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On the Road Again with Wisconsin's Great River Road!

Enjoy unique inns and cozy cabins; overlooks, birding, hiking, biking, boating, and so much more.
The Wisconsin Great River Road National Scenic Byway travels 250 miles along the Mississippi River.
The perfect road trip offers you the refuge of the outdoors, including 4 State Parks with a wealth of winter activities, all nestled in the picturesque Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge.
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Listen on the drive!  Find audio tours about the communities along the Wisconsin Great River Road.

Hear local stories about the people and places along the Wisconsin Great River Road!

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Festivals

Life Along Wisconsin’s Great River Road And Why You Need To Go By ANASTASIA PENCHI No one does it better than Western Wisconsin when it comes to community-based festivals. Not a weekend goes by without one of our communities offering fabulous food and drink,...

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Motorcyling on the Great River Road

Motorcycling on the Great River Road Designated as a National Scenic Byway, The Wisconsin Great River Road can take you places that will open your eyes, mind and heart. There is no better way to do that than on a motorcycle. Nothing is more...

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Wineries

Life Along Wisconsin’s Great River Road And Why You Need To Go By ANASTASIA PENCHI We love to go to them because we are there enjoying life with our friends. On occasion I’ll even go with my sister or my momscato. Area wineries instill...

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Interpretive Centers

Life Along Wisconsin’s Great River Road And Why You Need To Go By ANASTASIA PENCHI Are you the curious type, often wanting explanations for life and the way things are? Revelations can happen along Wisconsin’s Great River Road, the 250 miles of Highway 35,...

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Area Archaeology

Life Along Wisconsin’s Great River Road And Why You Need To Go By ANASTASIA PENCHI It’s easy to make history come alive along Wisconsin’s Great River Road. The 250 miles of Highway 35, which runs adjacent to the Mississippi River from Kieler, Wisconsin, in...

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The Great River Road’s 80th Anniversary

Life Along Wisconsin’s Great River Road And Why You Need To Go By ANASTASIA PENCHI The roads of Western Wisconsin looked a little different when the 250 miles of Highway 35 — now coined “Wisconsin’s Great River Road” — got its moniker 80 years...

Thank you to the Wisconsin Department of Administration for supporting the Wisconsin Great River Road through a DMO Grant.

This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0135, awarded to the Wisconsin Mississippi Parkway Commission via the Wisconsin Department of Administration by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.