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id: "2153"
name: "Great River Road - Minnesota"
distance: "575"
duration: Allow five days to enjoy this section of the byway.
description: "Explore the Mississippi from the headwaters of Lake Itasca through unique landscapes of northern forests, central lakes, rolling farmland, metropolitan Minneapolis/St. Paul, and scenic bluff country. Relive history aboard a nostalgic steamboat. Fish the shores of Minnesota's many waters. Savor the culture of the Twin Cities and robust river towns."
contact: "**Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Minnesota**  \r\n 763-212-8556\r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/chippewa/"
    name: Chippewa National Forest
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32555"
    name: Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://greatriverbluffs.com/"
    name: Great River Bluffs of the Mississippi
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32588"
    name: Litchfield National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.mnmississippiriver.com/"
    name: Minnesota Great River Road
  - url: "http://www.exploreminnesota.com/byway/21864/great-river-road-northern-mn"
    name: "Minnesota Great River Road - Northern Section "
  - url: "http://www.exploreminnesota.com/byway/21865/great-river-road-southern-mn"
    name: "Minnesota Great River Road - Southern Section "
  - url: "http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/canoeing/mississippiriver/index.html"
    name: "The Mississippi River "
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32540"
    name: Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32550"
    name: Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32579"
    name: Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Minnesota State Scenic Byway
  - Great River Road
states: 
  - MN
part of: 
  - "2279"
ll: 
  - -95.22123700028732
  - 47.19667099956695
bounds: 
  - - -95.25653100010555
    - 43.500880999658364
  - - -91.27017200043747
    - 47.48513000004942

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Explore the Mississippi from the headwaters of Lake Itasca through unique landscapes of northern forests, central lakes, rolling farmland, metropolitan Minneapolis/St. Paul, and scenic bluff country. Relive history aboard a nostalgic steamboat. Fish the shores of Minnesota's many waters. Savor the culture of the Twin Cities and robust river towns.