A very, very special thanks to Bob Robinson and his book:  "Bicycling Guide to the Mississippi River Trail." You can get the book on Bob's Web Site.

MINNESOTA  [approximately 421 miles]

Itaska State Park - Headwaters of the Mississippi !!!!

X-MR on CR 2

X-MR on CR40/CR9

X-MR on CR7

Bemidji

X-MR on CR197

X-MR on CR8

X-MR on CR8

X-MR on CR33

Pennington

X-MR on CR39

Bena

X-MR on CR9

Ball Club

X-MR on CR18

Schoolcraft State Park

Grand Rapids

Palisade

X-MR on CR6

Crosby

Brainerd

X-MR on College Dr.

X-MR on SH371

Crow Wing State Park (showers!)

X-MR on SH115

Little Falls

Charles Lindbergh State Park

X-MR on CR29

Sauk Rapids

St. Cloud

X-MR on Michigan Dr./University Blvd.

Clearwater

Monticello

MPLS-ST. PAUL Metro area

Otsego

Dayton

Champlin

Brooklyn Park

Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park

X-MR (across the dam - pedestrian/bike path)

Coon Rapids

Fridley

Minneapolis

X-MR (Plymouth Ave. Bridge/80th Ave. NE)

X-MR (Ford Parkway Bridge)

St. Paul

X-MR (Wabasha St. Bridge)

South St. Paul

Inver Grove Heights

Rosemount

Hastings

X-MR on US 61

WISCONSIN  [approximately 87 miles]

Prescott

Diamond Bluff

Hagar City

Bay City

Maiden Rock

Stockholm

Pepin

Nelson

Alma

Cochran

Merrick State Park

Fountain City

X-MR on WI-SH54 / MN-SH43

MINNESOTA  [approximately 53 miles]

Winona

Homer

LaMollie

Great Bluffs State Park

Dakota

Dresbach

La Crescent

Brownsville

Reno

IOWA  [approximately 119 miles]

New Albin

Lansing

Harper's Ferry

Waukon Junction/Luster Heights

Effigy Mounds National Park/Monument

Marquette

Side trips to Monona, IA (on Pleasant Ridge Road - the Marquette Rd.) 

      and Prairie du Chien, WI (to the DQ ! )

X- MR on US Hwy18 to Prairie and back

Hwy 52 (Froelich/Giard)

MacGregor

Pikes Peak State Park

Guttenberg

Millville

Turkey River

North Buena Vista

Balltown

Sherrill

Sageville

Dubuque

X-MR on the Julien Dubuque bridge (Hwy 20)

ILLINOIS  [approximately 109 miles]

East Dubuque (Hwy 20 to 20/84)

Galena

Hanover

Palisades State Park

Savanna

X-MR to Sabula and back (Hwy 52 / Broad St. bridge)

Side trip to Sabula, IA

Thomson, ILL

Fulton

Albany

Cordova

Port Byron

Rapdis City

Moline

Rock Island

X-MR on Government Bridge (Rock Island Dr. / Ft. Armstrong Ave.)

IOWA  [approximately 111 miles]

Davenport

Buffalo

Montpelier

Wildcat Den State Park

Fairport

Muscatine

Wapello

Toolesboro

Oakville

Kingston

Burlington

Wever

Fort Madison

X-MR on Hwy 103 Fort Madison-Niota Bridge

ILLINOIS  [approximately 77 miles]

Niota

Nauvoo

Hamilton

Warsaw

Quincy

Down to I-72

X-MR on Interstate-72 / Hwy 36

MISSOURI  [approximately 135 miles]

Hannibal

Ashburn

Louisiana

SILO Public Access campground

Clarksville (half-way point between Canada & Gulf of M)

Annada

Elsbery

Winfield

St. Peters

Suburbs of St. Louis

St. Charles

X-MISSOURI RIVER

Bridgeton

Hazelwood

Berkeley

Ferguson

Dellwood

Moline Acres

Bellefontaine Neighbors

Riverview

1.5 Mile N to Chain of Lakes Bridge (Longest pedestrian bridge in the world)

X-MR over to Illinois and back

St. Louis, down to the ARCH

X-MR over the Eads Bridge

ILLINOIS  [approximately 59 miles]

East St. Louis

Cahokia

Columbia

Valmeyer

Prairie du Rocher

Modoc

X-MR on the ferry to Missouri

MISSOURI  [approximately 70 miles]

Sainte Genevieve

St. Mary

Perryville

Fruitland

Trail of Tears SP

Cape Girardeau

X-MR on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

ILLINOIS  [approximately 34 miles]

Hwy. 3 south past Horseshoe Campgrounds

Mounds

Cairo

X-OR, crossing the Ohio River into Kentucky on Hwy. 51

KENTUCKY  [approximately 61 miles]

Wickliffe

Columbus

Belmont State Park

Cauyce

Hickman

TENNESSEE  [approximately 168 miles]

Samburg

Reelfoot Lake State 

Ridgely

Arp

Cherry

Covington

Garland

Meeman-Shelby State Park

Suburbs of Memphis

Memphis (Check out Mississippi River Museum)

X-MR on I-55 bridge

ARKANSAS  [approximately 96 miles]

West Memphis

Hughes

Marianna

Lexa

West Helena

Helena

X-MR on Hwy. 49

MISSISSIPPI  [approximately 302 miles]

Lula

Friars Point

Rosedale

Great River Road State Park

Scott

Winterville Mounds State Park

Greenville

Roy's Store 

Mayersville

Margaret's Grocery on Hwy. 61

Vicksburg

The Natchez Trace Parkway

Rocky Springs

Port Gibson

Natchez State Park

Natchez

X-MR on Hwy. US 65

LOUISIANA  [approximately 350 miles]

Vidalia

Innis

Batchelor

Morganza

New Roads

Livonia

Maringouin

Rosedale

Plaquemine

White Castle

Donaldsville

Vacherie

Edgard

X-MR on Edgard/Reserve Ferry

Suburbs of New Orleans

New Orleans

St. Bernard State Park

Pointe a la Hache

X-MR on Ferry

Port Sulpher

Buras

Boothville

Venice

And finally, a sign – the Southernmost Point in Louisiana !!!!