Mississippi River Blvd

Location Map

The corner of St. Clair Ave and Mississippi Blvd in Saint Paul

Routes

Mississippi River Blvd: Ford-Franklin Loop

Mississippi River Blvd: Ford-Lake Loop

Mississippi River Blvd: Hill Loop

Mississippi River Blvd: Hill Loop via Montreal

Mississippi River Blvd: South along the River

Ford-Franklin Loop

Location

Route map

Run clockwise, crossing the Ford Bridge first. When used as a weekend run, there are water stops on the W River Pkwy at the porta-potty just north of E 36th St and on Mississippi River Blvd at Eustis Street, approximately half-way from the Franklin Ave to the Lake Street Bridge.

Ford-Lake Loop

Location

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Run clockwise, crossing the Ford Bridge first.

Hill Loop

Location

Route map

Basic Distances

1) Start-Finish: 9.06 miles

2) Start-WS #1: 2.29 miles

3) Start-WS #2: 4.56 miles

4) Start - WS #3: 6.80 miles

5) WS #1-WS #2: 2.27 miles

6) WS #1-WS #3: 4.51 miles

7) WS #1-Finish: 6.77 miles

8) WS #2-WS #3: 2.24 miles

9) WS #2-Finish: 4.50 miles

10) WS #3-Finish: 2.26 miles

Hill Loop via Montreal

Location

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Avoiding Snelling Ave construction

1.75 - Mississippi River Blvd & Montreal

4.00 - Montreal bottom of the hill, turn towards Lexington

6.00 - Lexington and Randolph

7.00 - Lexington and Summit Ave turn towards the river

8.50 - Summit and Mississippi River Blvd - turn left back toward start

9.02 - Finish

South along the River

Location

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Basic Distances (out & back)

1.02 – Randolph Ave.

2.18 – Highland Ave.

2.40 – Turn to Ford bridge

3.00 – Second light pole after parking lot

3.50 – Road to lower Ford lot

3.90 – Second parking lot south exit

4.00 (approx.) – Dave Coyne memorial bench at Hidden Falls overlook

4.32 – Magoffin St.

4.72 – Itasca St.

5.10 – Elsie St.

5.84 – Cleveland Ave.

6.04 – Kenneth St.