Organizers have released the full route for the 2023 RAGBRAI ride this summer, including an overnight stop in Carroll and pass-throughs for seven other local communities. More than 20,000 riders will depart from Storm Lake on the morning of Monday, July 24 for a 58.4-mile ride to Carroll. Bicyclists will head south towards Early on U.S. Highway 71 before heading to Lake View via D27, M50, 256th Street, and Perkins Avenue. From Lake View, riders continue south on Perkins and east on E16 through Breda to Mt. Carmel on E16 and E26. Riders will end the day with an overnight stop in Carroll. Day three of the ride sends RAGBRAIers east on U.S. Highway 30 to Glidden. They do not connect with another town until Jefferson, with a stint south and east along N44 and E53. The last pass-through community in the region is Rippey, and riders will make their way in that direction via 235th Street, 230th Street, and Highway 144. The 2023 RAGBRAI route begins Sunday, July 23 in Sioux City and ends Saturday, July 29 in Davenport, with overnight stops in Storm Lake, Carroll, Ames, Des Moines, Tama-Toledo, and Coralville.
