Destinations · Iowa
Dubuque
IA · 42.5006, -90.6644
From Dubuque, Iowa, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Get in
Dubuque is connected to most of the surrounding cities by 4-lane highways. From the north (Twin Cities): Take US Hwy 52 (2-lane) From the northeast(Madison/Milwaukee): Take US Hwy 151 (4-lane) East (Rockford/Chicago): Take US Hwy 20 (mostly 4-lane, some 2-lane) South (Quad Cities): Take U.S. Highway 61 (4-lane) Southwest (Cedar Rapids): Take US Hwy 151 (4-lane) West (Waterloo): Take US Hwy 20 (4-lane)
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Great River Road · 3 mi · national
- Grant Wood Scenic Byway · 21 mi
- River Bluffs Scenic Byway · 29 mi
Lookouts
- River Viewing Point · 3 mi
- Shiras Point · 3 mi
- Allison Point · 3 mi
- Horseshoe Bluff · 3 mi
Named places
- Multilingual Peace Pole · 0 mi
- National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium · 0 mi
- Towboat Logsdon · 0 mi
- Fenelon Place Elevator · 0 mi
- Tavern · 0 mi
- William M. Black · 0 mi
- Diamond Jo National River Center · 0 mi
- National Rivers Hall of Fame · 0 mi
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