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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
Justin Hillyard

Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
East River hill behind Coffman0.33 mi-66 ft-3.7%
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 Pkwy to 44th Revised0.43 mi-7 ft-0.3%
Southbound Victory Climb1.51 mi52 ft0.7%
Cedar Lake South Super Short3.97 mi-135 ft-0.1%
Cedar Lake South Long6.64 mi135 ft0.0%
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%
Birth Pond hill South. Glen Ave to 394 Bridge0.61 mi46 ft1.2%
South Jumps0.13 mi-46 ft-5.1%
West Cedar Lake - Southbound1.15 mi-13 ft-0.0%
Calhoun Part 51.78 mi-13 ft0.0%
South Side Calhoun Sprint0.36 mi-7 ft-0.3%
Berry Parkway Hill Sprint0.19 mi16 ft1.5%
Harriet Part 61.62 mi-26 ft-0.1%
Low Lying Fog0.75 mi-10 ft-0.1%
Minnehaha Parkway going East4.65 mi-75 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%
Diablo's Waterslide6.45 mi-52 ft-0.1%
Sasha Grey0.28 mi-7 ft-0.4%
Roundabout Minnehaha3.15 mi-43 ft-0.1%
Slowly Foley0.67 mi30 ft0.8%
East Minnehaha Parkway quick uphill0.16 mi23 ft2.7%
BEEEEEEEEEP0.21 mi-20 ft-1.8%
Sea Salt0.69 mi-33 ft-0.2%
West River Road: Ford Parkway Bridge to Lake St2.25 mi-16 ft-0.1%
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%