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bike trail guide MESABI

2810 Meyers Bay Road, Grand Rapids, MN 218-999-5795 www.greenheronbandb.com

Open year roundFor our guests hitting the trails a boxed breakfast & shuttle service are available.

Toll Free: (844) 373-7815 info@itascatrailsports.net316 NE 4th Street, Grand Rapids, MN 55744

Bicycle Sales, Repairs, & Rentals

Authorized Dealer:

ITASCA TRAILSPORTSwww.itascatrailsports.net

Bike the Mesabi Trail from the Mississippi to the Boundary Waters as it traverses over 120 miles through 28 communities.

Plan your ride at mesabitrail.com/visitor

Dont miss the Great River Energy Mesabi Trail Tour the 1st Saturday in August

Pedal across northern Minnesota.

Hours: Monday-Friday 8-8, Sat. 9-6, Sun. 10-6505 North 3rd Street, Virginia, MN

218-741-4663www.naturalharvestfoodcoop.com

Organic trail treats & Grab-n-Go Deli just steps off the Mesabi Trail!

Mesabi Trail The wonders of the Mesabi Iron Range are in a class by themselves. Bikers can ride over 75 paved miles from Grand Rapids to McKinley and from Biwabik past Giants Ridge Ski Resort for another 15 miles. Spurs into communities like Chisholm, Eveleth and Aurora bring the current mileage up to 120. When complete, it will be 132 miles long and connect 28 communities between Grand Rapids and Ely. The route runs through a wide range of scenery, from dramatic views of mining operations, to secluded woods, a jungle of vegetation, mine lakes and reservoirs.

The Mesabi is unlike most paved trails in the state that are straight, flat and on abandoned railroad beds.

It follows an occasional bikeway, mining road and even a floating bog walk.

Cyclists will find beauty and grandeur that sets the Iron Range apart from most of the world. You can also take time out to tour a mine, a logging camp, the Greyhound bus museum, or visit the childhood homes of Judy

Garland and Bob Dylan.Many campgrounds and local

parks are easily accessible from the trail, highways and nearby communities. Food, lodging, shopping, antiquing, golfing, fishing, camping and swimming are all in close proximity to segments of the trail, with communities and services available near all entry points.

The trail traverses forest, meadows, rivers, streams and lakes in a region bound on the east end by the Boundary

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U.S. RouteBike TrailFuture TrailState RouteCounty Route

Public Campground

State ParkParking

LEGEND

Soudan Underground

Mine State Park

Vermilion State Park

Veterans Park & Campground

Hill Annex Mine State

Park

McCarthy BeachState Park

FayalEveleth

Mt. IronVirginia

McKinley

Biwabik Aurora

Embarrass

Babbitt

Ely

SoudanTower

Hoyt Lakes

Kinney

BuhlChisholm

HibbingKelly Lake

Keewatin

Nashwauk

PengillyCalumet

SpartaGilbert

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169

169

135

110

37

37

25

735

73

65

578

65

7

1

1

53

53

169

169

169

21

21

Bar HeadLake

Lake Vermilion

SwanLake

BirchLake

169

21

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14

40.3

24

10

52.3

36

22

12

67.1

50.8

36.8

26.814.8

76.6

60.3

46.3

36.324.3

9.5

85.1

68.8

54.8

44.832.8

18

8.5

Grand

Rapids

Marble

Keewa

tin

Hibbin

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Buhl

Virginia

McKin

ley

Giants

Ridge

MESABITRAIL

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