2012 Bike Ride
July 14th
With the trail now complete to Rose Creek,
this year's event will begin at the Rose Pedaler
on the SE side of town on MN hwy 56.
Registration begins at 6:30am
7:00 am Start for the 100 Mile Ride
8:30 am Start for Other Rides
The "Bike Ride" page will have all the details
as they become available, including links to maps and registration forms.
The trail now is about 22 miles of 8 foot wide asphalt
from the eastern trailhead in LeRoy through Lake Louise State Park,
past the Adams City Park and on to Rose Creek on the west end.
There is plenty of parking at the trailhead at
LeRoy at the Adams City Park with
restroom and covered picnic areas and near the Rose Creek trailhead
at the Rose Pedaler. And at Taopi is another
restroom and picnic table with parking. Bike racks are
being added this summer at a number of key places and rest benches,
too.
The western trailhead now is in Rose Creek. Plenty
of parking is available at the Rose Pedaler (on MN 56) or at the
city-township hall at the junction of Mower Co roads 4 & 19.
Riders who wish to stay overnight may contact the
Rose Pedaler /
Log Cabin Inn (Rose Creek) or
Sweets Hotel
(LeRoy). It will also be "camping season" at
Lake Louise State Park, one of the top-rated camping facilities
in the MN State Park system.
Adams
City Park also has overnight camping and an outdoor swimming pool
near the park. All the cities, Rose Creek,
Adams,
Taopi and LeRoy have
other places of interest to visit, such as historical buildings,
prairie preserves with many native wildflowers, including some rare
ones (see our sister web -- Shooting Star Byway.
Delicious food service is available in Rose Creek,
Adams and LeRoy with choices of fine dining, down-home cooking, and
take out.
Much of the trail follows the long-abandoned railway
of the Milwaukee Road. In addition to public restrooms and
sheltered picnic areas, the trail runs through Lake Louise State
Park with its picnic and camping facilities.
You will find a friendly welcome at ALL these places.
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Maps for
2012 Bike Rides
All rides will follow different routes from previous years. Maps are
being prepared and will be available for download when ready.
100 Mile Ride
60 Mile ride
40 Mile ride
This site is one of three related webs.
The others are: Prairie
Visions and
Shooting
Star Scenic Byway. Together all three represent a cooperation by
the four small cities of Adams, LeRoy, Rose Creek and Taopi in
southeast Mower County
plus a dedicated cadre of volunteers who proudly wish to share their historic and
scenic attractions with the rest of the state and country.
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