
Terms and bookingSteak and a Sunset
Dinner at The Long Table included
Two nights, dinner for two, and a west-facing room guaranteed.
Terms and bookingCode WINTERSKYWinter Sky
35% off, December to February
It is extremely cold and the sky is extraordinary. Both of these are true.
Terms and bookingGetting here
9 Grand Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58501
- Free self-parking for every guest
- Twenty-five minutes from the nearest airport
- (701) 555-0195 — reservations, 7 AM to 9 PM
