Bus to Fargo

Fargo sits on the Red River of the North in eastern North Dakota, paired with Moorhead, Minnesota across the river as a single working metro of about 250,000. It's North Dakota's biggest urban centre, with a strong Scandinavian heritage from the homesteading era, the North Dakota State University campus on the north side and a downtown that has rebuilt steadily around Broadway and the historic Fargo Theatre. The bus to Fargo drops you on the north side of the city at the Fargo Bus Station on 41st Street North or at the Loaf N Jug flag stop on N University Drive, with the central downtown, NDSU and the West Acres Mall reachable by short rideshare. People come for the Fargo Theatre and the central downtown along Broadway, for the Plains Art Museum, for the Bonanzaville pioneer village, for the access to the Red River and the surrounding prairie, and for an unhurried prairie weekend that pairs the city with Moorhead and the surrounding farm country. A Fargo bus ticket lands you a short rideshare from the central downtown.

Greyhound stops in Fargo

Fargo has two Greyhound stops. The main one is the Fargo Bus Station at 1211 41st Street North, on the north side of the city — a full terminal that's the right choice for most travellers. The second is the Loaf N Jug flag stop at 1201 N University Drive, on the corner of 12th Avenue North and N University Drive. As the Loaf N Jug stop is curbside, plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before departure to be in position when the bus pulls in.

The Fargo Bus Station puts you closer to the West Acres area and the I-29 corridor; from there, a short rideshare gets you to the central downtown along Broadway. As a full terminal there's indoor seating, restrooms and the basic shelter you'd expect — useful in the winter cold; plan to arrive in good time so you can find your platform and get checked in.

If you're being met, both locations are familiar to rideshare drivers. The most useful first move after arrival is a rideshare into central downtown around Broadway, where the Fargo Theatre, the central restaurants and the historic core are concentrated. Have your ticket ready on your phone or printed for boarding.

Getting around Fargo after your bus to Fargo arrives

Fargo's central downtown is compact, centred on Broadway between NP Avenue and 7th Avenue North. Once you're there, walking covers the Fargo Theatre, the central restaurants, the Plains Art Museum and the historic commercial blocks. The North Dakota State University campus is a short rideshare or local-bus ride north.

The MAT Bus network — the Fargo-Moorhead Metro Area Transit — runs the local public-transport service with city buses across the metro. Useful routes connect downtown to NDSU, West Acres Mall, the Concordia College and Minnesota State University Moorhead campuses across the river, and the surrounding suburbs. Service runs through the day on weekdays and is more limited on weekends. Rideshare runs reliably across the metro and is the realistic option for evening trips.

For the wider region — Bonanzaville pioneer village west of West Fargo, the Red River trails, and onward to Grand Forks or the Minnesota lake country — a rental car is the practical option. Cycling is also viable on the Red River Greenway and through central downtown's flat grid; in deeper winter, walking and rideshare take over from cycling. The Red River runs north (one of the few in North America to do so), forming the border with Minnesota and providing the central greenway corridor.

Top things to do in Fargo

• The Fargo Theatre, the restored 1926 Art Deco movie palace on Broadway, with classic film screenings, the Fargo Film Festival in March, the original Wurlitzer organ and a year-round programme of touring acts. The downtown's defining cultural landmark.
• The Plains Art Museum, in the central downtown, with a strong holdings in Native American art, regional Plains artists, and contemporary work. Free entry.
• Broadway downtown, the central commercial spine running through Fargo, with restored brick commercial buildings, restaurants, bars and the central downtown's working rhythm.
• Bonanzaville USA, west of Fargo in West Fargo, the open-air pioneer village with over forty restored buildings — a one-room school, a 1880s church, a Civil War cabin, a Northern Pacific railway station — recreating the homesteading era of the Red River Valley.
• The Roger Maris Museum, in the West Acres Shopping Center, dedicated to the Fargo-born baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record in 1961. Free entry.
• The Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead across the river, with a full-scale replica of a Viking ship and the Hopperstad Stave Church reconstruction — a thorough look at the Scandinavian heritage of the Red River Valley.
• Lindenwood Park, the long riverside park along the Red River south of central downtown, with walking and cycling paths, picnic areas and a working campground.
• The North Dakota State University campus, on the north side of the city, with the central Memorial Union, the Old Main building and a strong run of campus walking grounds.
• The Fargo Air Museum, on the west side of the city, with a working collection of restored military and civilian aircraft and a regular flying schedule for several airworthy planes.
• Island Park, the central downtown park east of Broadway, with mature trees, walking paths and the Fargo Park District events through the warmer months.
• The Pence Lyman Lyceum (the historic 1908 Pence-Lyman House), restored as a small house-museum on the south side of central downtown.
• Trollwood Park and the Trollwood Performing Arts School, on the north side of the city, with the long-running summer Trollwood Performing Arts productions.
• The "Fargo" movie wood chipper, on display in the Fargo-Moorhead Visitor Center on 12th Avenue North — one of those cultural touchstones the city has chosen to embrace from the 1996 Coen Brothers film.

Best time to visit Fargo

Late spring through early autumn is the long, generous window. From late May into June the prairie greens up, the Red River Greenway opens to a full season and the temperature sits in a pleasant range for walking. July and August are warm — afternoons regularly in the 80s — but the long, dry prairie evenings stretch out late and the central downtown's outdoor calendar fills in. The Fargo Marathon in May is a regional event that pulls runners from across the upper Midwest.

September and October bring the Red River Valley fall — colour through the cottonwood and basswood along the river, comfortable walking weather and the harvest of the surrounding sugar-beet, wheat and corn fields. The Fargo Film Festival in early March is a quiet alternative for travellers who want the city's cultural calendar at its less-crowded best.

Winter is real prairie cold. From December through February temperatures regularly drop into the teens and below, with serious sub-zero stretches and significant snow events. The Fargo Theatre, the Plains Art Museum, the Bonanzaville indoor exhibits, the West Acres mall and the long-running Broadway restaurants all stay full pace through the season. Daytime temperatures sit well below freezing for stretches — pack for it. The annual Fargo-Moorhead Holiday Lights through December and the Frostival in late January are the cultural anchors of the cold-weather calendar. By March the days start lengthening visibly and the Red River begins to swell with snowmelt — sometimes reaching flood stage, depending on the year.

Fargo at minus-twenty in late January, the broadway facades catching the low winter sun, the breath of pedestrians visible from across the street and the Fargo Theatre marquee glowing red against a hard blue sky, is the city at its most distinctive — and its most genuinely Fargo. The summer prairie evenings have their own slow pleasures, but the winter is what makes the city the city it is. Use the search bar on this page to check schedules and book bus tickets to Fargo when your dates are firm.

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