Loop Lake Pepin — Blog Guide
Not Your Average Local Blog
The purpose of this unique blog series is to provide locals and tourists with reasons to travel around the Lake Pepin region. (Hence the name, “Loop Lake Pepin.”) The goal is to encourage discovery and awareness of fresh adventures that give you new reasons to travel and explore the lakeside communities, villages and towns in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
What exactly does “Loop Lake Pepin” mean?
Loop Lake Pepin is a phrase that we coined in reference to going around Lake Pepin for leisurely day trips. It consists of Lake Pepin coastal travel in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Historically, locals have been known to take classic car rides, motorcycle runs, bike rides and more, but this series will offer a wider variety of reasons to travel this path for fun.
Why did we implement the “Loop Lake Pepin” blog series?
Imagine living or visiting the Lake Pepin region your whole life and only minimally spending time exploring the “other side” of the lake or river. Loop Lake Pepin is here to help provide day-trip ideas that will guide you into unfamiliar territories, businesses and/or hobbies. Sit back, Go Lake Pepin will do the work for you.
What communities, villages, towns and roadways make up the Go Lake Pepin Region?
On the Minnesota side, it is Red Wing, Frontenac, Lake City, Reads Landing and Wabasha.
Located on US-61/Minnesota Great River Road.
On the Wisconsin side, Hager City, Bay City, Maiden Rock, Stockholm, Pepin, Nelson & Alma.
Located on WI-35/Wisconsin Great River Road.
To cross Mississippi River, Pool 4 and “Loop Lake Pepin,” you would take the Red Wing Eisenhower Bridge (north bridge) in Red Wing, MN to Hager City, WI on US-63 or the Wabasha-Nelson Bridge (south bridge) in Wabasha, MN to Nelson, WI on MN-60/WI-25.
Loop Lake Pepin
A blog series of fun and adventure!
Looking for more details? Here are 4 Facts about the “Loop Lake Pepin” blog series:
Transportation: No boat, no problem – Lake Pepin has lots of land to explore! In fact, you will primarily find adventure guides that require a mode of transportation on land (i.e. biking, driving a car, bus trips, motorcycles, etc) rather than water (i.e. boat).
Destinations: Starting and ending points of interest and locations are up to you! Feel free to go around the entire lake in any which way you want–there is no right or wrong direction! For example, you may wish to start in Red Wing and stay on the Minnesota side to get to Lake City first. Alternatively, you could have gone the other direction by crossing the Mississippi River in Red Wing and then heading to Hager City, Wisconsin.
Timespan: Here for a day? No problem. You can easily go around the lake and complete many of these adventure guides in a day, but they can also be stretched out over a weekend, months or even a year. Your time is completely up to you and your crew.
Upcoming Adventure Guide Topics:
Family-oriented reasons to “Loop Lake Pepin” that include ice cream shops, coffee mug search and finds, food tastings, playground hopping and more.
Dog-Friendly Day Trips
Boutique Shopping
Art Galleries
Foodie Finds
Nature Adventures
Wineries, Cideries, Distilleries and Breweries
Motorcycle Runs
Sight-seeing
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Do you have an idea of a future guide? Connect with me at sara@golakepepin.com.
