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The region is thus called the Driftless Area, referring to the lack of glacial drift, the material left behind by retreating continental glaciers. One and a half miles (2.4 km) south of New Albin, Iowa 26 crosses the Upper Iowa River and then intersects County Road A26, which takes the Driftless Area Scenic Byway west to Iowa 76. Through New ...
The Driftless Area, also known as Bluff Country and the Paleozoic Plateau, is a topographical and cultural region in the Midwestern United States [1] that comprises southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, northeastern Iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of Illinois. The Driftless Area is a USDA Level III Ecoregion: Ecoregion 52.
Driftless Area Scenic Byway 100 160 Glacial Trail Scenic Byway 36 58 ... White Pole Scenic Byway 26 42 Iowa portal; U.S. Roads portal; External links.
The Mountain Maryland Byway zigzags and loops 193 miles through the mountains of the state's western corridor to encompass as much of the area's scenic beauty as possible.
The national scenic byway links together Dexter, Grand Meadow, Spring Valley, Preston, Lanesboro, Rushford Village, Peterson, Rushford, Houston, Hokah, and La Crescent. Highway 16 parallels Interstate 90 throughout its route and allows travelers the opportunity to experience Minnesota's Driftless Area.
But then there’s the lesser knowns, such as Indiana’s Barn Quilt Trail in LaGrange County, home of the Amish, or Iowa’s Driftless Area Scenic Byway, 144 miles along high limestone bluffs ...
Iowa 13 south / River Bluffs Scenic Byway – Elkader: Southern end of River Bluffs Scenic Byway overlap: Giard Township: 115.274: 185.516: US 18 east / River Bluffs Scenic Byway – McGregor: Southern end of US 18 overlap; northern end of River Bluffs Scenic Byway overlap: Allamakee: Postville: CR B38 (S. Maple Street) / Driftless Area Scenic ...
Blue Mound State Park is a state park in Wisconsin, United States, located atop the largest hill in the southern half of the state, near the village of Blue Mounds.The 1,153-acre (467 ha) park features a pair of observation towers affording views of the Wisconsin River valley and Baraboo Range to the north, the mounds, buttes, and rolling forests of the Driftless Area to the south and west ...