Scenic route
Great River Road
Trace the Mississippi from a creek you can step over in Minnesota all the way to the Gulf, through river bluffs, blues towns, and ten states of American story.
Why drive it
Follow the Mississippi, source to sea.
It’s the country told as a river — headwaters to delta, with effigy mounds, Gateway cities, Memphis barbecue, and Cajun country strung along one waterway.
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
01Mississippi Headwaters at Itascastep across the river where it beginsMN02Effigy Mounds National Monumentancient animal-shaped mounds over the bluffsIA03Gateway Archthe 630-foot stainless arch over St. LouisMO04Memphis riverfrontBeale Street blues and the bluff over the riverTN05VicksburgCivil War battlefield above a Mississippi bendMS06New Orleanswhere the river meets the Gulf, and the trip endsLA
Plan the drive
Build your Great River Road trip.
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