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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.
Minnesota State Highway 16 (MN 16) is an 87.671-mile-long (141.093 km) two-lane highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate Highway 90 in Dexter and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line concurrent with U.S. Highways 14 and 61 outside La Crescent just west of La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Historic Bluff Country National Scenic Byway is an alternate designation for Minnesota State Highway 16, an 87.7-mile (141.1 km) highway in southeastern Minnesota. The route follows the Root River through the hills, bluffs, and valleys of the Driftless Area. The river provides fishing, canoeing, and other recreational opportunities.
Marty Walsh recently took time off to hike the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota to talk with landowners. It wasn't the first time. The Rochester man has put in the miles since 2019 to ...
The park preserves steep-sided bluffs rising 500 feet (150 m) above the river and the narrow valleys between them, which support rare and fragile plant communities. Two of the bluffs have received further protection under the Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas program, which are known as King's and Queen's Bluff Scientific and Natural Area.
Southeastern Minnesota includes the scenic Mississippi Valley, Whitewater, Zumbro and Root Rivers in the Coulee Region, also known as the Driftless Area or “Bluff Country”. Its primary city is Rochester, and to a lesser extent, Winona and La Crosse, WI.
Formerly MN 44: Spring Valley: 13.569: 21.837: MN 16 east (Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway / Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway) / CSAH 1 – Preston: Eastern end of MN 16 overlap; CSAH 1 formerly MN 74: Mower: Frankford Township: 18.649: 30.013: MN 16 west (Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway) – Grand Meadow, Dexter: Western end of MN ...
MN 16 west (Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway) / Great River Road south / CSAH 6 west to MN 26 – Hokah, Rushford: North end of MN 16 overlap; south end of Great River Road overlap: Winona: Dresbach Township: 4.074: 6.556: 276: I-90 east – La Crosse, Tomah, Madison: North end of I-90 Alt. overlap; south end of I-90 overlap: Dresbach: 6.636 ...