Iowa Driftless Area Loop (IA-76 / Great River Road)
Northeast Iowa's Driftless corner was never flattened by glaciers, leaving tall Mississippi River bluffs and steep wooded valleys. The roughly 68-mile Waukon loop links IA-76, IA-26, and US-52, with bluff-top climbs and hairpin descents down to river towns like Lansing and McGregor.
What you'll hit along the way.
Rider-verified stops, overlooks, fuel, and the corners worth knowing about — in the order you'll meet them.
Marquette
River town at the southern end of IA-76, next to Effigy Mounds National Monument and a short hop from food and fuel in McGregor.
Waukon
County-seat hub of the loop with full services — a good base for linking the IA-76, IA-9, and IA-26 legs.
Lansing
Mississippi River town reached by a steep bluff descent; the Mt. Hosmer city park road above town has the loop's best overlook of the river valley.
New Albin
Northernmost Iowa river village on the IA-26 Great River Road leg, just shy of the Minnesota line.
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