RAGBRAI LII will take cyclists across northern Iowa in July, from southeastern Sioux County to the banks of the Mississippi in Clayton County. This year’s route, and the overnight town riders will be stopping in, was announced at the RAGBRAI Route Announcement Party in Waukee on Saturday.
“This will be our second shortest route and sixth flattest ever RAGBRAI, 406 miles and 10,487 feet of climb,” according to the official RAGBRAI site.
The weeklong ride kicks off in Orange City on Saturday, July 19 and finishes with riders dipping their wheels in the Mississippi at the small town of Guttenberg on July 26. Along the way, RAGBRAIers will spend their nights in Milford, Estherville, Forest City, Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls and Oelwein.