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Great River Road - Minnesota
Minnesota boasts the origin of the Mississippi River and is at the northernmost end of the Great River Road.  Starting at Lake Itasca, where you can wade across the river, this route follows the Great River Road all the way to the Southeast corner of Minnesota and ends in New Albin, IA.  The route passes through many historic towns and cities including Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Brainerd, St. Cloud, Little Falls, Red Wing, Lake City, and of course the Twin Cities.
 
The Minnesota Great River Road route is broken into 3 separate legs, with an individual .gpx file for each leg.  As a bonus, we have added an optional leg to this route that will take riders to the Canadian Border at International Falls.
 
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:  North Central and Southeast Minnesota
Approximate Mileage:  680 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 16.5 hours 
Road Surface:  Paved w/ ½ Mile of Gravel
 
Attractions: 
 
  • Little Falls - Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Minnesota Military Museum, Charles Lindbergh House and Museum
  • Minneapolis - St. Anthony Falls, Fort Snelling
  • International Falls - Smokey Bear Park, Big Vic Voyageur Statue
  • Sartell - Sartell Veterans Park
  • Bemidji - Paul Bunyan and Babe
  • Champlin - Mississippi Point Park
  • Shelvin - Mississippi Headwaters Center
  • Park Rapids - Jacob Brower Visitor Center
  • Brooklyn Park - Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park
  • Brainerd - Brainerd Welcome Center
  • Bena - Big Fish
 
 

Great River Road - Minnesota

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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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