St. Croix Scenic Byway
Minnesota Scenic Backway 122 mi in Minnesota.
About the St. Croix Scenic Byway
The 124-mile St. Croix Scenic Byway runs from Point Douglas (near Hastings) to a point north of Sandstone, MN. Prepare to be impressed by the great beauty of the St. Croix "Wild and Scenic" River Valley. Long vistas and rolling landscape in the south changes to a more rugged environment of rock, cliffs and woods as you proceed north. Once in historic Pine County you will realize that you have truly arrived in the "North Country."
Explore Minnesota, for the Minnesota Scenic Byways Commission's own description, in its words. Byway page on exploreminnesota.com.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 7 · on the roadAfton State Park · State park · 28 sites · reservable
- Mile 19 · 4.9 mi offWillow River State Park · State park · 120 sites · reservable
- Mile 36 · on the roadWilliam O Brien State Park · State park · 114 sites · reservable
- Mile 38 · 0.6 mi offLower St. Croix District · National Park Service · 19 sites
- Mile 51 · on the roadInterstate State Park · State park · 37 sites · reservable
- Mile 51 · 0.7 mi offInterstate State Park · State park · 84 sites · reservable
- Mile 63 · on the roadWild River State Park · State park · 94 sites · reservable
- Mile 66 · 3.0 mi offTrade River Equestrian Campground · State forest · 40 sites · reservable
- Mile 109 · 2.2 mi offGrand Casino Hinckley RV Resort · Tribal · 271 sites · reservable
- Mile 119 · on the roadRobinson Quarry Park Campground · City, county or regional park · 8 sites · reservable
- Mile 122 · 1.0 mi offBanning State Park · State park · 33 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
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.