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Great River Road - Iowa
The Iowa section of the Great River Road stretches from New Albin to Keokuk.  Riders can take in historic sights in several river towns as well as vistas of the Mississippi River valley from Mt. Hosmer Park, Balltown Overlook and Pikes Peak State Park.
 
Stop in Burlington for a short ride down Snake Alley; one of the crookedest streets in the US, or take a ride on the Fenelon Place elevator in Dubuque.
 
The Iowa portion of the Great River Road is broken into 2 sections; New Albin to Clinton and Clinton to Keokuk.
 
Note:  We have created 2 sets of routes for each state.  1 is for riding North to South and the other is for riding South to North.  Each route is notated either N to S (for North to South) or S to N (for South to North).
 
Location:  Eastern Iowa
Approximate Mileage:  680 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 16.5 hours 
Surface:  Paved
 
Attractions:
 
  • Wapello - Toolesboro Mounds National Historic Landmark, Littleton Memorial
  • Burlington - Snake Alley
  • Lansing - Mt. Hosmer Park, Driftless Visitor Center
  • Fort Madison - Historic Fort Madison
  • Harpers Ferry - Effigy Mounds National Monument
  • Keokuk - Chief Keokuk - Main Memorials
  • Balltown - Balltown Overlook
  • Le Claire - Antique Archeology

Great River Road - Iowa

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  • If you are riding with a group, we ask that every person using our route for navigation purchase their own copy.

    In order to encourage this, we are happy to offer a discount for group purchases. Please contact us after purchasing 1 item at full price, and we will set up a coupon code that will give everyone in your group 50% off of the same item.

     

  •  Our digital routes are designed to operate in most GPS devices. In addition to GPSs, our routes should work with several smartphone apps.

     

    We have tested many Smartphone Apps and here is what we have found:

     

    Please Note

    • Some Smartphone Apps require a paid version to allow importing routes.
    • Testing was for ‘Follow the Line” only, not “Turn by Turn”.
    • If you use an app not listed below, let us know and we will try to test it for you.
    • We are not experts on Smartphone Apps. We will try to answer any and all questions, but there may be better resources online.

     

    Apps That Will Work With Our Routes:

     

    • REVER
    • Scenic (IOS Only)
    • Kurviger (Android Only)
    • Detecht
    • OsmAnd
    • Avenza
    • Calimoto
    • Gaia
    • Ride with GPS
    • GPS Tracks
    • InRoute
    • Harley Davidson
    • Indian Ride Command
    • My Triumph
    • GPX Viewer 2
    • Garmin Explore

     

    Apps That Will NOT Work With Our Routes:

     

    • Google Maps
    • Apple Maps
    • Waze
    • Riser
    • ESR (Eat Sleep Ride)
    • RoadTrippers
    • Sygic
    • Guru
    • Road Warrior Route Planner

     

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