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Hours & Dates of Operation The Mesabi Trail offers Mesabi Trail? Show your love by day pass. Revenue from Wheel Pass sales helps support the Available Fri. to Wed., dark on Thursday, May 15-31: an abundance of natural joining Club Mesabi! Membership Mesabi Trail. Passes are available at mesabitrail.com, at any 9 a.m.-4 p.m./June 1-Sept. 30: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and outdoor experiences. supports the Mesabi Trail, plus you get of these vendors, or at self-pay boxes along the Trail. Oct 1-15: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. - weather dependent Bike, hike, skate, , some great perks, like your annual wheel pass, dis- For more information and to make reservations: Towns are listed from West to East. All Numbers (218) Area Code and in some counts from local businesses, on Trail merchandise and text : 218-780-4541 Grand Rapids Glen’s Army-Navy Store 326-1201 701 NW 4th St. areas snowmobile, along the Great River Energy Mesabi Trail Series Tour. Grand Rapids TimberLake Lodge 866-800-2200 144 SE 17th St. or email: [email protected] the Trail as it traverses Grand Rapids Green Heron B&B 999-5795 2810 Meyers Bay Rd JOIN THE CLUB: (Trip planning available via email) almost 135 completed miles (over 155 when finished) Grand Rapids Ardent 999-5470 1421 NW 4th St. Tour #1 - July 31, 2021 ® mesabitrail.com 218-749-4331 Start/Finish - Chisholm, MN Discovery Center through 28 communities. Explore historic buildings, Service Areas and Pricing Bovey Bovey Bait 245-1660 50 County Rd 10 PO Box 139, Virginia, MN 55792 Marble Ron’s Korner Market 247-7351 Hwy 169 Turn-Around #1 - 12 miles to Leetonia mining artifacts, early industry and ethnic history, Shuttle services available from Grand Rapids to Ely and [email protected] Pengilly Swan Lake Sinclair 885-3806 31277 Hwy 65 (a total of 24 miles out & back on the Mesabi Trail) all points in between. Up to 4 bikes & passengers per plus other treasures well worth the discovery. Forests Nashwauk Nashwauk BP 885-3105 121 1st St. Turn-Around #2 - 22.5 miles to O’Brien Reservior trip. (Larger groups, please call for availability.) Rates teeming with wildlife can be found between rolling Keewatin Keewatin Sinclair 778-6140 210 N First St. (a total of 45 miles out & back) Rules for Conduct determined by distance and drive time based from hills. Streams and creeks provide habitat for birds Hibbing Bikes on Howard 262-0899 407 E Howard St. Online Registration OPENS - June 19, 2021 and animals. Grand heaps of earth provide man- • Wheel Pass required for ages 18 years and older using Mesabi Trail Station in Eveleth. For example, pick up Hibbing Chamber of Commerce 262-3895 211 Howard St. made mountains that are becoming re-growth forests a bicycle, inline skates or other non-motorized in Grand Rapids, drop off in Virginia. (120 miles, 2.5 Hibbing Greyhound Bus Museum 263-5814 1201 Greyhound Blvd Tour #2 - August 28, 2021 Hibbing Hibbing Tourism Center 262-4166 1202 E Howard St. lining the edges of some of the world’s largest mines. wheeled device. hours) = $104 for one rider, add $10 for each additional Start/Finish - Grand Rapids, Itasca Co. Fairgrounds • The Mesabi Trail is a non-motorized trail, except rider. Recumbents, tandems, or e-bikes may incur an Chisholm Chisholm Inn & Suites 254-2000 501 Iron Dr. (Hwy 169) Turn-Around #1 - 12 miles to Taconite These former mines are fast becoming a linked chain Chisholm Chisholm Area Chamber 800-422-0806 223 West Lake St. extra charge. Check website for COVID protocals. (a total of 24 miles out & back on the Mesabi Trail) of watery passageways. Come enjoy a quality guest snowmobiles where designated. Chisholm MN Discovery Center 800-372-6437 801 Hwy 169 Due to fuel cost, printed prices are subject to Turn-Around #2 - 24 miles to Nashwauk experience in the Land of • Electric assist (E-Bikes) are allowed. Buhl Buhl City Hall 258-3226 300 Jones Ave change without notice. The Shuttle is not an on-call (a total of 48 miles out & back) Mesabi, via the Mesabi Trail. • Non-motorized vehicles and motorized wheel chairs Mtn. Iron Comfort Inn & Suites 741-7411 8570 Rock Ridge Rd shall not exceed 36” in width. service, except in case of emergency. For regular Mtn. Iron