Schaar's Bluff – Outdoor Exhibit loop from Nininger Township

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Schaar's Bluff – Outdoor Exhibit loop from Nininger Township

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Schaar's Bluff – Outdoor Exhibit loop from Nininger Township

01:42

29.2km

150m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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316 m

Schaar's Bluff

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great park with bison, biking, and archery!

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5.96 km

Eagle Bluff Park

Highlight • Rest Area

I found this way to keep going fast on the trail and not have to ride along the side of the busy road, or cross just to cross back. Plus …

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10.0 km

Spiral Brewing

Highlight • Pub

Great brewery in Hastings, worth a stop at the turning point on the Mississippi River Greenway Trail

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10.2 km

Mini Sculpture Garden

Highlight • Monument

I think these are also from the guy who lives in Vermillion and has other sculptures over by Spring Lake Park.

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14.1 km

Bridge To The Old Mill Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

This marks more the turn onto the bridge that brings you to the Mill Ruins, not necessarily the ruins themselves. Unless the person that created this was there at a …

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23.2 km

Top of a long climb (Hastings)

Highlight • Climb

I usually take this down the water, and then after visiting down town if I'm heading back to Spring Lake Park, I go up the street, it's a steeper hill, but shorter, and I'd rather do that.

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24.1 km

Dale Lewis Sculpture Exhibit

Highlight • Monument

Here is some more info on the sculptures

artistdalelewis.com

Dale Lewis is the artist, one of these days it'd be fun to catch him around the sculptures and find out more about this passion of his.

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24.2 km

Outdoor Exhibit

Highlight • Monument

Several old farm implements across from the art exhibit

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29.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.1 km

2.10 km

1.06 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.7 km

1.30 km

235 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Today

Friday 13 November

4°C

-6°C

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Comments

September 29, 2025,After work bike ride with Brian McCabe on the 10 Mile Loop of Hastings

I made a route of the official 10 Mile Loop from Hastings website. And made it public on here. I'm curious to see if it becomes an official route in Hastings when searching Cycling. We added on a bit to it live, because I wanted to see the Mill Ruins and the mills falls, plus go see where Brian is …