Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

Minnesota Scenic Byway 229 mi in Minnesota.

Find camping along it Drive to one end Byway page on exploreminnesota.com

About the Glacial Ridge Trail Scenic Byway

This officially designated Minnesota State Scenic Byway is a 220 mile route through lakes, woods and farmlands. Massive glaciers once covered this land; as they melted, they left west central Minnesota dotted with lakes nestled among hills and ridges. This byway offers several scenic loops and side trips. Three state parks, Sibley, Monson and Glacial Lakes, are a mix of hardwood forest, prairie and lakes and are good spots for hiking, bird watching and fishing.

Explore Minnesota, for the Minnesota Scenic Byways Commission's own description, in its words. Byway page on exploreminnesota.com.

Camping along the byway

on the roadGlacial Lakes State Park · State park · 37 sites · reservable
on the roadSibley State Park · State park · 99 sites · reservable
on the roadGreen Lake County Park · City, county or regional park · 61 sites · reservable
on the roadBig Kandiyohi Lake County Park West · City, county or regional park · 94 sites · reservable
on the roadMonson Lake State Park · State park · 20 sites · reservable
on the roadGames Lake County Park · City, county or regional park · 56 sites · reservable
on the roadBarsness Park Campground · City, county or regional park · reservable
on the roadSinclair Lewis Campground · City, county or regional park
2.0 mi offLake Carlos State Park · State park · 121 sites · reservable
3.3 mi offDiamond Lake County Park · City, county or regional park · 60 sites · reservable

Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.

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About this page's facts

The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.