AmericInn Lodge & Suites 741-7839 5480 Mtn. Iron Drive Online Registration OPENS - July 19, 2021 A Wheel Pass is • Keep pets on a leash no longer than 6’ long shuttle service, please text or email at least 24 hours Virginia Mesabi Recreation 749-6719 720 9th St. N needed to ride the in advance. Cancellations less than 24 hours prior to Virginia Natural Harvest Foods 741-4663 732 4th St. N Tour #3 - September 18, 2021 TM • Holes or trenches may not be dug. Start/Finish - Virginia, Olcott Park Mesabi Trail . scheduled service will be charged a 25% cancellation Eveleth Iron Range Tourism Bureau 749-8161 111 Station 44 Road • No signs or advertisements. Turn-Around #1 - 14 miles to Buhl Pick one up: fee (inclement weather is an exception). Eveleth Super 8 744-1661 1080 Industrial Park Dr. • Start fires only in officially designated fire rings, stove Gilbert Sherwood Forest Cmpgnd 748-2221 301 Ore-Be-Gone Dr. (a total of 28 miles out & back on the Mesabi Trail) • Online: mesabitrail.com or grills. Do not leave a fire unattended. Be sure fire is Local Foods & Farms Biwabik Biwabik City Hall 865-4183 321 Main St. Turn-Around #2 - 26 miles to Hibbing • At any local Wheel extinguished before leaving the area. Biwabik Giants Ridge (Gift Shop) 800-688-7669 6329 Wynne Creek Dr. (a total of 52 miles out & back) Includes information about the Looking for a unique way Pass vendor • No hunting, loaded weapons or alcohol. Soudan Soudan’s Only Store 753-2205 24 Main Street Online Registration OPENS - August 16, 2021 Wheel Pass to experience the Mesabi Ely Piragis Northwoods Co. 365-6745 105 N. Central Ave. 2021 GREAT RIVER ENERGY • At self pay boxes • Do not remove, alter, injure or destroy any tree, plant, 2021 Trail? Check out our Ely Ely Bike & Kicksled 365-2453 125 N. Central Ave. MESABI TRAIL BIKE TOUR SERIES along the Trail rock, soil or mineral. website for a list of farmers Area Bike Rentals Lodge to Lodge Bicycling • Camping and horseback riding are allowed only in markets and food produc- designated areas. ers participating in our NE Ely Ely Bike & Kicksled – 218-365-2453 [email protected] We design each package to suit your individual needs. • EMERGENCY CALL 911. Agri-Cycle Tours (NEAT) We can help you plan lodging, luggage shuttles, and Grand Rapids Ardent Bicycles – 218-999-5470 • Report all infractions to 911. program. Whether it’s ardentbicycles.com can shuttle you and your bikes back to your vehicle. • Audible signal when passing: “on your left” grabbing some fresh produce at a farmers market, touring Hibbing Bikes on Howard – 218-262-0899 Itineraries can include suggestions on great places a working farm, picking berries at a U-pick, or spending bikesonhoward.net to eat, cool historical sites to visit, and practical things Snowmobiles allowed within the corridor of the night camping at a farm, each local foods experience is Virginia Mesabi Recreation – 218-749-6719 mesabirecreation.com Paul Pluskwik like convenience stores and rest stops. Sag-wagon sup- these areas only: Grand Rapids to Hwy 61; Paul Pluskwik unique. Most markets & farms are within 10 miles of the Biwabik Giants Ridge (Gift Shop) – 800-688-7669 ported rides are available also. Coleraine to connection of Taconite Trail, and; Mesabi Trail, so they can easily be incorporated in to your giantsridge.com Please email: [email protected] Hibbing to Buhl. or travel route. Biwabik Bike and Brewhaus – e-bike rentals 218-290-2688 bikeandbrewhaus.com

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Changing from THE MESABI TRAIL Nashwauk Keewatin route & of an abandoned 400-foot deep water-filled mine pit, Grand Bovey rest stop 28 mile route Gilbert one large tour to three small tours, our primary goal A Great Deal for a Great Cause & rest stop Redhead offers nearly 25 miles of hand crafted, purpose Rapids Calumet Tour 1 - Chisholm Biwabik built mountain bike trails already on the ground and is to keep everyone safe & healthy while we all spend Pengilly to Leetonia or Eveleth To register online, and for more information Coleraine Tour 3 - Virginia more on the way. Located at the Minnesota Discovery time outdoors with family & friends - the Mesabi mesabitrail.com O’Brien Reservior to Buhl or Hibbing Center. 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