Mini Sculpture Garden – Bridge To The Old Mill Ruins loop from Hastings Wildlife Management Area

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Mini Sculpture Garden – Bridge To The Old Mill Ruins loop from Hastings Wildlife Management Area

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Mini Sculpture Garden – Bridge To The Old Mill Ruins loop from Hastings Wildlife Management Area

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21.3km

120m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 3.36 km for 83 m

After 12.4 km for 190 m

After 19.1 km for 82 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.41 km

Vermillion Falls

Highlight • Waterfall

A nice view of Vermillion Falls by the big mill.

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12.1 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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12.5 km

View of Lake Rebecca

Highlight • Viewpoint

The did some work on the trail, it's smoother now, not SMOOTH but smoother.

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16.0 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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16.2 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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16.3 km

Hastings sign and park

Highlight • Structure

Nice riverside park with a Hastings sign

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19.1 km

Trail descending to a cave overlook.

Highlight • Cave

Some caved in ceiling of a cave that pops out over the river

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19.3 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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21.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.4 km

3.11 km

1.31 km

398 m

107 m

Surfaces

17.2 km

2.86 km

1.02 km

125 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 8 November

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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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 …