Distance: 81 miles
Time: 1 hour 57 minutes
Start: Boone
End: Boone
Named after the 1st U.S. Dragoons, the infantry unit that marched into the Des Moines River Valley shortly after the Black Hawk purchase of 1832, most of your surroundings going around this loop is full of cornfields, limestone cliffs, and twisting roads.
As you start in Boone, the landmark you will first notice is the Kate Shelley High Bridge. Besides motorcycles frequenting this town, you will also notice the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad. Even if you do not plan to ride it, you cannot help but be impressed by the speeds it can reach.
As you circle around the loop, you will pass by or through Boone Forks Wildlife Management Area, Holiday Creek Area Park, Dolliver Memorial State Park, Skillet Creek Indian Mounds Wildlife Management Area, or Holst State Forest.
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