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Little Falls to St. Cloud
( 42 miles)

Turn south onto Broadway Avenue, then west onto Lindbergh Drive (Morrison Co. Rd. 52), which takes you direction to the Lindbergh State Park and Historic Site.  Continue on Morrison Co. Rd. 52 to Morrison Co. Rd. 25, then southeast on Morrison Co. Rd. 21.  At the Sterns County line the road becomes Sterns Co. Rd. 1.  Continue on Co. Rd. 1 to Sartell, then take Co. Rd. 78 over the river bridge to Benton Co. Rd. 33 (Benton Drive).  Head south on Co. Rd. 33 to the Sartell/Sauk Rapids city line.  Continue on Benton Co. Rd. 33 to First Street South, then over the Mississippi River to Stearns Co. Rd. 1 (9th Avenue North) in St. Cloud.  Head south on 9th Avenue North to 9th Avenue South (Clearwater Road/Sterns Co. R. 7).  Continue south to Stearns Co. Rd. 75.

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St. Cloud to Elk River  (50 miles)

Continue southeast on Stearns Co. Rd. 75 to the Wright County line, where the route becomes Wright Co. Rd. 75.  Follow this south to Wright Co. Rd. 39 in Monticello.  Continue east on Wright Co. Rd. 39 into Elk River.

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