Metro Mississippi

Elk River to Hastings
Approx. 75 miles
Driving Directions
Stay up-to-date on the I-35W Bridge Project over the Mississippi River

Abundant parkland and trails invite you to the riverfront renaissance taking place in both Minneapolis and St. Paul and throughout the Metro region. Theater, major sports venues, museums, concerts, fine dining, and shopping headline entertainment, while thoughtfully preserved riverfront parks, historic sites, the falls of St. Anthony, and the first of the Upper Mississippi's working lock and dams inspire the essence of nature on the fringe of commerce.

• Elk River
• National Park Service Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
• Minneapolis
• Upper St. Anthony Falls
• Lower St. Anthony Falls
• U.S. Lock & Dam  #1
• Fort Snelling State Park
• St. Paul
• U.S. Lock & Dam  #2
• Hastings

Other Scenic Byways that Touch the Great River Road:

• Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway