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Grand Rounds Loop

Cycling Route

Details
30.86 mi
1,191 ft
Why Go: Though it’s only recently become recognized as a cycling paradise, Minneapolis’ best bike route — the over-50-mile Grand Rounds Loop, which traces natural features including lakes, creeks, riverbanks and wetlands in a massive circle around downtown — has been around since the 1930s.

Road Notes: While the full trip includes complete laps around each and every lake, this ride comprises a practical, 31-mile route around the Grand Rounds from the University of Minnesota campus and knocks most of the climbing out of the way in the first dozen miles.
Created By
Paul D

Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
East Bank Hill Part20.34 mi82 ft4.5%
Delaware Stop Light0.11 mi36 ft6.0%
15th Ave: 5th St to Rollins Ave SE0.32 mi7 ft0.4%
Stinson Slash0.24 mi10 ft0.3%
Stinson Parkway Climb0.53 mi52 ft1.8%
Johnson to Deming Heights - West0.30 mi30 ft1.4%
Deming Heights Hill Bomb0.29 mi-89 ft-5.9%
Grand Rounds - Central to University0.86 mi36 ft0.6%
West Parkway Climb to the Railroad bridge 0.30 mi-20 ft-0.6%
Rod Carew says Hi0.95 mi-46 ft-0.5%
Camden Bridge Westbound0.30 mi46 ft1.6%
Webber Park to 44th0.46 mi7 ft0.0%
Webber Parkway East to West 1.57 mi30 ft0.3%
Cedar Lake South Super Short3.97 mi-135 ft-0.1%
Cedar Lake South Long6.64 mi135 ft0.0%
Cedar Lake South Short5.09 mi135 ft0.1%
Victory Sprint0.85 mi39 ft0.9%
Theo, Lowry to 3943.39 mi-135 ft-0.3%
Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check0.31 mi-30 ft-1.4%
55 to Glenwood on Theo Wirth Pkwy0.40 mi16 ft0.2%
Theo 55 to 3940.99 mi66 ft1.0%
Birth Pond hill South. Glen Ave to 394 Bridge0.61 mi46 ft1.2%
Quaking Bog Climb0.53 mi36 ft1.2%
South Jumps0.13 mi-46 ft-5.1%
West Cedar Lake - Southbound1.15 mi-13 ft-0.0%
South Side Calhoun Sprint0.36 mi-7 ft-0.3%
William Berry Pkwy (Sprint)0.37 mi-13 ft-0.0%
Richfield Rd to SE Harriet Beach1.58 mi-26 ft-0.1%
Lake Harriet Northeast segment1.09 mi-7 ft-0.0%
E Minnehaha Pkwy: Humboldt to Cedar3.19 mi-62 ft-0.2%
Minnehaha Parkway going East4.65 mi-75 ft-0.1%
Minnehaha Parkway Sprint East2.95 mi-62 ft-0.1%
E Minnehaha Pkwy: Lyndale to E 50th St1.20 mi-62 ft-0.8%
Lyndale to Stevens on Parkway0.75 mi-49 ft-1.0%
Parkway Plunge0.45 mi-59 ft-2.0%
Roundabout Minnehaha3.15 mi-43 ft-0.1%
Chicago to Bloomington Sprint0.56 mi-13 ft-0.2%
Sea Salt0.69 mi-33 ft-0.2%
River Road Run North (Ford Pkwy To Greenway)2.86 mi26 ft0.1%
W River Pkwy - Ford dam to 1st red octagon1.36 mi16 ft0.1%
Parkway hill sprint - drive to drive0.33 mi20 ft0.6%
South Mississippi River Boulevard Climb0.50 mi20 ft0.4%
Minnehaha Academy - South to North Interval1.32 mi16 ft0.1%
burn baby burn0.28 mi-7 ft-0.4%
River Road GO TIME0.57 mi-7 ft-0.0%
Steal the bacon0.24 mi7 ft0.4%
Lake Street to Greenway0.48 mi10 ft0.4%
Franklin bridge into dinkytown0.17 mi3 ft0.1%
East River Road Commuter Sprint0.37 mi30 ft1.0%
East Bank Hill Part10.17 mi105 ft11.7%