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Mississippi River

States
7
Stops
12 of 18 mapped
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The route · stop by stop
  1. 1
    Lake Itasca
    headwaters of the river · reached via Itasca State Park
  3. 3
    St. Cloud, Minnesota
    along US 10 heading southeast
  4. 4
    Minneapolis-St. Paul (Twin Cities)
    start of navigable waters on the river · US 10 and I-94 follow opposite riverbanks here
  9. 9
    Quad Cities
    straddles a state line following the river · caution advised for night travel on foot
  13. 13
    Mississippi Delta region
    historic blues and juke-joint area · riverboat casinos along this stretch
  18. 18
    Mississippi River Delta / Gulf of Mexico
    river terminates here beyond New Orleans
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Route structure sourced from the Wikivoyage guide (CC BY-SA 4.0). Roads, distances, and drive times computed by the Byway routing engine.