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Iowa River Run |
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State:
Iowa
Submitted
By: Anonymous
Date Submitted: Mar 00
Motorcycle Type: 76 Honda 750Four
Motorcycle Road Length: 62 Miles |
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Road Scenery: 
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route takes you through some picture perfect little dairy
and agriculture farms and along side the Mississippi River.
You will see old river towns and many of the boats and barges
that travel along the old Mississippi. Along the way you
will travel next to some giant bluffs that give you a great
view of the river valley. |
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Road Quality:
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You
couldn’t ask for a better motorcycle road in the Midwest.
This road continually takes you up and down along a collection
of bluffs that travel along side the Mississippi river.
At some points you will have some awesome cliff-side driving
that will give you a birds-eye view of the river. You have
a good number of twists and turns along the way to keep
you smiling when you’re not smiling about the scenery.
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Roadside Amenities: 
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amenities described from while traveling from north to south.
Effigy Mounds National
Monument, off of 76 just north of Marquette, there are
200 preserved Indian mounds that are about 2500 years old.
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Visitor Center educates you on the 200,000 acre wildlife
preserve. This preserve hugs the Mississippi from as far
north as Wabasha Minnesota to as far south as Rock Island
Illinois. Town of McGregor:
Offers a Main Street lined with shops and inns and is the
home of the very first Ringling Brothers Circus which began
shows in McGregor as early as the 1870s. Stop at Pikes
Peak State Park for great views of the meeting of the
Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers. In the town of Guttenberg
you will be able to take a walking tour and see the town’s
impressive collection of limestone buildings built in the
middle of the 19th century. Also the River Front Park offers
places to picnic and enjoy the view of the passing Mississippi
River. There is also an observation platform that gives
you a good look at “Lock and Dam No. 10.” Just after you
leave town there will be a scenic overlook perched on top
of a bluff. In the town of North Buena Vista you’ll see
some impressive buildings constructed in a manner that allows
them to cling to the side of limestone bluffs. Dubuque,
Iowa’s oldest town, has become a modern small city with
plenty of hotels and restaurants to offer travelers. You
may want to complete your trip with a visit to the Mississippi
River Museum.
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Start
your drive in the town of Marquette,
Iowa. Take route 17 south to the town of McGregor
and then get on route 340 south. This road later changes
names to route X56 and will run into route 52 which you
want to take south until you approach Millville and get
on C9Y continuing south. Stay on this through N. Buena
Vista, Balltown and Sherrill. Then when you get to
route 52, take that south into Dubuque.
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