List of RAGBRAI Overnight Stops By Year

Eight "host communities" are selected each year by the RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) organizers, except that there were only seven in 1973. Two of the communities are the beginning and end points, while the other six serve as overnight stops for the bicyclists. From 1973 to 2012, the distance between consecutive host communities has averaged about 68 miles. The average length has been 471 miles.

At the beginning of the ride, riders traditionally dip the rear wheel of their bikes in either the Missouri River or the Big Sioux River (depending on the starting point of the ride), and at the end, the riders dip the front wheels in the Mississippi River.

Year Length (miles) Route (start to finish)
1973 412 Sioux City, Storm Lake, Fort Dodge, Ames, Des Moines, Williamsburg, and Davenport
1974 422 Council Bluffs, Atlantic, Guthrie Center, Camp Dodge, Marshalltown, Waterloo, Monticello, and Dubuque
1975 450 Hawarden, Cherokee, Lake View, Boone, Newton, Sigourney, Mount Pleasant, and Fort Madison
1976 430 Sidney, Red Oak, Harlan, Jefferson, Nevada, Grinnell, Iowa City, and Muscatine
1977 400 Onawa, Ida Grove, Laurens, Algona, Clear Lake, New Hampton, Decorah, and Lansing
1978 440 Sioux City, Storm Lake, Humboldt, Iowa Falls, Vinton, Mount Vernon, Maquoketa, and Clinton
1979 480 Rock Rapids, Spencer, Rockwell City, Story City, Tama, Fairfield, Wapello, and Burlington
1980 468 Glenwood, Atlantic, Carroll, Perry, Webster City, Waverly, Elkader, and Guttenberg
1981 490 Missouri Valley, Mapleton, Lake City, Greenfield, Leon, Centerville, Keosauqua, and Keokuk
1982 523 Akron, Cherokee, Estherville, Forest City, Charles City, Independence, Tipton, and Davenport
1983 492 Onawa, Harlan, Guthrie Center, Ames, Clarion, Grundy Center, Manchester, and Dubuque
1984 474 Glenwood, Shenandoah, Creston, Adel, Pella, Ottumwa, Mount Pleasant, and Burlington
1985 540 Hawarden, Sibley, Emmetsburg, Humboldt, Mason City, Waterloo, Monticello, and Clinton
1986 479 Council Bluffs, Red Oak, Audubon, Perry, Eldora, Belle Plaine, Washington, and Muscatine
1987 437 Onawa, Denison, Storm Lake, Fort Dodge, Forest City, Osage, West Union, and Guttenberg
1988 433 Sioux City, Ida Grove, Carroll, Boone, Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Fairfield, and Fort Madison
1989 479 Glenwood, Clarinda, Atlantic, Jefferson, Story City, Cedar Falls, Dyersville, and Bellevue
1990 495 Sioux Center, Spencer, Algona, Hampton, Oelwein, Cedar Rapids, Washington, and Burlington
1991 432 Missouri Valley, Atlantic, Winterset, Knoxville, Grinnell, Amana, Anamosa, and Bellevue
1992 494 Glenwood, Shenandoah, Bedford, Osceola, Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Mount Pleasant, and Keokuk
1993 525 Sioux City, Sheldon, Emmetsburg, Clarion, Osage, Decorah, Manchester, and Dubuque
1994 511 Council Bluffs, Harlan, Carroll, Perry, Marshalltown, Marion, Maquoketa, and Clinton
1995 493 Onawa, Lake View, Fort Dodge, Iowa Falls, Tama, Sigourney, Coralville, and Muscatine
1996 437 Sioux Center, Sibley, Estherville, Lake Mills, Charles City, Cresco, Fayette, and Guttenberg
1997 464 Missouri Valley, Red Oak, Creston, Des Moines, Chariton, Bloomfield, Fairfield, and Fort Madison
1998 488 Hawarden, Cherokee, Rockwell City, Boone, Eldora, Cedar Falls, Monticello, and Sabula
1999 487 Rock Rapids, Spencer, Algona, Clear Lake, Waverly, Decorah, Manchester, and Bellevue
2000 450 Council Bluffs, Harlan, Greenfield, Ankeny, Knoxville, Ottumwa, Washington, and Burlington
2001 506 Sioux City, Storm Lake, Denison, Atlantic, Perry, Grinnell, Coralville, and Muscatine
2002 525 Sioux Center, Cherokee, Emmetsburg, Forest City, Charles City, Oelwein, Anamosa, and Bellevue
2003 495 Glenwood, Shenandoah, Bedford, Osceola, Oskaloosa, Bloomfield, Mount Pleasant, and Fort Madison
2004 490 Onawa, Lake View, Fort Dodge, Iowa Falls, Marshalltown, Hiawatha, Maquoketa, and Clinton
2005 485 Le Mars, Sheldon, Estherville, Algona, Northwood, Cresco, West Union, and Guttenberg.
2006 444 Sergeant Bluff, Ida Grove, Audubon, Waukee, Newton, Marengo, Coralville, and Muscatine.
2007 479 Rock Rapids, Spencer, Humboldt, Hampton, Cedar Falls, Independence, Dyersville, and Bellevue
2008 471 Missouri Valley, Harlan, Jefferson, Ames, Tama/Toledo, North Liberty, Tipton, and LeClaire
2009 442 Council Bluffs, Red Oak, Greenfield, Indianola, Chariton, Ottumwa, Mt. Pleasant, Burlington
2010 450 Sioux City, Storm Lake, Algona, Clear Lake, Charles City, Waterloo, Manchester, Dubuque
2011 454 Glenwood, Atlantic, Carroll, Boone, Altoona, Grinnell, Coralville, Davenport
2012 471 Sioux Center, Cherokee, Lake View, Webster City, Marshalltown, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Clinton

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