Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Great River Road (upper section)
Follows Upper Mississippi River From its source
Itasca State Park
National Eagle Center
Mississippi Visitors Center in St Paul
from Hastings on Minnesota side down to Dubuque IA and back up Wisconsin side to Prescott
470
763/212-2560
North Shore Drive
Lake Superior coastline
Silver Mountain zipline
tugboat & light station in Two Harbors
St Hwy 61 from Duluth to Grand Portage
150
800/688-7669
Edge of the Wilderness National Scenic Byway
hilly lake splashed landscape
Chippewa National Forest
Forest History Center
drice south from Effie on Rte38 to Grand Rapids
47
888/754-0011
Grand Rounds Scenic Byway
longest continuous system of public urban parkways
lakes canals and wetlands
begins at Boom Island north of downtown Minneapolis looping north to Ridgeway Parkway
52
612/230-6400
Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway
woodsy hills
dolomite bluffs
lush Root River valley
Lanesboro
Preston
Mystery Cave
Grand Meadow to La Crescent
88
800/428-2030
Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway
Quaint towns & wildlife refuges
montevideo
redwood falls
new ulm
Belle Plaine to Browns Valley
287
888/463-9856
Paul Bunyon Scenic Byway
Beautiful lakes and woods
pelican lake
whitefish chain of lakes
paul bunyon state trail
two loops beginning in Pequot Lakes to Pine River
54
800/450-2838
Gunflint Trail (County Rd 12)
rolling hills of Superior National Forest
lakes in Boundary Waters canoe area
chik wauk museum
Grand Marais to Saganaga Lake
57
218/387-2524